I started, and gave substantial effort (enough that I feel okay reviewing them), to two Can lit novels in the last couple of weeks. Both are books that I ought to have really liked but didn’t. I’ll take the blame. It’s summer. There are patios. And BBQs. (And work, family and responsibilities. Whatever.) Continue reading
Failed Attempts at Can Lit; or, Books I Started But Didn’t Finish in the Last Two Weeks
Filed under Bestseller, Canadian Literature, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Worst Books
Red Clocks: The book you need to read this year + I cry about babies. Again.
Leni Zumas’s Red Clocks is the book you need to read this year. Set in the near future, we find ourselves in an American where abortion laws have not only been repealed, but women are prosecuted as murderers for seeking abortions, in vitro is banned and adoption is limited to two parent families. The pink wall bars women from seeking help in Canada, as Canadian border officials, nervous of losing ground with the country’s biggest trading partner, mercilessly enforce the law by returning women to the States for prosecution. It is, in other words, an altogether too relevant read. Continue reading
Filed under American literature, Book Club, Erin's Favourite Books, Fiction
The Dinner: Late to the Party
My mum told me about Herman Koch’s The Dinner ages ago, and I started reading it and didn’t like it (after 20 pages or so) and so quit. So when it was picked for book club I was big shrug meh about reading it. And finishing it I’m still big shrug meh. Continue reading
Filed under Bestseller, Book Club, Book I'll Forget I Read, Fiction, Mystery
Should I review podcasts, too?
I listen to a lot of podcasts. Like too many. I’m tempted to claim podcast cred by pointing out I’ve been listening to podcasts since 2005, but it’s not important that you know how long (see how I did that? told you anyway?), just that I listen a lot and have opinions about what podcasts make for good listening (and not). Before foisting my podcast views on you, dear readers, I thought I’d check whether such reviews would be of any interest. No pressure – if you’re only here for reviews of novels that’s a-okay. I can keep my podcast opinions to myself (and the cats).
Filed under Fiction
Literary Vice 