Reviews

Bookshots: 'Septimania' by Jonathan Levi

April 7th, 2016

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title:  Septimania Who Wrote It: A book for lovers of the insanely literary form, for people who love to dream. Jonathan Levi, author of the critically acclaimed A Guide for the Perplexed. Plot in a Box: This is where things get complicated for Septimania. Almost immediately. 

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Bookshots: 'Dead Letters: An Anthology of the Undelivered, the Missing, the Returned…' edited by Conrad Williams

April 6th, 2016

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Dead Letters: An Anthology of the Undelivered, the Missing, the Returned…

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Bookshots: 'Asking for It' by Louise O'Neill

April 5th, 2016

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Asking For It

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Bookshots: 'The Dig' by John Preston

April 4th, 2016

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Dig Who Wrote It: A comfortable, calming sort of book with the additional merit of a truly intriguing subject. London-based arts editor at the Sunday Telegraph and real life nephew of one of the archaeologists in The Dig, John Preston.

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Product Review: Google's Editions at Play

March 28th, 2016

“We sell books that cannot be printed” – that's the slogan for Google's new publishing initiative, Editions at Play. It's a simple way of telling readers exactly what they're in for since these aren't just eBooks, but stories specifically designed from conception to move and interact. About Editions at Play People sometimes say that physical books have qualities that do not transfer well to digital. We want to show that digital has narrative qualities that cannot transfer to print.

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Bookshots: ‘Relief Map’ by Rosalie Knecht

March 28th, 2016

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Relief Map Who wrote it? Knecht’s prose gracefully tackles complex topics with the hushed suspense of a classic like the film Rear Window. Rosalie Knecht, a translator and social worker who lives in New York City. Thanks to her, folks can read Cesar Aira’s The Seamstress in the Wind in English. Relief Map is her novel debut.

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Bookshots: ‘The North Water’ by Ian McGuire

March 18th, 2016

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The North Water Who Wrote It? What Moby Dick would have been like if Herman Melville grew up drowning in horror movies. Ian McGuire Plot in a Box: A 19th-century whaling ship called The Volunteer sets sail for the Arctic with a killer onboard. Invent a New Title For This Book: The Volunteers

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Bookshots: 'Burning Down the House' by Jane Mendelsohn

March 17th, 2016

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Burning Down the House

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Bookshots: 'Hap and Leonard' by Joe R. Lansdale

March 15th, 2016

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Hap and Leonard Who wrote it? Joe R. Lansdale, author of the series of the same name.

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Bookshots: 'The Remnants' by Robert Hill

March 15th, 2016

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Remnants Who Wrote it? What a beautiful and fascinating exploration of the human condition. Robert Hill, a self-described "New Englander by birth, a West Coaster by choice, and an Oregonian by osmosis." This is his second novel.

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