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Bookshots: 'Thrown' by Kerry Howley
October 14th, 2014
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Thrown Who wrote it: Kerry Howley (incidentally, Googling her name brings up a completely separate artist who makes some fascinating jewelry out of hair).
Read Review →Bookshots: 'The Cutting Room' edited by Ellen Datlow
October 13th, 2014
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Cutting Room: Dark Reflections of the Silver Screen Who wrote it? Dennis Etchison, Peter Straub, Gemma Files & Stephen J. Barringer, Stephen Graham Jones, Laird Barron and Kim Newman, are just a few of the authors appearing in this anthology, culled by renowned editor Ellen Datlow.
Read Review →Bookshots: 'Sometimes the Wolf' by Urban Waite
October 8th, 2014
Title Sometimes the Wolf Who wrote it? Urban Waite, Seattle resident with two previous novels under his belt: The Carrion Birds and The Terror of Living. More info at his website. This is an altogether more hopeful and redemptive read than No Country for Old Men or The Road... Plot in a Box Washington State lawman Bobby Drake discovers his recently released jailbird dad has a secret. The dangerous kind.
Read Review →Bookshots: 'Some Luck' by Jane Smiley
October 7th, 2014
Title Some Luck Who wrote it? Jane Smiley, Pulitzer prizewinner and all round literary heavy weight. More at Knopf's author page. Plot in a Box Man and woman marry and settle on an Iowa farm in 1920. They have kids. The kids grow up. America changes. Invent a new title for this book Life with Father (and mother and lots of cows and sheep)
Read Review →Bookshots: 'Hello Devilfish!' by Ron Dakron
October 7th, 2014
Title: Hello Devilfish! Who wrote it? Ron Dakron, an experimental novelist whose previous works include infra, Newt, Hammers and Mantids.
Read Review →Bookshots: "The Boy Who Drew Monsters"
October 6th, 2014
Title The Boy Who Drew Monsters Who wrote it? Keith Donohue, author of The Stolen Child. More info at his website. Plot in a Box In a wintery, sparsely populated coastal town in Maine, a boy with Asperger Syndrome draws the ghosts from an 19th-century shipwreck into existence, much to his parents’ dismay. Invent a new title for this book A Portrait of the Autist as a Young Man
Read Review →Bookshots: "The Glob Who Girdled Granville" and "The Secret Lives of Actors": A Double Monster Feature, by Peter Grandbois
October 2nd, 2014
Title: The Glob Who Girdled Granville & The Secret Lives of Actors Who wrote it: Peter Grandbois, whose first novel The Gravedigger is currently in pre-production as a major motion picture, was chosen by Barnes and Noble for their “Discover Great New Writers” Program, and named one of the best books of 2006 by Booklist. He is a professor at Denison University.
Read Review →Bookshots: 'The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances' by The Oatmeal
October 1st, 2014
Title: The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances Who Wrote It? Matthew Inman, aka The Oatmeal. Yes, that Oatmeal. The one who creates brilliant web comics and has been entertaining us for years. Plot in a Box: This is a graphic-novel-memoir-thing—a conglomeration of stories and lists and images all designed to help The Oatmeal explain exactly why he runs long distances.
Read Review →Bookshots: 'Butterfly Skin' by Sergey Kuznetsov
September 24th, 2014
Title: Butterfly Skin Who wrote it? Sergey Kuznetsov, a Russian novelist whose previous works include The Circle Dance of Water, which was shortlisted for Russia's Big Book Award in 2011. Kuznetsov is also a journalist and has contributed to Playboy, Harper's Bazaar and Vogue. He's widely regarded as one of the pioneers of the internet in Russia.
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