Reviews

Bookshots: 'A Fairy Tale' by Jonas T. Bengtsson

March 25th, 2014

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: A Fairy Tale

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Bookshots: 'Falling Out of Time' by David Grossman

March 25th, 2014

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Falling Out of Time Who wrote it? This book hurt, but a good kind of hurt, a healing kind of hurt, a hurt that maybe now won't hurt so much. David Grossman, an award-winning Israeli author (translation by Jessica Cohen).

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Bookshots: 'Hyde' by Daniel Levine

March 20th, 2014

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Hyde Who wrote it? Levine stays true to his source, making Hyde more of a why-done-it than a who-done-it...[but] there is more than enough to compensate in this richly detailed and engrossing portrait of psychological disintegration. Daniel Levine. Details about Levine are sketchy, almost as if he's someone's alter ego...

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Bookshots: 'Inappropriate Behavior: Stories' by Murray Farish

March 19th, 2014

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Inappropriate Behavior: Stories Who wrote it: Webster University professor Murray Farish, who holds William Peden and Phoebe Fiction Prizes. Plot in a box: In his first collection of short stories, Farish follows a cast of characters behaving badly. Invent a new title for this book: Characters Gone Wild

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Bookshots: 'Shotgun Lovesongs' by Nickolas Butler

March 18th, 2014

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Shotgun Lovesongs Who wrote it? It would be unfair of me to blame [Butler] for the blurbs and the overcooked publicity, which give the impression that within these covers lies a book with the kind of Pulitzer-heft of Jane Smiley’s 'A Thousand Acres'. Nickolas Butler, debut novelist and Iowa Writers’ Workshop alumnus.

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Bookshots: 'All I Have in This World' by Michael Parker

March 17th, 2014

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: All I Have in This World Who wrote it? A beautifully crafted, extraordinarily human novel which elevates our daily lives to their rightful place of significance. Michael Parker has authored six novels and been extensively published in various journals. He is currently a professor in the MFA Writing Program at the University of North Carolina Greensboro.

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Bookshots: 'Made to Break' by D. Foy

March 12th, 2014

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Made to Break Who wrote it? An entertaining, at times artful piece of pulp trash (and I mean pulp trash in the most complimentary way) that will leave the reader spinning. Eisner Prize winning debut novelist, D. Foy

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Bookshots: 'Lady Bette and the Murder of Mr Thynn' by N.A. Pickford

March 10th, 2014

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title:  Lady Bette and the Murder of Mr Thynn (FYI: The lack of a period after Mr is intentional...throughout the book the author attempts to stick with 17th century spellings where applicable. It's applicable to the title.)

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Bookshots: 'The Weirdness' by Jeremy P. Bushnell

March 5th, 2014

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Weirdness Who wrote it: 'The Weirdness' embraces a strong sense of humor that borders on slapstick. Bushnell obviously relishes the bizarre, the quirky, and the off-centered. Jeremy P. Bushnell, a game developer and writing instructor at Boston’s Northeastern University.

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Bookshots: 'Federales' by Christopher Irvin

March 4th, 2014

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Federales Who Wrote It? Irvin’s sentences are short and brutal like kidney punches, hitting just where needed to have the most impact. Christopher Irvin, first-time novelist and a fellow Thuglit alum.

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