In terms of mainstream media reception, Offbeat Bride has done better in Canada than it has in the U.S. As I'd expected, the book has gotten great reception from independent and local press in the US, but national media has definitely deemed the book way, way too weird. Which is fine with me.

That said, I'm so glad things are different in Canada! Elle Canada ran excerpts on their website, something that would never fly for Elle in the States. Toronto's The Globe and Mail ran a review — something the NY Times certainly wasn't going to do. Personally, I think this is because Canadians are simply more progressive than Americans, and the media reflects that. Hell, it was on Canadian TV that someone asked me about mushrooms!

Anyway, all that said,here's a book review from the Ottawa Sun. I sort of like that they say I have a "slightly self-righteous attitude." DAMN RIGHT! Heh.

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Whew: My book tour is over.

Really, I couldn't have hoped for a better "end of the road" event than LA. The reading was so much fun, the house perfectly packed, and I even managed to drag Andreas on stage to read his sidebar.

Then I dragged Heidi on stage to embarrass her over her antics at our wedding reception.

And then I cut up a penis cake that somehow managed to be even more obscene than the penis cake at the book release party, way back in February … which seems like a lifetime ago.

So long ago that I can hardly remember why penis cake became an offbeat party staple. Who the fuck's promotional idea is this? (…oh yeah: mine.) I bookended my book tour with penis cake and a Wai-Ching dress on both ends. I'm not sure what that means.

Lots of photos over here, including shots from most of the other places I toured.

(Thanks to leahpeah for the photo!)

An excerpt from the book recently ran on Elle Canada's website. Granted, it was pretty sanitized (I curse a lot in the book — I guess Elle readers aren't as foul-mouthed as I am), but you can check it out over here: The ring with the bling: Who needs an engagement ring?