2020 – reading roundup and the Dust Lounge Book Awards

December 30, 2020December 20, 2020 Categories: Book Reviews · Books · ThoughtsTags: A man of shadows · Agustina Bazterrica · best books of 2020 · best books of the year · best reads of 2020 · Blacktop Wasteland · Chris Panatier · Chuck Palahniuk · Chuck Wendig · Consider This · Donald Ray Pollock · Earthlings · favourite books of the year · Grady Hendrix · Headcheese · jeff noon · Jess Hagemann · Juniper · My Best Friend’s Exorcism · Ross Jeffery · S.A. Cosby · Sayaka Murata · Stephen Graham Jones · tender is the flesh · The Devil All the Time · the memory police · the only good indians · The Phlebotomist · Wanderers · Yōko Ogawa1 Comment

Welcome to the 2020 reading roundup and book awards at the Dust Lounge. A mighty fine year for reading.

On reading: The Phlebotomist by Chris Panatier

September 3, 2020July 31, 2020 Categories: Book Reviews · BooksTags: blood · book recommendation · book review · Book Reviews · Chris Panatier · dystopian fiction · horror fiction · on reading · The PhlebotomistLeave a comment

Panatier paints a refreshing, original dystopia that’s going to get your blood pumping (sorry).

On reading: Headcheese by Jess Hagemann

April 23, 2020April 22, 2020 Categories: Book Reviews · BooksTags: amputation · book review · Book Reviews · Chris Panatier · Headcheese · horror · Jess Hagemann · on readingLeave a comment

Hagemann’s novel is shocking, challenging and fascinating. A book that brilliantly blurs the lines between documentary and fiction.