Everyone gets excited when Lisa Moore releases a short story collection, mainly because she hasn’t in a while, and it’s the form she ‘broke out’ with. I’ve only read her novels thus far, but I love her writing, so I knew I would enjoy this newest group of stories titled Something for Everyone-I was not…
I had read mixed reviews of A Grandmother Begins the Story by Michelle Porter. Many heralded it as a must-read for Canadians, a compliment often used for books about Indigenous people. But some complained it was difficult to follow because of the alternating perspectives. I found it a unique and compelling read as I really…
Stay Up With Hugo Best by Erin Somers is one of those books that takes place over a specific, short period of time; in this case, it’s the Memorial Day long weekend in the United States. This type of timeline usually works to add heightened drama to the proceeding narrative, infusing everything with a time-sensitive…
It will come as no surprise to anyone that I’m counting down the days until Wordfest 2017. For my most recent trip into the CBC Studios, I gave my ‘insider’ suggestions of which authors to take in while attending Wordfest this year, as well as getting in a little promo to the event I’ll be…
The blurb depicting The Nightingale Affair by Tim Mason as a “Victorian detective thriller” is what influenced me the most, as I was in the mood to read a classic mystery after a few of the modern domestic thrillers I had been through recently. I was delighted by the moody puzzle of this book; the…
Aren’t human voices annoying? I feel the exact same way, which is why I am so delighted to talk about The Wildings by Nilanjana Roy, a book that includes NO HUMAN DIALOGUE whatsoever. So what does it include then? Cat dialogue of course (which sounds very similar to human dialogue, but obviously much cuter, and…
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“Am I dead?” That line changed the story for me, made me (over)think about things a little, but I do love me some magic realism. I loved the characters’ antics (Sab, the boobs, the dildo) and the dark’ish humour. It read very current, yet somehow of the past.
It seems the author is an H&O fave. I noticed there was an interview with the author from 2015 on the H&O website: https://www.hingstonandolsen.com/2015/10-doretta-lau-two-part-invention
It seems like she has a thing for ghosts.
I hope your supermom powers came through for you today, Anne!
I would still eat it too! Yeah, I’m with you on the profanity. I hear enough of it without reading it too – it always seems lazy to me. It doesn’t offend me, it just bores me…
I enjoyed your video, but am about to pass out in bed, so from me it’s just zzzzzzzz tonight!
understood! haha