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Review: All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries #1) by Martha Wells

Posted on September 13, 2026 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A murderous android discovers itself in All Systems Red, a tense science fiction adventure by Martha Wells that interrogates the roots of consciousness through Artificial Intelligence. “As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete … Continue reading →

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Review: Rainbow Black by Maggie Thrash

Posted on September 10, 2026 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Rainbow Black is part murder mystery, part gay international-fugitive love story—set against the ’90s Satanic Panic and spanning 20 years in the life of a young woman pulled into its undertow. Lacey Bond is a … Continue reading →

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Review: Goodnight Monsters by Suzanne Junered

Posted on September 7, 2026 by ghostvillehero

Buy it Here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: For fans of Ariana Harwicz’s Die, My Love and Ashley Audrain’s The Push, a psychological horror novel that follows a woman obsessed with death who must decide if she’s fit to bring new life into this world—especially after someone … Continue reading →

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Review: Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz

Posted on September 2, 2026 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: From sci-fi visionary and acclaimed author Annalee Newitz comes Automatic Noodle, a cozy near-future novella about a crew of abandoned food service bots opening their very own restaurant. While San Francisco rebuilds from the … Continue reading →

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Review: Famous Men by Julie Buntin

Posted on August 25, 2026 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon Bookshop Synopsis: From the acclaimed author of the “wild, gorgeous” (San Francisco Chronicle) Marlena comes a novel about a young woman looking for a father and finding herself—a vivid, uncompromising exploration of sex, money, power, and … Continue reading →

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Review: The Summer of the Serpent by Cecilia Eudave

Posted on July 27, 2026 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A horror-infused, polyphonic work about the violence and cruelty seething in a late-70s Guadalajara neighborhood At a traveling fair, a young girl visiting with her family will ask a “serpent woman” to tell her … Continue reading →

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Review: Marion by Leah Rowan

Posted on July 16, 2026 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A twist on Hitchcock’s iconic classic Psycho —where the leading lady doesn’t die, but instead turns the knife on Norm, kicking off a crime spree that turns the silver screen victim into a heroine for our … Continue reading →

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Review: Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney

Posted on June 30, 2026 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Think you know the person you married? Think again… Things have been wrong with Mr and Mrs Wright for a long time. When Adam and Amelia win a weekend away to Scotland, it might … Continue reading →

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Review: Stag Dance by Torrey Peters

Posted on June 15, 2026 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: The kaleidoscopic follow-up to the bestselling Detransition, Baby In this collection of one novel and three stories, Torrey Peters’s keen eye for the rough edges of community and desire push the limits of trans writing. … Continue reading →

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Review: Earth 7 by Deb Olin Unferth

Posted on June 11, 2026 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: An end-of-the-world love story, an epic full of pathos and humor, asking what can be saved of our planet Well, that’s about it for the story of planet Earth, poor Earth, reduced to not … Continue reading →

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