Category Archives: Book Reviews

Prisoner of Snowflake Falls Shortlisted for BC Book Prize

Readers who love this book will be ones who love the suspense of a stakeout. Anything might happen Continue reading

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Quick! Grab this book away from your kid.

The Prisoner of Snowflake Falls (Orca Books) will launch at Vancouver Kids’ Books on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 7:00 PM. The Prisoner of Snowflake Falls is a book rich with simple complexities and deadpan one-liners that brilliant comics will … Continue reading

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Lone Wolf Review in The Globe & Mail

Monday, March 18, The Globe and Mail ran my review of Jodi Picoult’s latest novel Lone Wolf. In spite of my reservations about the book, like others before it Lone Wolf is selling well. I suspect it strikes a chord with … Continue reading

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Review of the Boy in The Globe and Mail

My review of the Boy–yes, another one of those creative tweaks of traditional capitalization–by Betty Jane Hegerat ran almost a week ago.

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Review of Arranged in The Globe and Mail

I recommend it for an in-flight read or when you need to pass the time agreeably and don’t want to be disturbed by all that’s wrong with the world. Continue reading

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