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.