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Review: The Atrocities by Jeremy C. Shipp

104 pages Published April 17th 2018 by Tor.com Original Title The Atrocities ASIN B0756HW2LB Edition Language English Literary Awards Shirley Jackson Award Nominee for Best Novella (2018)   Buy here: Support you local independent bookstore or go to their twitter … Continue reading

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Review: The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

Hardcover, 320 pages Expected publication: May 19th 2020 by Gallery / Saga Press Original Title The Only Good Indians ISBN 1982136456 (ISBN13: 9781982136451) Edition Language English Preorder here: Support your local independent bookstore Synopsis: The creeping horror of Paul Tremblay meets Tommy Orange’s There … Continue reading

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Review: Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore

Hardcover, 320 pages Published March 31st 2020 by Harper Original Title Valentine ISBN 0062913263 (ISBN13: 9780062913265) Edition Language English Buy it here: Help local independent bookstore Synopsis: An astonishing debut novel that explores the lingering effects of a brutal crime on the women … Continue reading

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Review: The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James

Hardcover, 336 pages Expected publication: February 18th 2020 by Berkley ISBN 0440000173 (ISBN13: 9780440000174) Edition Language English Buy it here: Amazon Barnes & Noble IndieBound   Synopsis: The secrets lurking in a rundown roadside motel ensnare a young woman, just as they did … Continue reading

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Review: Reproduction by Ian Williams

  Paperback, 464 pages Expected publication: May 5th 2020 by Europa Editions ISBN 1609455754 (ISBN13: 9781609455750) Edition Language English Literary Awards Scotiabank Giller Prize (2019) Preorder it here: Amazon Barnes & Noble IndieBound Synopsis: A hilarious, surprising and poignant love story about the … Continue reading

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Review: Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Published April 17th 2012 by Algonquin Books (first published October 30th 2003) Buy it here: Amazon Barnes & Noble IndieBound Synopsis: Fifteen-year-old Kambili and her older brother Jaja lead a privileged life in Enugu, Nigeria. They live in a beautiful … Continue reading

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Review: Fire Sermon by Jamie Quantro

Hardcover, 224 pages Published January 9th 2018 by Grove Press Original Title Fire Sermon ISBN 0802127045 (ISBN13: 9780802127044) Edition Language English Buy it Here: Amazon Barnes and Noble IndieBound   Synopsis: Married twenty years to Thomas and living in Nashville with their two … Continue reading

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Review: The Ten Loves of Nishino by Hiromi Kawakami

Paperback, US edition, 240 pages Published June 4th 2019 by Europa Editions (first published 2003) Original Title ニシノユキヒコの恋と冒険 [Nishino Yukihiko No Koi To Bōken] ISBN 1609455339 (ISBN13: 9781609455330) Buy it here: Amazon,   Barnes and Noble IndieBound   Synopsis: Following The Nakano Thrift Shop, Hiromi Kawakami’s breakout … Continue reading

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Review: It Would Be Night In Caracas by Karina Sainz Borgo

Translated by Elizabeth Bryer Hardcover, 240 pages Expected publication: October 15th 2019 by HarperVia (first published March 7th 2019) Original Title La hija de la española ISBN 0062936867 (ISBN13: 9780062936868) Edition Language English Buy at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, IndieBound, Synopsis: Told with gripping intensity, It Would be … Continue reading

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Friday Fiction: We Are All Made of Stars

Every Friday I write a story based or insired by a song. This week, the song came after the start of the story. “We All Made of Stars,” by Moby popped into my head while writing. Check it out. When … Continue reading

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