Tag Archives: fiction
Review: Pygmy by Chuck Palahniuk
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: The Manchurian Candidate meets South Park—Chuck Palahniuk’s finest novel since the generation-defining Fight Club. “Begins here first account of operative me, agent number 67 on arrival Midwestern American airport greater _____ area. Flight _____. Date _____. Priority … Continue reading
Review: The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: In 1977, Claire Lake, Oregon, was shaken by the Lady Killer Murders: Two men, seemingly randomly, were murdered with the same gun, with strange notes left behind. Beth Greer was the perfect suspect–a rich, … Continue reading
Review: The Feral Detective by Jonathan Lethem
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Phoebe Siegler first meets Charles Heist in a shabby trailer in the desert outside of Los Angeles. She’s on a quest to find her friend’s missing daughter, Arabella, and hears that Heist is preternaturally … Continue reading
Review: The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Edward Fosca is a murderer. Of this Mariana is certain. But Fosca is untouchable. A handsome and charismatic Greek Tragedy professor at Cambridge University, Fosca is adored by staff and students alike—particularly by the … Continue reading
Review: Like Real by Shelly Lyons
Buy it here: Publisher Website, Bookshop, Amazon Synopsis: In Shelly Lyons’s debut novel, LIKE REAL, Vic Moss—kenjutsu hobbyist and clueless Lothario—lets vanity dictate his decision to acquire an experimental new-tech prosthesis that promises to evolve into a seamless, realistic looking … Continue reading
Review: Mothered by Zoje Stage
Buy it here Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A claustrophobic psychological thriller about one woman’s nightmarish spiral while quarantined with her mother. Grace isn’t exactly thrilled when her newly widowed mother, Jackie, asks to move in with her. They’ve never had a … Continue reading
Review: The World and All That It Holds by Aleksandar Hemon
Buy It Here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: The World and All That It Holds–in all its hilarious, heartbreaking, erotic, philosophical glory–showcases Aleksandar Hemon’s celebrated talent at its pinnacle. It is a grand, tender, sweeping story that spans decades and continents. As … Continue reading
Review: Satin Island by Tom McCarthy
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: From the author of Remainder (the major feature-film adaption of which will be released in 2015) and C (short-listed for the Booker Prize), and winner of the Windham Campbell Prize, a novel that promises to give us the … Continue reading
Review: Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: In the tradition of modern fairytales like American Gods and Spinning Silver comes a sweeping epic rich in Eastern European folklore–a debut novel about the ancestral hauntings that stalk us, and the uncanny power of story. The Yaga … Continue reading
Review: Reg E Rat’s Birthday Fun Center and Same Day Outpatient Care Facility by Frank J. Edler
Buy it Here: Amazon, Godless.com Bookshop Synopsis: For Mortimer, there are only two things in life to fear: kidney stones and children’s birthday parties. For his son, Ichabod, its bullies and lame birthday presents. The father and son duo are … Continue reading
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