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Review: Molka by Monika Kim

Posted on April 3, 2026 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: molka (n): the Korean term for spy cameras secretly and illegally installed, often to capture voyeuristic images and videos Dahye can’t believe her luck when she finds herself in a whirlwind romance with handsome, … Continue reading →

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Review: In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

Posted on March 23, 2026 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado’s engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad, and a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse. Tracing the full arc … Continue reading →

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Review: Paradiso 17 by Hannah Lillith Assadi

Posted on March 18, 2026 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: The intimate, sweeping tale of one man’s restless search for home the world over, as the pendulum of fate swings between loss and life, grief and euphoria, regret and hope All his life, exile … Continue reading →

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Review: Carson McCullers: A Life by Mary V Dearborn

Posted on March 16, 2026 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: The first major biography in more than twenty years of one of America’s greatest writers, based on newly available letters and journals V. S. Pritchett called her “a genius.” Gore Vidal described her as … Continue reading →

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Review: Hunger by Choi Jin-Young

Posted on March 13, 2026 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A word-of-mouth phenomenon turned best-selling cult classic in Korea, Hunger is a visceral, psychologically daring novel that reveals how love and money shape, wound, and consume us. “A feast for the literary senses.”—Anton Hur, Judge of the … Continue reading →

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Review: Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt by Ben Reeves

Posted on February 4, 2026 by ghostvillehero

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: Moderation by Elaine Castillo

Posted on January 28, 2026 by ghostvillehero

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: Gutmouth by Gabino Iglesias

Posted on January 22, 2026 by ghostvillehero

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: I’m Losing You by Bruce Wagner

Posted on January 15, 2026 by ghostvillehero

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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Review: The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler

Posted on November 28, 2025 by ghostvillehero

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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