Devil House by John Darnielle
I have, once or twice, been near enough to the inside of a newspaper story to get a sense of what happens when something that occurs with real humans is interpreted and reported on by other humans. It's a game of telephone writ large - suddenly, certain elements get dropped, others … [Read more]
All Signs Point to Yes by Cam Montgomery, Adrianne White, g. haron davis
I’m not a huge astrology fan. Pretty much every I know comes from random internet articles, but I’m a big fan of anthologies (author speed dating!), so I hopped in hoping for the best. Luckily, each of the thirteen stories has a list of characteristics for that sign before the story starts. Yes, … [Read more]
Those Left Behind by N. C. Scrimgeour
Those Left Behind is the first book in N. C. Scrimgeour's "Waystations trilogy." The first two books are available in paperback and on Kindle Unlimited if that's your jam. I was scrolling through TikTok the other night, trying to ignore the impending doom of our planet and my own cold dead … [Read more]
Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba & Then Lost it to the Revolution by T.J. English
No doubt about it: T.J. English is one of our great gangster chroniclers. Here he takes on a crime story with an added degree of difficulty: the mob's role in Cuba's casinos just as Fidel Castro was ascending to power, changing the island (and, frankly, American politics) forever. I know … [Read more]
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Hollywood Godfather: My Life in the Movies and the Mob by Gianni Russo
Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier by Mark Frost
Clark and Division by Naomi Hirahara
American Tabloid by James Ellroy
Hot Springs by Stephen Hunter
Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier
Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier
Dead Soon Enough by Steph Cha
Bullet Train by Kōtarō Isaka
Here are the books I read in May 2022 that I didn't get to give a full review for whatever reason. I read a lot of authors of AAPI descent; their books were all wonderful in their own respective ways... Sea of Tranquility **** Unquestionably a metacommentary on the author's Station … [Read more]
All the Answers by Kate Messner
“Life isn’t about knowing all the answers. The best we can do is to make peace with our questions, learn who we are, know our strengths, and do the best we can with the gifts we’ve been given while we’re here.” What if you had a magic pencil? What if it had all the answers? Ava Anderson picks up a … [Read more]
