First Impressions

I think a running theme in books is often mistaken first impressions. Especially in romance or chick lit or…well, anything. I mean, what was PRIDE AND PREJUDICE about if not mistaken impressions? continued…

Lefty Carmichael Has a Fit by Don Trembath

The only bad thing about this book is I’m done reading it and I wish I had three hundred more pages to read. This is an amazing book, full of hilarious but very authentic characters, vivid detail and amazing writing. I finished it earlier today and while I was...

$7 haircut

It’s funny how when you decide to write something, people, incidents, news stories, and things you hear all seem to have to do with whatever you are planning to write. Maybe you just notice them or something…I don’t know. As you know, I just finished...

$7 haircut cont.

Except, someone is going there! Just last week I got an email from someone I was friends with from fifth to ninth grade, primarily in seventh and eighth grade. Her emails have been full of “Remember the time…?” and now suddenly the floodgates have...

THE WRECKERS by Iain Lawrence

  I believe this is Lawrence’s first book, but he has had many published since it came out, including two sequels. He was recently nominated for The Governor General’s Award in Canada for his latest offering, Gemini Summer. Because Lawrence and I live in...