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On reading: The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa

August 20, 2020August 9, 2020 Categories: Book Reviews · BooksTags: book recommendation · book review · Book Reviews · dystopian fiction · japanese fiction · on reading · the memory police · Yoko OgawaLeave a comment

Beautiful and quietly disturbing, The Memory Police is a book you’ll want to linger over.

On reading: Do You Dream of Terra-Two? by Temi Oh

August 13, 2020July 31, 2020 Categories: Book Reviews · BooksTags: book recommendation · book review · Book Reviews · Do you dream of Terra-Two? · on reading · sci fi · science fiction · science fiction classics · Temi OhLeave a comment

Oh brings us a a beautiful, touching, tragic yet hopeful journey into space, and I want more.

On reading: The Living Dead by George A. Romero and Daniel Kraus

July 30, 2020July 6, 2020 Categories: Book Reviews · BooksTags: book recommendation · book review · Book Reviews · Daniel Kraus · George A. Romero · horror · horror fiction · on reading · The Living Dead · zombie horror · zombiesLeave a comment

Kraus brings Romero’s zombie novel to life, in what can’t help but be a classic of the genre.

On reading: Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay

July 7, 2020July 1, 2020 Categories: Book Reviews · BooksTags: book recommendation · book review · Book Reviews · horror · on reading · pandemic fiction · paul tremblay · Survivor Song · zombie horrorLeave a comment

Long story short – go read all of Tremblay’s books.

On reading: The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu

June 30, 2020June 25, 2020 Categories: Book Reviews · BooksTags: book recommendation · book review · Book Reviews · on reading · science fiction · the lives of tao · wesley chuLeave a comment

The Lives of Tao drags a reluctant hero into an alien war, and I gotta say that it sounds like hard work becoming a secret agent.

On reading: The Vegetarian by Han Kang

June 18, 2020June 5, 2020 Categories: Book Reviews · BooksTags: book review · Book Reviews · Deborah Smith · Han Kang · horror · on reading · South Korean literature · The VegetarianLeave a comment

Han Kang’s novel is a devastatingly quiet dive into power, abuse and a mind unravelling.

On reading: Wanderers by Chuck Wendig

June 11, 2020June 4, 2020 Categories: Book Reviews · BooksTags: book review · Book Reviews · Chuck Wendig · dystopian fiction · horror fiction · on reading · pandemic fiction · WanderersLeave a comment

Chuck Wendig brings us a scarily prescient masterpiece, that’s sure to find its place in the classic novel lists of the future.

On reading: My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

June 5, 2020June 5, 2020 Categories: Book Reviews · BooksTags: book recommendation · book review · Book Reviews · Grady Hendrix · horror · horror books · Horrorstör · on readingLeave a comment

Hendrix gives us a brilliant, smart ode to the ’80s, a tender coming-of-age story drenched in horror, with brilliant moments of comedy.

On writing reviews and on writing words

May 23, 2020 Categories: Book Reviews · Books · Thoughts · WritingTags: Afterland · Book Reviews · Chuck Wendig · Grady Hendrix · lauren beukes · negative reviews · streets · walking in tokyo · Wanderers · writing inspiration · writing reviews · writing wallpaperLeave a comment

On why I mostly talk about books I love, and on how new words are eeking out and what they’re eeking out to.

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Tamara writes mainly dark, surreal tales with a touch of science fiction. Her novel Grind Spark was longlisted for the Bath Novel Award 2014.

She has been published in various places including The Arcanist, The Alarmist Magazine, New Scientist Culture Lab, 365 Tomorrows, The FlashDogs Volumes 1 and 2, and Flash Fiction Magazine.

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