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JERUSALEM by Alan Moore

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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

PRE-APPROVED FOR HAUNTING AND OTHER STORIES

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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

TOKYO UENO STATION by Miri Yu

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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

SHADOW TAG by Louise Erdrich

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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

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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

THE NIGHT WATCHMAN by Louise Edritch

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  Ms. Erdritch has always been my favorite Native American novelist. She has a talent for bringing to the page… Read more THE NIGHT WATCHMAN by Louise Edritch

PREFECTURE D (4 Novellas) by Hideo Yokoama JAPANESE POLICE PROCEDURALS

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  First published in Japan in 1998 and translated into English in 2019. “Work will be work, home will be… Read more PREFECTURE D (4 Novellas) by Hideo Yokoama JAPANESE POLICE PROCEDURALS

FIGHTING WORDS by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

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We’ve had THE COLOR PURPLE, THE BLUEST EYE, and PUSH. Now a slice of the underbelly of inadequate families for… Read more FIGHTING WORDS by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

THE RAMPART TRILOGY BOOK 1:

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THE BOOK OF KOLI by M. R. Carey I am impressed no end by the world-building in this novel. I… Read more THE RAMPART TRILOGY BOOK 1:

SALLY ROONEY’S NORMAL PEOPLE

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NORMAL PEOPLE  (Faber and Faber 2018) While Sally Rooney’s novel is in no way derivative, she appears to have fashioned… Read more SALLY ROONEY’S NORMAL PEOPLE

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