She is out. She is published. Yay! It’s rather unbelievable that my fantasy novel finally is. Right now, I am doing a soft launch of the eBook. I had read about this method of launching a book awhile ago and thought it a good idea. Basically, I upload the final DOC file to Smashwords, which…
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Review: She
She by Shireen Jeejeebhoy It’s a bit difficult to review one’s own book. First one is convinced it’s the worst dreck ever, then the thought creeps in that it’s brilliant, but of course reality is in between. And so I am eminently unqualified to star it or rate it. But I hope you will! View…
Review: The Dead Place
The Dead Place by Stephen Booth My rating: 4 of 5 stars I read recently that this series featuring Diane Fry and Ben Cooper, two police detectives in Derbyshire, England, is popular in Canada. It’s nice to know I’m amongst much company. But I’m not surprised. This is British to the core but not in…
Review: Murder On Monday
Murder On Monday by Ann Purser My rating: 2 of 5 stars Somebody wrote that this is British to the core. It is very British, that’s for sure. I sometimes wondered if almost stereotypically so. It was an OK read. Lots of domestic details that were I think put in not so much to move…
Review: By a Spider’s Thread
By a Spider’s Thread by Laura Lippman My rating: 3 of 5 stars I wouldn’t call this hair-raising or a cliff-hanger, but it is a darn good read. It’s interesting how Lippman focuses on different regular characters in each book. In this one, she gets rid of Crow in a convenient way, and Kitty plays…
Review: The Last Place
The Last Place by Laura Lippman My rating: 3 of 5 stars Creepy. Compelling. And classic Tess Monaghan. My only quibble: I didn’t like what Lippman chose to do with a character near the end, which is the one and only thing I remembered from my previous reads of this mystery novel. But that’s author…
Review: Harperland: The Politics of Control
Harperland: The Politics of Control by Lawrence Martin My rating: 4 of 5 stars Lawrence Martin has an engaging, effortless writing style that draws you in right from the first sentence. I wanted to read Harperland because of Parliament’s increasing dissatisfaction with Prime Minister Stephen Harper. I put it on hold at the Toronto Public…
Review: In a Strange City
In a Strange City by Laura Lippman My rating: 3 of 5 stars Middles. I’ve been thinking a lot about middles recently because I’ve been going through the final edits of my first novel She. The beginning needed little work (probably because I spent the most time on it in the writing phase), and the…
Review: The Sugar House
The Sugar House by Laura Lippman My rating: 3 of 5 stars The Sugar House features Tess Monaghan, an eminently likable private investigator with interesting, complicated relationships and a good eye for the missed (by the reader) detail. I like how Baltimore is treated like a character in the book and how Tess interacts with…