Emily Donaldson

Book Critic, Editor

Crimes of Hector Tomas (THE CRIMES OF HECTOR TOMÁS by Ian Colford)Son of a Certain Woman (THE SON OF A CERTAIN WOMAN by Wayne Johnston)Ali_Untold Story (UNTOLD STORY by Monica Ali)Marche_Love and the Mess We’re In (LOVE AND THE MESS WE’RE IN by Stephen Marche)The Cat’s Table (THE CAT’S TABLE by Michael Ondaatje)Richler and Hodgson_Can I Have a Word_Double1 (CAN I HAVE A WORD WITH YOU? by Howard Richler CARNAL KNOWLEDGE: A Navel Gazer’s Dictionary of Anatomy, Etymology and Trivia by Charles Hodgson)Abley_The Prodigal Tongue (THE PRODIGAL TONGUE: Dispatches from the Future of English by Mark Abley)Andrea Gunraj_The Sudden Disappearance of Seetha (THE SUDDEN DISAPPEARANCE OF SEETHA by Andrea Gunraj)Dyer_Watch This Space (WATCH THIS SPACE: Designing, Defending and Sharing Public Spaces by Hadley Dyer; Marc Ngui, illus.)Proulx_Bird Cloud_EDRev (BIRD CLOUD: A Memoir by Annie Proulx)EYE OF THE DAY – SMITH (THE EYE OF THE DAY by Dennison Smith)HER Harriet Lane (HER by Harriet Lane)BOUNDLESS Kathleen Winter (BOUNDLESS: Tracing Land and Dream in a New Northwest Passage by Kathleen Winter)Ozeki Tale for the Time Being (A TALE FOR THE TIME BEING by Ruth Ozeki)THE BETRAYERS David Bezmozgis (THE BETRAYERS by David Bezmozgis)Ruby Sachs_The Water Man’s Daughter (THE WATER MAN’S DAUGHTER by Emma Ruby-Sachs)Cash_Composed_EDRev (COMPOSED by Rosanne Cash)Ellis_True Blue (TRUE BLUE by Deborah Ellis)ENGLAND AND OTHER STORIES by Graham Swift (ENGLAND AND OTHER STORIES by Graham Swift)Canada (CANADA by Richard Ford)The Free World (THE FREE WORLD by David Bezmozgis)INVESTIGATING LOIS LANE Tim Hanley (INVESTIGATING LOIS LANE: THE TURBULENT HISTORY OF THE DAILY PLANET’S ACE REPORTER by Tim Hanley)Sherrar_Testify and Goobie_Born Ugly2 (TESTIFY by Valerie Sherrard BORN UGLY by Beth Goobie)Filthy Rich (HOW TO GET FILTHY RICH IN RISING ASIA by Mohsin Hamid)Miriam Toews_The Flying Troutmans (THE FLYING TROUTMANS by Miriam Toews)Beyond Belief (BEYOND BELIEF: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape by Jenna Miscavige Hill)Moore_The Penguin Book of Canadian Women’s Short Stories (THE PENGUIN BOOK OF CANADIAN WOMEN’S SHORT STORIES Lisa Moore, ed.)Lisa Moore_February (FEBRUARY by Lisa Moore)A HOUSE IN THE SKY_Lindhout (A HOUSE IN THE SKY by Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett)Gilbert_Abbott_Double Review1 (COMMITTED: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage by Elizabeth Gilbert A HISTORY OF MARRIAGE by Elizabeth Abbott)THE EVENING CHORUS Helen Humphreys (THE EVENING CHORUS by Helen Humphreys)Kevin Patterson_Consumption (CONSUMPTION by Kevin Patterson)MacIntyre_Why Men Lie (WHY MEN LIE by Linden MacIntyre)YOUR FACE IN MINE Jess Row (YOUR FACE IN MINE by Jess Row)Ali_Baby Khaki’s Wings (BABY KHAKI’S WINGS by Anar Ali)Wandering Souls in Paradise Lost (WANDERING SOULS IN PARADISE LOST by Hélène Rioux)The Purchase (THE PURCHASE by Linda Spalding)Sweet Tooth (SWEET TOOTH by Ian McEwan)UNSPEAKABLE AND OTHER SUBJECTS OF DISCUSSION Meghan Daum (THE UNSPEAKABLE AND OTHER SUBJECTS OF DISCUSSION by Meghan Daum)Beiko The Lake and the Library (THE LAKE