This is my second buddy-review with Kelly from The Written Word and continuing the tradition forged in our first review together, we made it easy work of both deciding on a book to read and then getting this review written. Depression Adultery AIDS Cancer Suicide Thalidomide caused birth-defects Dodgy Prescription Drugs Questionable Import/Export Trade To [...]

As the title would suggest this slim novel, is the story of a swimmer. Written in the second person, our swimmer remains unnamed, as we follow her from her discovery of her affinity with water, through to eventual oblivion. We commiserate with her as she misses out on international gold, beaten by drug cheats and [...]

This was my second book by Douglas Coupland (the first being Hey Nostradamus!) and he’s well on the way to being a favourite author. One of the things I’ve already learned about his writing, is that the story he telling you, isn’t necessarily the one you think you are reading. It’s only when you’ve finished [...]