REVIEW: THE UNDERGROUND GIRLS OF KABUL BY JENNY NORDBERG
What a fascinating read! Jenny Nordberg is a Swedish journalist who goes to Afghanistan in search of one story, and finds something completely different. What she uncovers, bit by bit, is an ancient...
View ArticleREVIEW: CHRISTMAS AT THE VINYL CAFE BY STUART MCLEAN
This is not going to be a very objective review. I loved McLean’s CBC radio show The Vinyl Cafe – listened to it every week, read every book. Followed Dave and Morley and Stephanie and Sam for years,...
View ArticleIn Glass Houses, we find Gamache at professional crossroads
I’m always happy to spend time with Gamache eat al. Particularly Ruth. I adore Ruth. I want to be her when I’m old. So I’ve been looking forward to this book for quite some time. From the beginning,...
View ArticleCarol Off’s book is highly recommended
I’m picky about the non-fiction I read. Not much of it tempts me, I enjoy few of the ones that do, and I rave about even fewer than that. This is worthy of a rave. All We Leave Behind tells the...
View ArticleBook by Daily Show host ‘absorbing’
Review: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah In the spirit of full disclosure, a confession: I’ve met Trevor Noah. Well, met might be a bit strong. I enjoyed a 30-second encounter with him while he signed my...
View ArticleA second chance at life
REVIEW: THE POST-BIRTHDAY WORLD BY LIONEL SHRIVER I dated someone several years ago. A musician. It didn’t work out, and there’s this one moment that I still think about sometimes because I’d like to...
View ArticleREVIEW: UNREASONABLE DOUBT BY VICKY DELANY
So I’ve read this entire series, and I’ve been lukewarm on it since the beginning. Still am, although a little less luke and a little more warm, after this instalment. I’m a sucker for crime fiction....
View ArticleTom Wilson memoir is rough and ready prose
Turns out I do like memoirs. Particularly ones by slightly wild man-boys who were bad news in their 20s. ‘Beautiful Scars’ is Tom Wilson’s straightforward account of a raw, memorable childhood with a...
View ArticleREVIEW: THE WITCH ELM BY TANA FRENCH
I’m still digesting this book. It was completely unexpected, which was fantastic because the series (much as I love it) has become predictable. What saves it as a whole is the drastic shifts in...
View ArticleI have a love-hate relationship with post-apocalyptic fiction
I have a love-hate relationship with post-apocalyptic fiction. I love the combination of high-stakes melodrama and practical, earthy problems; I hate how possible it all feels. So I hesitated before...
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