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Bookshots: 'Both of Me' by Jonathan Friesen
December 23rd, 2014
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Both of Me Who wrote it: Jonathan Friesen, author of the ALA Schneider Award-winning Jerk, California.
Read Review →Bookshots: 'The Poetic Edda' translated by Jeramy Dodds
December 11th, 2014
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Poetic Edda
Read Review →Bookshots: 'Butterflies in November' by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
December 10th, 2014
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Butterflies in November Who wrote it? A funny little book about womanhood, childhood, marriage, divorce, and the various aspects of love, particularly how we give and receive it. Award winning Icelandic novelist, Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
Read Review →Bookshots: 'Dark Screams: Volume One' edited by Brian James Freeman and Richard Chizmar
December 9th, 2014
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book revie Title: Dark Screams: Volume One Who Wrote It? Stephen King, Kelley Armstrong, Bill Pronzini, Simon Clark and Ramsey Campbell. The anthology was edited by Brian Freeman and Richard Chizmar, both of Cemetery Dance fame (though this book isn't being released through CD's publishing arm, but rather through Hydra). More info here.
Read Review →Bookshots: 'The Year of Reading Dangerously' by Andy Miller
December 8th, 2014
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books (and Two Not-So-Great Ones) Saved My Life Who wrote it? Andy Miller
Read Review →Bookshots: 'Rudolph!: He is the Reason for the Season' by Mark Teppo
December 5th, 2014
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Rudolph!: He is the Reason for the Season Who Wrote It? Mark Teppo, author of the Codex of Souls series. If you think you’re over Christmas stories, 'Rudolph!' makes a compelling argument to the contrary. Plot in a Box: Rudolph leads the reindeer in a commando raid on the afterlife to rescue Santa’s soul.
Read Review →Bookshots: 'The Genome' by Sergei Lukyanenko
December 3rd, 2014
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Genome Who wrote it? Sergei Lukyanenko, czar of Russian science fiction, builder of fantastic alternate worlds, scribe of the "World of Watches" pentalogy, and the East's answer to Heinlein and Gibson.
Read Review →Bookshots: 'Damn! A Cultural History of Swearing in Modern America' by Rob Chirico
December 2nd, 2014
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Damn! A Cultural History of Swearing in Modern America Who wrote it? Spoiler alert: there's really no difference between screaming "shoot" and "shit" when stubbing a toe, at least to your brain Rob Chirico, artist and author of several books, including Field Guide to Cocktails.
Read Review →Bookshots: ‘The Skeleton Road’ by Val McDermid
December 2nd, 2014
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Skeleton Road Who wrote it? Val McDermid, whose Tony Hill series has been very popular, even becoming a TV series, and won her the Crime Writer’s Association Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel of the Year. McDermid describes her work as ‘Tartan Noir’ - the Scottish crime fiction genre
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