Reviews

Bookshots: 'You Don't Have to Live Like This' by Benjamin Markovits

July 9th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: You Don’t Have to Live Like This Who wrote it? 'You Don’t Have to Live Like This' comes at the perfect time, extracting white attitudes about race and justice, and ever so gently forcing us to think about them. Benjamin Markovits, ex-basketball player and the author of six previous novels, including a trilogy about the poet Byron.

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Bookshots: 'Weavers' by Aric Davis

July 9th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Weavers Who wrote it:   To create a bona fide shady government agency with a clandestine agenda, all you need to do is sprinkle in a few acronyms. Michigan resident and author, Aric Davis Plot in a Box:  People with telekinetic powers find some other people with telekinetic powers.

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Bookshots: ‘The Captive Condition’ By Kevin P. Keating

July 8th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Captive Condition Who wrote it? For everyone who digs sharply written satire with a bit of a gruesome and unsettling edge, you’re going to really enjoy 'The Captive Condition'. Novelist and Essayist, Kevin P. Keating

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Bookshots: 'The Shapeshifters' by Stefan Spjut

July 8th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Shapeshifters Who wrote it? Made me question how I would respond to captivity and unwelcome influence; how far I would go to be free. Swedish author Stefan Spjut. This is his first book to be translated into English. I suspect a demand for more will be forthcoming.

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Bookshots: 'Among the Ten Thousand Things' by Julia Pierpont

July 6th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Among the Ten Thousand Things Who wrote it? Julia Pierpont, a Brooklyn-based writer who works for The New Yorker. She received her MFA at NYU as a Stein and Rona Jaffe Graduate Fellow. (She’s also pretty great on Twitter.) This is her debut novel.

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Bookshots: 'Those Girls' by Chevy Stevens

July 6th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Those Girls

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Bookshots: 'A Planet for Rent' by Yoss

July 2nd, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: A Planet for Rent Who wrote it? 'A Planet for Rent' is science fiction of the highest caliber. It tells us to imagine a strange new world, and as we explore it we come to understand our own a little better. Yoss, critically acclaimed Cuban sci-fi author and lead singer of the heavy metal band Tenaz.

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Bookshots: 'A Girl Undone' by Catherine Linka

July 2nd, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: A Girl Undone Who wrote it: The book is exciting, so fast-paced there's no time for breath between scenes. Catherine Linka, nominated for three awards for Undone's predecessor, A Girl Called Fearless

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Bookshots: 'Mr. Suicide' by Nicole Cushing

July 1st, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Mr. Suicide Who Wrote It? Nicole Cushing, an Indiana-based author with some big names in horror on her side (Billy Martin AKA Poppy Z. Brite, Jack Ketchum and Ellen Datlow, just to name a few, have praised her work). She's written two other novels and has a short story collection forthcoming later this year. Find out more about Cushing at her website.

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Bookshots: ‘The Cartel’ By Don Winslow

June 23rd, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Cartel Who wrote it? If this was a just world, 'The Cartel' would be Winslow’s true breakout novel and it would place all of Winslow’s future novels at the top of New York Times bestseller list. Best-selling and award-winning author of Savages and The Power Of The Dog, Don Winslow

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