Reviews

Bookshots: 'Bats of the Republic' by Zachary Thomas Dodson

October 7th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Bats of the Republic: An Illuminated Novel Who wrote it: I don't think a digital advance reader copy...adequately presents all that this book has to offer as an illuminated novel...I would make an effort to pick up a physical copy instead of downloading it to an eBook reader. Book designer and Helsinki-based author, Zachary Thomas Dodson.

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Bookshots: 'Dark Screams: Volume Five' edited by Richard Chizmar and Brian James

October 5th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Dark Screams: Volume Five

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Bookshots: ‘The New and Improved Romie Futch’ By Julia Elliott

October 1st, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The New and Improved Romie Futch Who Wrote It? A wildly inventive first novel which not only contains some of the most genuinely funny scenes I’ve read in recent memory, but also contains some truly evocative, poetic prose that will make word nerds swoon. Award-winning short story writer and professor, Julia Elliott.

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Bookshots: 'Gold Fame Citrus' by Claire Vaye Watkins

September 29th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Gold Fame Citrus

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Bookshots: 'Little Sister Death' By William Gay

September 28th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Little Sister Death Who wrote it: The Beale family were an eerie—albeit well liked— bunch of people, and Gay expertly weaves their history and the myths surrounding them into the main storyline. The late, legendary Tennessee novelist, William Gay.

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Bookshots: 'Population Wars: A New Perspective on Competition and Coexistence' by Greg Graffin

September 23rd, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Population Wars: A New Perspective on Competition and Coexistence Who wrote it:  'Population Wars' is an engrossing bit of science writing. It is socially astute, forward-thinking, and comes from a place of legitimate concern. Greg Graffin, Punk Rock Professor and lead singer of legendary punk band Bad Religion, author of Anarchy Evolution, lover of tractors. 

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Bookshots: 'Not on Fire, but Burning' by Greg Hrbek

September 22nd, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Not on Fire, but Burning Who wrote it? In his studious avoidance of any elucidation, Hrbek ultimately fails to answer the only question that matters: So what? Greg Hrbek, winner of the James Jones First Novel Award.

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Bookshots: 'The Heart Goes Last' by Margaret Atwood

September 18th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Heart Goes Last

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Bookshots: 'Benchere in Wonderland' by Steven Gillis

September 17th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Benchere in Wonderland Who wrote it? This is a book with a message – and in a world where a Picasso can sell for 179 million dollars it’s a message worth thinking about. Steven Gillis, author and co-founder of Dzanc Books. Benchere in Wonderland is his seventh book.

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Bookshots: ‘So You Don’t Get Lost in the Neighborhood’ by Patrick Modiano

September 16th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: So You Don’t Get Lost in the Neighborhood Who wrote it? French novelist Jean Patrick Modiano, a multiple award-winner who most recently won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2014. While his books have been translated into over 30 languages, until he won the Nobel Prize most of his novels had not been translated into English.

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