Monthly Archives: April 2026

Review: You Like it Darker by Stephen King

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: “You like it darker? Fine, so do I,” writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of twelve stories that delve into the darker part of life—both metaphorical and literal. King … Continue reading

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Review: Pedro the Vast by Simón López Trujillo

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Simón López Trujillo’s “mind-blowing” (Gabriela Cabezón Cámara) debut takes readers into a dry and degraded, fire-prone landscape where humanity has encroached a step too far into the natural world, and a deadly fungus mounts … Continue reading

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Review: I Met Someone by Bruce Wagner

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: An emotional thriller by novelist Bruce Wagner, I Met Someone is the story of a fictional Hollywood marriage on the precipice of disaster—and an enthralling meditation on the world in which we live.Bruce Wagner’s I Met Someone is … Continue reading

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Review: Sister, Maiden, Monster by Lucy A. Snyder

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Sister, Maiden, Monster is a visceral story set in the aftermath of our planet’s disastrous transformation and told through the eyes of three women trying to survive the nightmare, from Bram Stoker Award-winning author Lucy … Continue reading

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Review: Superstars by Ann Scott

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: One of the premier French cult novels of the last thirty years, a tender and combative portrait of Paris’s queer rave scene in the 90s — for fans of Virginie Despentes and Gary Indiana. … Continue reading

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Review: Molka by Monika Kim

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: molka (n): the Korean term for spy cameras secretly and illegally installed, often to capture voyeuristic images and videos Dahye can’t believe her luck when she finds herself in a whirlwind romance with handsome, … Continue reading

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Review: One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: From award-winning novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad comes a powerful reckoning with what it means to live in the heart of an Empire which doesn’t consider you fully human. On Oct 25th, after … Continue reading

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