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Currently reading, 7 June 2013

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Currently reading - 7 June 2013

Here’s what I’m cur­rently read­ing: The Worm in Every Heart, Gemma Files — great sto­ries from a ster­ling voice in genre fic­tion. If you haven’t read her Hexs­linger tril­ogy, you’re miss­ing out on the great­est west­ern hor­ror series ever. Yok, Tim Davys — the last entry in his Mol­lisan Town Quar­tet of bizarre yet fas­ci­nat­ing … Con­tinue read­ing →

What I’m reading lately, Vol. 1:3, the Thrilling Literature edition

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Ah, Cana­dian lit­er­a­ture. Can you believe some peo­ple find you bor­ing? This week I chal­lenge that asser­tion by going toe-to-toe with three exem­plary mysteries/thrillers. Each of these authors kept me up long past my bed­time. My mother would like a word with all three of you. Crow’s Land­ing, Brad Smith By now … Con­tinue read­ing →

What I’m reading lately, Vol. 1:1

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Citrus Country

When I recently ended the late, lamented (by me, any­way) Shelf Mon­key blog, I also shut down my habit of pub­licly review­ing what­ever works struck my fancy. This has actu­ally allowed me to increase my read­ing; amaz­ing how much you get through when you don’t take notes. But I’ve read some … Con­tinue read­ing →

A Cult Author in a 50 Shades World

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Burning Trash

In late Octo­ber 2012, I agreed to guest edit The After­word, the online book sec­tion of The National Post. The fol­low­ing essay orig­i­nally appeared in The National Post, Wednes­day, Octo­ber 24, 2012. Some­one (I can­not remem­ber who, for once Google has let me down) once stated that a “cult author” … Con­tinue read­ing →

Where Does Author End and Book Begin?

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Critics

In late Octo­ber 2012, I agreed to guest edit The After­word, the online book sec­tion of The National Post. The fol­low­ing essay orig­i­nally appeared in The National Post, Tues­day, Octo­ber 23, 2012. A while back, a con­cerned Amazon.com patron remarked that Shelf Mon­key (my novel set in the world of … Con­tinue read­ing →