Yeah. Right. So. This book was weird. Like the post-apocalyptic step-child of Douglas Adams' work weird. To adapt a phrase from another oft surrealist work I enjoy--there's a very thin line that separates entertaining absurdism from 'WTF am I reading', and that line is covered in radioactive cannibalistic pirates. And dancing zombies. Yep, the disco [...]
"I am writing this for you. My enemy. My friend. You know, already, you must know. You have lost"(1). What an opening, and oh boy, what a book. The premise of THE FIRST FIFTEEN LIVES OF HARRY AUGUST by Claire North is basically that of the movie "Groundhog Day", but turned up to 11. Certain [...]
When I was 15, I would not have picked up Emma Mills debut novel FIRST & THEN. I didn't (and don't) care much for sports, and then I had little patience for "realistic fiction" about angsty teens and their lives. I was busy enough living my own. So no, I would not have read FIRST&THEN--and [...]
"Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts. There are seven words that will make a person love you. There are ten words that will break a strong man's will. But a [...]
Hello readers and welcome back to my life! Today we have another review pre-release review from Curiosity Quills Press, the YA fantasy ACNE, ASTHMA, AND OTHER SIGNS YOU MIGHT BE HALF DRAGON, by debut author Rena Rocford. With a title like that, how can I not read it? DRAGON is a fun book. It's been [...]
The first time I heard of Night Vale, it was early 2012 and through the posting and re-sharing magic of the internet, the great purple eye caught my attention. I listened to a couple episodes, but I didn't really get it, and it slipped from my mind. Many months later, long after the Great Tumblr Explosion of [...]
Good morning and welcome back to my world, dear readers! Today let's look at my latest review-read for Curiosity Quills Press--an upcoming November 9th release entitled A SWIFT KICK IN THE ASTEROIDS, by Edward Zajac. This is his first published book, and it follows an adventure of an IT worker and a privateer [...]
Happy Tuesday everyone! Today let's take a walk through SEVENEVES, the newest epic by Sci-fi author extraordinaire Neal Stephenson. Published this year, SEVENEVES is the third book I've read by Stephenson, and this blagh is going to feature details from all three--ANATHAM, SNOW CRASH, and this his latest feat of speculative fiction. Spoilers ahead! I [...]
Good morning and welcome back to my life! Today we're going to talk a little about a book I finished this weekend, JOHN DIES AT THE END by David Wong (pseudonym of Jason Pargin). This book has one of the best opening scenes I've ever read. It's violent, funny, and perfectly introduces the voice of [...]
Welcome to the third and final review of the Curiosity Quills September releases blog tour! Today we shall examine an addition to the 'dark, re-told fairy-tale' genre, the release by author and Lewis Caroll-enthusiast David Hammons. Onward! Let's start with what I liked--which is what I will always do unless a book is aggressively bad. [...]
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