AND THE LIBRARY by S.M. Beiko)ADULT ONSET Ann-Marie MacDonald (ADULT ONSET by Ann-Marie MacDonald)Libby Creelman_The Darren Effect (THE DARREN EFFECT by Libby Creelman)Patricia Pearson_Playing House (Playing House by Patricia Pearson)The Miniature Wife (THE MINIATURE WIFE AND OTHER STORIES by Manuel Gonzales)A World Elsewhere_EDReview (A WORLD ELSEWHERE by Wayne Johnston)BestReading2012 (THE BEST READING OF 2012 By Emily Donaldson and Alex Good)FROG MUSIC Emma Donoghue (FROG MUSIC by Emma Donoghue)Martin_The First Man in My Life (THE FIRST MAN IN MY LIFE: Daughters Write About Their Fathers by Sandra Martin)Dirty Love DUBUS (DIRTY LOVE by Andre Dubus III)BLOOD_HILL (BLOOD: THE STUFF OF LIFE by Lawrence Hill)All the Rage – KENEDY (ALL THE RAGE by A.L. Kennedy)FUNNY ONCE Antonya Nelson (FUNNY ONCE by Antonya Nelson)Eckler_Wiped (WIPED!: Life with a Pint-Size Dictator by Rebecca Eckler)LUMINARIES_CATTON (THE LUMINARIES by Eleanor Catton)DeSoto_Restoration Artist (THE RESTORATION ARTIST by Lewis DeSoto)Robert McGill_The Mysteries (THE MYSTERIES by Robert McGill)THEATRE OF THE UNIMPRESSED by Jordan Tannahill (THEATRE OF THE UNIMPRESSED by Jordan Tannahill)Caroline Adderson_The Sky is Falling (THE SKY IS FALLING by Caroline Adderson)Carolyn Beck_Wellington’s Rainy Day (WELLINGTON’S RAINY DAY by Carolyn Beck)THE NIGHT STAGES Jane Urquhart (THE NIGHT STAGES by Jane Urquhart)Wayson Choy_All That Matters (ALL THAT MATTERS by Wayson Choy)Wilson_Against Happiness (AGAINST HAPPINESS by Eric G. Wilson)Adichie_Americanah (AMERICANAH by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)SLEEP Nino Ricci (SLEEP by Nino Ricci)Gilbert_Abbott_Double Review2 (COMMITTED: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage by Elizabeth Gilbert A HISTORY OF MARRIAGE by Elizabeth Abbott)Riggs_Miss Peregrine_EDReview (MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN by Ransom Riggs)Ricci_Origin of Species_EDRev (THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES Nino Ricci)BOY SNOW BIRD Helen Oyeyemi (BOY, SNOW, BIRD by Helen Oyeyemi)Abraham Juggler’s Children (THE JUGGLER’S CHILDREN: A Journey into Family, Legend and the Genes That Bind Us by Carolyn Abraham)IN THE SLENDER MARGIN Eve Joseph (IN THE SLENDER MARGIN by Eve Joseph)Bailey_The Good Lie (THE GOOD LIE by D.F. Bailey)Sisters Brothers_DeWitt_EDonaldsonReview (THE SISTERS BROTHERS by Patrick DeWitt)Edeet Ravel_Held (HELD by Edeet Ravel)A LIFE WITH WORDS – R Wright 2 (A LIFE WITH WORDS by Richard B. Wright)Ice Balloon_ED Review (THE ICE BALLOON: S. A. Andrée and the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration by Alec Wilkinson)THE LOBSTER KINGS Alexi Zentner (THE LOBSTER KINGS by Alexi Zentner)Trevor_Love and Summer_EDRev (LOVE AND SUMMER by William Trevor)King_The Inconvenient Indian (THE INCONVENIENT INDIAN: A Curious Account of Native People in North America by Thomas King)Kerbel_Under the Moon (UNDER THE MOON by Deborah Kerbel)Raising Cubby (RAISING CUBBY: A Father and Son’s Adventures with Asperger’s, Trains, Tractors and High Explosives by John Elder Robison)Next

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