Reviews

Bookshots: 'Paradise Sky' by Joe R. Lansdale

June 16th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Paradise Sky Who wrote it? Watching a Lansdale character slowly reveal their many layers over the course of a story is always rewarding. Joe R. Lansdale, author of Bubba Ho-Tep and the popular Hap and Leonard series.

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Bookshots: 'Summerlong' By Dean Bakopoulos

June 16th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Summerlong Who wrote it? Bakopoulos is a very talented novelist and there are some great, funny passages in this novel. Novelist and Guggenheim Fellow, Dean Bakopoulos.

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Bookshots: 'Here Are The Young Men' by Rob Doyle

June 16th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Here Are The Young Men Who wrote it? Perhaps the real fear is that no matter what, eventually everything will go back to how it was. Debut novelist Rob Doyle.

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Bookshots: 'A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing' by Eimear McBride

June 9th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing Who wrote it? Debut novelist, Eimear McBride. After almost a decade without a publisher, A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing was released by a tiny press in England, winning the Goldsmiths Prize in 2013 and the 2014 Bailey’s Women’s Fiction Prize for Fiction. The novel took her six months to write.

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Bookshots: 'I Saw A Man' by Owen Sheers

June 8th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: I Saw A Man Who wrote it? Owen Sheers: poet, playwright and novelist. His first novel, Resistance, became a film starring Andrea Riseborough. He lives in Wales, played rugby at county level, and in 2011 became the first writer in residence for Welsh Rugby Union. I Saw A Man is not about rugby however.

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Bookshots: 'That Thing You Do With Your Mouth' by Samantha Matthews and David Shields

June 8th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: That Thing You Do With Your Mouth: The Sexual Autobiography of Samantha Matthews as Told to David Shields

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Bookshots: 'Seveneves' by Neal Stephenson

June 5th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Seveneves Who wrote it? An intriguing trip through some strange and complicated places, but it will suffer from comparison to Stephenson’s previous work. Neal Stephenson, author of Snow Crash and other acclaimed works of speculative fiction.

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Bookshots: 'The League of Regrettable Superheroes' by Jon Morris

June 3rd, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The League of Regrettable Superheroes: Half-Baked Heroes from Comic Book History!

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Bookshots: 'Haints Stay' by Colin Winnette

June 3rd, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Haints Stay Who wrote it: Certain sections reminded me of driving past a horrible accident on the highway, both mesmerizing and painful to look at. Colin Winnette, short story writer, poet, and author of four other novels.  

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Bookshots: 'Dietland' by Sarai Walker

May 28th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Dietland Who wrote it? 'Dietland' is saying that the days of women trying to fit in are over. Sarai Walker (it’s pronounced sa-RAY in case you wondered), journalist and academic. Dietland is her first novel. More info at her website.

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