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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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Review: Last Tango in Cyberspace by Steven Kotler

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: New York Times bestselling author Steven Kotler crafts a near-future thriller about the evolution of empathy. Hard to say when the human species fractured exactly. Harder to say when this new talent arrived. But Lion … Continue reading

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Review: Moderation by Elaine Castillo

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A bold and inventive novel about real romance in the virtual workplace—​bringing Castillo’s trademark wit and sharp cultural criticism to an irresistible story about the possible future of love. Girlie Delmundo is the greatest … Continue reading

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Review: Dollface by Lindy Ryan

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Barbie meets Scream with a 90s nostalgia twist in this horror romp from Bless Your Heart author Lindy Ryan. Horror author Jill has just moved to suburban New Jersey, hoping to fit in with … Continue reading

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Review: Gutmouth by Gabino Iglesias

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: He has a mouth in his gut. An obnoxious, toothy, foul-mouthed, pig of a mouth. Luckily, his girlfriend doesn’t seem to mind. Marie, the one-legged stripper and cyber-prostitute love of his life is very … Continue reading

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Review: The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Eric Sanderson wakes up in a house one day with no idea who or where he is. A note instructs him to see a Dr. Randle immediately, who informs him that he is undergoing … Continue reading

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Review: I’m Losing You by Bruce Wagner

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: An epic novel that brings together a motley crew of characters, including porn stars in love, celebrity chore-whores, plotting dermatologists, masseurs, and shrinks, among many others cast in the debauchery of Hollywood. I’m Losing … Continue reading

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