The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt

[rating=4] ‘The Sisters Brothers’ is a classic Western tale of two infamous gun-slinging brothers and their misadventures as they ride from Oregon to California with a few twists along the way. I relished the deadpan delivery and strange developments from page one to the end. Frankly, my enjoyment of this book is nothing short of […]

Retreat to the Dominican Republic

The weather in Toronto hadn’t even settled below zero yet, but already weeks of sitting alone in my apartment and pacing restlessly from coffee shop to coffee shop in my neighborhood, trying to write, were giving me cabin fever. All work and no play makes Pipes a dull girl. I had to get away; away […]