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Book Review: Faceless Forever- A Residents Encyclopaedia

Aaron Conn03.2023Book Review, Books, MusicLeave a Comment

Faceless Forever

  Just before the end of 2022, Cherry Red Books and the Cryptic Corporation released a book about the Residents. The book, Faceless Forever, is a handy go-to guide about the … Read More

Aaron ConnBook Review: Faceless Forever- A Residents Encyclopaedia03.05.2023

Book Review: Little Wing: The Jimmy McCulloch Story by Paul Salley

Aaron Conn08.2021Book Review, Books, MusicLeave a Comment

Little Wing

A musician’s career can take an infinite number of paths. Sure, there’s been hundreds of successful musicians  but there are a thousand more who are lucky to even be remembered. … Read More

Aaron ConnBook Review: Little Wing: The Jimmy McCulloch Story by Paul Salley08.16.2021

Book Review: 100 Boyfriends by Brontez Purnell

Garon Cockrell03.2021Book Review, BooksLeave a Comment

Brontez Purnell’s “100 Boyfriends” is a collection of short stories dealing with the lives, relationships, mistakes, benders and everything in between of queer men, mostly of color. To describe it … Read More

Garon CockrellBook Review: 100 Boyfriends by Brontez Purnell03.09.2021

Book Review: Ghosts, by Dolly Alderton

Martina O'Boyle10.2020Book Review, Books, UKLeave a Comment

Ghosts, by Dolly Alderton It can be tough to write a novel mainly dissecting the love and relationships that occur in your early 30s without making it sickly sweet or … Read More

Martina O'BoyleBook Review: Ghosts, by Dolly Alderton10.10.2020

Book Review: Spy, Spy Again (Mercedes Lackey)

JL Jamieson06.2020Book Review, BooksLeave a Comment

Spy, Spy Again Mercedes Lackey DAW June 9th, 2020   The third installment of the Family Spies trilogy is here! Of all of Mags and Amily’s children, Tory feels like … Read More

JL JamiesonBook Review: Spy, Spy Again (Mercedes Lackey)06.09.2020

Book Review: Network Effect (Martha Wells)

JL Jamieson05.2020Book Review, BooksLeave a Comment

Network Effect Martha Wells Tor May 5th, 2020   Murderbot is back in the fifth installment to The Murderbot Diaries series. Dr. Mensah asks Murderbot to accompany her daughter and … Read More

JL JamiesonBook Review: Network Effect (Martha Wells)05.05.2020

Book Review: The Other Mrs. Miller (Allison Dickson)

JL Jamieson04.2020Book Review, BooksLeave a Comment

The Other Mrs. Miller Allison Dickson G.P. Putnam’s Sons Phoebe Miller is dying of boredom in the suburbs. She’s got a bit of refuge there from the embarrassment of her … Read More

JL JamiesonBook Review: The Other Mrs. Miller (Allison Dickson)04.20.2020

Book Review: Dream Sequence

Martina O'Boyle04.2020Book Review, Books, MiscellaneousLeave a Comment

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Dream Sequence Get to know an obsessive fan (wait, can we immediately substitute “stalker” if they are just dreaming away…?)  and wonder what makes them tick in Adam Foulds’ new … Read More

Martina O'BoyleBook Review: Dream Sequence04.20.2020

Book Review: One Two Three Four

Martina O'Boyle04.2020Book Review, Books, UKLeave a Comment

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Review: One Two Three Four So, what don’t we know about the Beatles? Craig Brown’s take on the band, is what. The satirist and author of unusual, funny and page-turning … Read More

Martina O'BoyleBook Review: One Two Three Four04.11.2020

Book Review: The Liar’s Room, Simon Lelic

Martina O'Boyle04.2019Book Review, BooksLeave a Comment

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Review: The Liar’s Room After a two-page opening that couldn’t be more attention grabbing, The Liar’s Room jumps back a bit to start our story in a therapist’s office; two … Read More

Martina O'BoyleBook Review: The Liar’s Room, Simon Lelic04.22.2019

Mini Review: Her Beautiful Monster (Adi Tantimedh)

JL Jamieson02.2019Book Review, Books, Mini ReviewLeave a Comment

Her Beautiful Monster Adi Tantimedh Atria Books January 23rd, 2018 Ravi is back! The private eye who sees gods returns with more new cases, this time on both sides of … Read More

JL JamiesonMini Review: Her Beautiful Monster (Adi Tantimedh)02.09.2019

Mini Review: Pathways (Mercedes Lackey, and others)

JL Jamieson02.2019Book Review, Books, Mini ReviewLeave a Comment

Pathways Mercedes Lackey (editor) DAW December 5th, 2017 Typically, I really don’t like reading short story anthologies. The stories, when good, are always too short for my taste. Sometimes, you … Read More

JL JamiesonMini Review: Pathways (Mercedes Lackey, and others)02.08.2019

Book Review: Find Me (Laura van den Berg)

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Find Me By Laura van den Berg Farrar, Straus and Giroux In Laura van den Berg’s 2015 debut, Find Me, it is a pandemic that makes our main character stop … Read More

WriterBook Review: Find Me (Laura van den Berg)01.12.2019

Book: Bright Ruin (Vic James)

JL Jamieson01.2019Book Review, BooksLeave a Comment

Bright Ruin Vic James Del Rey October 9th, 2018 The third in an interesting series about magic rulers tyrannically ruling Britain and the burgeoning revolutionary resistance set on unseating them. … Read More

JL JamiesonBook: Bright Ruin (Vic James)01.07.2019
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