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 York City subway system in search of the girl he believes will help him save the world from global warming.
I consider...
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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 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
It's this difference in how stories are packaged in Sweden vs. North America that's making me insist...
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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 although I was promised a great book, I didn't have the most open mind going into it.
The story is...
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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.
(Wee note: I've gone and put a new theme on the blog, so poke...
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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 the book as I read (Bear gives lots of extraneous details that hinder rather than help, and has some clunky...
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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 finished it, one kicking and screaming.
The book is about a man in his mid-20s who's in a car accident and spends...
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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 dislike of it was due to the book itself and how much was due to the type of...
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A couple of months ago, Penguin Canada put out a call for bloggers interested in receiving advance copies of upcoming releases. I signed up and a couple of weeks ago received my first two review copies. I might not get through one, but here's what I think about the other.
The Girl Next Door is...
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For months there's been buzz about the book Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. How unexpected! How au courant! How funny! I snatched up a copy as soon as I saw a sign for it in the window of my closest indie bookstore.
I'm thrilled the original Jane Austen book is in the public domain and...
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So the first four months of my yearlong amorphous adventure have passed and I thought I'd explore what I did with myself, what I'd planned to do with myself, what I'm doing now and what I might do next.
If you're unfamiliar with all this, I'll sum up: I quit my job at the end...
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