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Category: READING FOR WRITERS BLOG
JERUSALEM by Alan Moore
A novel impossible to read for long stretches. A tour de force and an eye-opening revelation of one man’s immense… Read more JERUSALEM by Alan Moore
OUT by Natsuo Kirino
Own Voices https://www.amazon.com/Vintage-Crime-Black-Lizard-Anniversary-ebook OUT by Natsuo Kirino This is not a novel for the faint of heart (trigger warning!) but… Read more OUT by Natsuo Kirino
PRE-APPROVED FOR HAUNTING AND OTHER STORIES
by Patrick Barb, Keylight Books, Nashville, TN, 2023 www.turnerpublishing.com This selection of short stories is the kind of horror… Read more PRE-APPROVED FOR HAUNTING AND OTHER STORIES
NIGHTS OF PLAGUE by Orhan Pamuk (Turkey)
Spoiler Alert *** Orhan Pamuk is not a new writer for me. He is a Turkish writer and… Read more NIGHTS OF PLAGUE by Orhan Pamuk (Turkey)
TIGER PARK by Cecily Winter
Our Indian driver and guide parked us a few strides from a pink-and-black-nosed young tiger with blond teddy bear ears… Read more TIGER PARK by Cecily Winter
TOKYO UENO STATION by Miri Yu
I had to read this stream-of-consciousness novel twice for the full flavor of this gloomy yet poetic narrative that reminds… Read more TOKYO UENO STATION by Miri Yu
GO, WENT, GONE. A German Scholar Overcomes His Indifference
Book Review of GO, WENT, GONE by Jenny Erpenbeck (translated from German in… Read more GO, WENT, GONE. A German Scholar Overcomes His Indifference
SHADOW TAG by Louise Erdrich
Shadow tag is the family’s game, a collaborative effort to obliterate someone’s shadow. The person or person to lose their… Read more SHADOW TAG by Louise Erdrich
NEIL STEPHENSON’S SNOW CRASH
Novel published 1992 I read this novel nearly 20 years after its publication, and as a person largely inexperienced with… Read more NEIL STEPHENSON’S SNOW CRASH