Reviews

Bookshots: 'The Black Tongue' by Marko Hautala

November 3rd, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Black Tongue Who wrote it: If you're up for an adventure, try reading 'The Black Tongue' alone in a hotel room with one flickering light, like I did. I guarantee at least one nightmare. Marko Hautala, Finnish thriller and horror writer, winner of the Tiiliskivi Prize.

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Bookshots: 'Numero Zero' by Umberto Eco

November 3rd, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Numero Zero Who wrote it? 'Numero Zero' is, with a few exceptions, neither funny nor entertaining. Umberto Eco, translated from the Italian by Richard Dixon Plot in a Box: An unsuccessful middle-aged writer takes a job at a scam newspaper and learns all about how Mussolini’s double died instead of Il Duce himself.

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Bookshots: 'Made to Kill' by Adam Christopher

November 2nd, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Made to Kill Who wrote it? Raymond Electromatic is easily my new favorite hard-boiled detective. Adam Christopher, author of the Empire State series. Plot in a Box: A robot private eye turned private hitman gets hired by a leggy dame with a bag full of gold to bump off one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, but of course, not everything is as it seems.

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Bookshots: 'Food Whore' by Jessica Tom

October 27th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Food Whore Who wrote it? 'Food Whore' is a fun read, very much along the lines of 'The Devil Wears Prada' or 'The Nanny Diaries'. Jessica Tom, Brooklyn based writer. (One day soon I am going to write a short story about the last person living in Brooklyn who is not a writer.) More info at her website.

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Bookshots: 'Slade House' by David Mitchell

October 26th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Slade House Who wrote it? David Mitchell, the New York Times bestselling author of The Bone Clocks and Cloud Atlas.

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Bookshots: 'Lolito' by Ben Brooks

October 19th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Lolito Who wrote it? 'Lolito' is a fine example of how to write a transgressive novel that is about more than simply cataloguing the bad behavior of wasted youth. Ben Brooks

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Bookshots: ‘Savage Lane’ By Jason Starr

October 14th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Savage Lane Who Wrote It? Starr hasn’t been this on point and focused since his twisted classics 'Cold Caller' and 'Twisted City'. Internationally best-selling, award-winning crime novelist, Jason Starr.

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Bookshots: 'Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe' by Thomas Ligotti

October 13th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe: His Lives and Works Who Wrote It? Both are groundbreaking works and are must-reads for fans of cosmic horror. Thomas Ligotti, a reclusive author who rose to prominence and garnered a cult following in the 1980s and 90s with these two short story collections, published together here by Penguin Classics.

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Bookshots: 'The Rim of Morning' by William Sloane

October 12th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Rim of Morning Who wrote it? The two novellas are not just cracking reads in their own right, they’re also wonderful period pieces, written for an age when local sheriffs could employ their spinster sister to take notes longhand while they interrogated suspects. William Sloane, publisher and author. He wrote The Rim of Morning in 1937.

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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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