Reviews

Bookshots: 'White City' by Seb Doubinsky

January 11th, 2016

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: White City

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Bookshots: 'Only Love Can Break Your Heart' by Ed Tarkington

January 5th, 2016

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Only Love Can Break Your Heart Who wrote it? What may seem like a grab bag of characters and incidents...turns out to be a beautifully crafted, enormously entertaining novel. Ed Tarkington Plot in a Box: Eight-year-old Rocky loves his older brother, Paul, but has second thoughts after Paul abandons him in the deep, lonely woods.

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Bookshots: 'Travelers Rest' by Keith Lee Morris

January 4th, 2016

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Travelers Rest (specifically not to be confused with Traveler's Rest)

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Bookshots: 'The Children's Home' by Charles Lambert

January 4th, 2016

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Children's Home

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Bookshots: 'The Undoing' by Averil Dean

December 29th, 2015

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Bookshots: 'The Visitors' by Simon Sylvester

December 28th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Visitors

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Bookshots: 'Waste' by Andrew F. Sullivan

December 21st, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Waste Who wrote it? 'Waste' is an insightful gut-punch to the soul for any reader tough enough to take it. First-time novelist Andrew F. Sullivan

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Bookshots: 'Year of the Goose' by Carly J. Hallman

December 8th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Year of the Goose Who Wrote It: If you run a fat camp where one of the campers falls in the shower and dies, it's not a great idea to club any nearby child witnesses on the back of the head before stashing the corpse in a closet. Beijing-based debut author, Carly J.

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Bookshots: 'The Age of Reinvention' by Karine Tuil

December 8th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Age of Reinvention Who wrote it? 'The Great Gatsby' reimagined for the terrorist era. Karine Tuil, translated from the French by Sam Taylor Plot in a Box: A French-Arab Muslim moves to New York and recreates himself as a Jew. Invent a new title for this book: The Great Gatsby Goes French

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Bookshots: 'Drawing Blood' by Molly Crabapple

December 4th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Drawing Blood Who wrote it? Crabapple does an excellent job of maintaining her casual and inviting tone even when discussing difficult subjects. Artist and Vice columnist Molly Crabapple. Plot in a box: This is real life, and real life can't be plotted, duh.

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