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Review: Annie Bot by Sierra Greer

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Annie Bot was created to be the perfect girlfriend for her human owner, Doug. Designed to satisfy his emotional and physical needs, she has dinner ready for him every night, wears the cute outfits … Continue reading

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Review: The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Humankind discovers intelligent life in an octopus species with its own language and culture, and sets off a high-stakes global competition to dominate the future. Rumors begin to spread of a species of hyperintelligent, … Continue reading

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Review: Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei

Buy it here: Bookshop, Amazon Synopsis: From the acclaimed author of The Stardust Grail comes the epic tale of two sisters who sail across oceans to find their missing third sister―and Earth’s environmental salvation. In Earth’s not too distant future, … Continue reading

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Review: Coffin Moon by Keith Rosson

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: From the author of the “exciting, suspenseful, horrifying” (Stephen King) Fever House, a Vietnam veteran and his adopted niece hunt—and are hunted by—the vampire that slaughtered their family. It’s the winter of 1975, and … Continue reading

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Vulture by Phoebe Greenwood

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Catch-22 on speed and set in the Middle East, Vulture is a fast-paced, brilliant satire of the war news industry and its moral blind spots. An ambitious young journalist, Sara is sent to cover a war from … Continue reading

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Review: The Vampire of Plainfield by Kristopher Rufty

Synopsis: Plainfield, Wisconsin. 1954. Robbing graves to appease his malevolent desires, Ed Gein inadvertently sets loose an ancient vampire on the unsuspecting town of Plainfield. As the number of missing persons rises, Ed realizes the vampire’s ultimate plan has been … Continue reading

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Review: The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A group of friends investigates the mystery of a strange staircase in the woods in this mesmerizing horror novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Accidents. Five high school friends are bonded … Continue reading

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Review: Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A chilling twist on the “cursed film” genre from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club and The Cabin at the End of the World. In June 1993, a group of young guerilla filmmakers spent four weeks … Continue reading

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Review: The Antidote by Karen Russell

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: From Pulitzer finalist, MacArthur Fellowship recipient, and bestselling author of Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove. A gripping Dust Bowl epic about five characters whose fates become entangled after a storm ravages their small Nebraskan town The … Continue reading

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Review: The Proof of My Innocence by Jonathan Coe

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: When Phyl, a young literature graduate, moves back home with her parents, she soon finds herself frustrated by the narrow horizons of English country life. As for her plans of becoming a writer, those … Continue reading

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