Monthly Archives: February 2026

Review: Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: n his long-awaited first novel, American master George Saunders delivers his most original, transcendent, and moving work yet. Unfolding in a graveyard over the course of a single night, narrated by a dazzling chorus … Continue reading

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Review: Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady … Continue reading

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Review: Beyond the Planet of the Vampires

Buy it here: Indie Pubs, Bookshop, Amazon Synopsis: A speculative avant-garde queer horror novel that reads like an erotic vampiric nightmare directed by Jodorowsky playing at a ’50s drive-in. Beyond the Planet of the Vampires is a gay pulp horror novel … Continue reading

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Review: Never Flinch by Stephen King

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: From master storyteller Stephen King comes an extraordinary new novel with intertwining storylines—one about a killer on a diabolical revenge mission, and another about a vigilante targeting a feminist celebrity speaker—featuring the beloved Holly … Continue reading

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Review: REAMDE by Neal Stephenson

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Four decades ago, Richard Forthrast, the black sheep of an Iowa family, fled to a wild and lonely mountainous corner of British Columbia to avoid the draft. Smuggling backpack loads of high-grade marijuana across … Continue reading

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Review: Ashland by Dan Simon

Buy it here: Amazon, Booshop Synopsis: A deeply moving family story unfolding in richly evocative prose and a poetic portrayal of a town in decline during the final decades of the American century, Ashland is a book of metamorphoses—of the dance between … Continue reading

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Review: Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt by Ben Reeves

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Travis is Death in the modern world. He wears jeans and a T-shirt and lives in a small, grey town. His job is to offer people comfort in their final hours of life. He’s … Continue reading

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