Body Work by Sara Paretsky My rating: 3 of 5 stars Geeze, I thought I’d marked this book as read and had written a review already. I guess I got distracted! Or was that when the computer was in the shop… Anyway, I always enjoy Paretsky and was thrilled to see a new (to me)…
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Review: Bloodmoney: A Novel of Espionage
Bloodmoney: A Novel of Espionage by David Ignatius My rating: 4 of 5 stars I don’t usually read spy novels, but the plot for this one sounded intriguing. And I was captured by the idea of a lead female character. I wasn’t disappointed. I read the ebook version of Bloodmoney. Fiction is probably the easiest…
Review: Detective Inspector Huss
Detective Inspector Huss by Helene Tursten My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’ve read only one foreign-language-translated-into-English mystery author before, and when I stumbled onto this book while browsing the shelves of the Toronto Public Library’s virtual branch, I decided to give her a try. Good decision! It’s interesting reading a story set in a…
Neck Traction for Whiplash — Relief
I know I talk about my brain injury as if it was the only injury I got from two drivers slamming into the back of the car I was in, but I got others too. That bowling ball on my neck, pulled that stalk one way then the other, straining and spraining it. The seat…
I Am A Survivor Journeying to Thriver
BIST (Brain Injury Society of Toronto) supports people with traumatic or acquired brain injuries (like moi) and their family members in the Toronto area and are affiliated with the Ontario Brain Injury Association. BIST asked me to write a survivor story for the BIST Beacon (PDF file), and my story appeared originally in the October…
Voting the Rejecting Way
I don’t want to vote. The First Past the Post system means if I want to vote for a particular party but don’t like the candidate, I have to vote for the candidate to register a vote for the party. And if I like a particular candidate out of all of them but not the…
Formal Launch of SHE
She is the classic tale of betrayal and friendship – with an evil entity thrown into the mix. Akaesman is that evil entity. And a young Toronto songwriter is his latest prey. Akaesman violently invades her and tries to make her into his image forever. Her career dies. Her name is gone. And then as…
Review: Old City Hall: A Novel
Old City Hall: A Novel by Robert Rotenberg My rating: 3 of 5 stars I was looking for a Canadian mystery writer, and Robert Rotenberg was recommended to me, forget by whom. Even better for me as a Torontonian, he sets Old City Hall in Toronto. Unfortunately, that meant as a Torontonian, I got tossed…
Review: The Bookfair Murders
The bookfair murders by Anna Porter My rating: 2 of 5 stars I liked the inside look this mystery book by a Canadian publisher gives the reader into the publishing industry. I liked the basic plot and the characters. But I solved the mystery long before the end, and so I found myself impatient for…