Yesterday I had the pleasure of interviewing author Shannon Okey on Twitter* as part of her blog tour to promote her new book, The Knitgrrl Guide to Professional Knitwear Design. We had so much fun, a
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Shannon Okey has written a lot of books, but I admit I'm the most excited about the one she's just self-published. It's called The Knitgrrl Guide to Professional Knitwear Design, and, well, its topic
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Hey, when you were a kid, did you ever feel compelled to seek legal advice? Or play golf? Yeah, I didn't think so. So you can imagine my confusion over why international bestselling author of le
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An uncomfortable, riveting, beautifully written novel about a schizophrenic teenager named Will, his mother, and the detective looking for Will after he went off his meds and on the lam in the New Yor
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The Swedish title, Män som hatar kvinnor, translates as "Men Who Hate Women". Somewhere along the line the title for the English translation of the wildly popular, bestselling novel was changed to Th
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I was skeptical about The Book of Fires. It's the first non-"women's fiction" review title I received from Penguin Canada, and my experiences with women's lit had left a bad taste in my mouth. So alth
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I thought a couple weeks into 2010 I'd do a little wrap-up of 2009. It was, after all, a fairly unusual year for me. Also, I've neglected my pal the bulleted list and I feel I owe him a big one.
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Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear My rating: 4 of 5 stars Darwin's Radio might be the most engaging sci-fi book I've read in months or possibly years. Although I had to fight my inclination to edit
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The Echo Maker: A Novel by Richard Powers My rating: 1 of 5 stars I couldn't finish this slow, overly descriptive, not-at-all intriguing, boring novel. It was a book-club pick and only two people
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It took me a long time to write yesterday's book review—partly because it was my first from an advance copy, partly because I didn't like the book, and partly because I wasn't sure how much my disli
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