Eight noir novels to help fill your endless summer with a sense of overwhelming dread and paranoia. Okay, so I’m the professor who wakes up three weeks before the end of the semester and hits …
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The Posthumous Donald Westlake: It’s All Bullshit
Donald Westlake, ever the prolific author, has had two novels released since his death on New Year’s Eve of 2009, both brought to us by the stellar Hard Case Crime imprint. The first, in 2010, …
Continue readingSpanish Prisoners: 5 Indispensable Books of Scam Fiction
Neil Gaiman and Jim Thompson bonded by Scam Fiction? It’s all a scam, isn’t it?
Continue readingPlayin’ with Ice and Fire: A Game of Thoughts | Arya (Chapter 32)
She’s new, she’s the re-re-reader. She’s the newbie, she’s the spoilery vet. Together they’re rereading George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones and getting their POV on. Today they react to Chapter 32 with everyone’s …
Continue readingPlayin’ With Ice And Fire: A Game of Thoughts | Tyrion Chapter 31
She’s new, she’s the re-re-reader. She’s the newbie, she’s the spoilery vet. Together they’re rereading George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones and getting their POV on. Today they react to Chapter 31, a Tyrion …
Continue readingPlayin’ with Ice and Fire: A Game of Thoughts | Eddard Chapter 30
She’s new, she’s the re-re-reader. She’s the newbie, she’s the spoilery vet. Together they’re rereading George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones and getting their POV on. Today they react to Chapter 30, an Eddard …
Continue readingPositing a New Author-Reviewer Relationship – Sam Sykes Guest Blog
I’ve occasionally suggested to those who know me best, and subsequently to those who know me to be a terrible human being with few redeeming factors past my ability to imitate Hugo Weaving, that the only …
Continue readingPlayin’ with Ice and Fire: A Game of Thoughts | Sansa Chapter 29
She’s new, she’s the re-re-reader. She’s the newbie, she’s the spoilery vet. Together they’re rereading George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones and getting their POV on. Next up they react to Chapter 29: Sansa. …
Continue readingPlayin’ with Ice and Fire: A Game of Thoughts | Catelyn Chapter 28
She’s new, she’s the re-re-reader. She’s the newbie, she’s the spoilery vet. Together they’re rereading George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones and getting their POV on. Today they react to Chapter 28, a Catelyn …
Continue readingPlayin’ with Ice and Fire: A Game of Thoughts: Eddard Chapter 27
She’s new, she’s the re-re-reader. She’s the newbie, she’s the spoilery vet. Together they’re rereading George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones and getting their POV on. Today they react to Chapter 27, Eddard. If …
Continue readingPlayin’ with Ice and Fire: A Game of Thoughts | Jon Chapter 26
She’s new, she’s the re-re-reader. She’s the newbie, she’s the spoilery vet. Together they’re rereading George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones and getting their POV on. Today they react to Chapter 26, a Jon Snow …
Continue readingPlayin’ with Ice and Fire: A Game of Thoughts | Eddard Chapter 25
She’s new, she’s the re-re-reader. She’s the newbie, she’s the spoilery vet. Together they’re rereading George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones and getting their POV on. Today they react to Chapter 25 – a …
Continue readingPlayin’ with Ice and Fire: A Game of Thoughts | Bran Chapter 24
She’s new, she’s the re-re-reader. She’s the newbie, she’s the spoilery vet. Together they’re rereading George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones and getting their POV on. Today they react to Chapter 24- Bran. If …
Continue readingPlayin’ with Ice and Fire: A Game of Thoughts | Daenerys Chapter 23
She’s new, she’s the re-re-reader. She’s the newbie, she’s the spoilery vet. Together they’re rereading George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones and getting their POV on. Today they react to Chapter 23- Daenerys. If …
Continue readingPlayin’ with Ice and Fire: A Game of Thoughts | Arya Stark Chapter 22
She’s new, she’s the re-re-reader. She’s the newbie, she’s the spoilery vet. Together they’re rereading George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones and getting their POV on. Today they move on to Chapter 22, an …
Continue readingPlayin’ With Ice and Fire: A Game of Thoughts | Tyrion Lannister Chapter 21
She’s new, she’s the re-re-reader. She’s the newbie, she’s the spoilery vet. Together they’re rereading George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones and getting their POV on. Today they move on to Chapter 21, a …
Continue readingPlayin’ With Ice and Fire: A Game of Thoughts | Ned Chapter 20
She’s new, she’s the re-re-reader. She’s the newbie, she’s the spoilery vet. Together they’re rereading George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones and getting their POV on. Today they move on to Chapter 20, a …
Continue readingDarkness, Take My Hand by Dennis Lehane Review
It becomes immediately apparent from the opening pages of Darkness, Take My Hand that Dennis Lehane has upped the ante since A Drink Before the War. Darkness, Take My Hand stands in stark contrast to A …
Continue readingL.E. Modesitt Jr. Interview + Imager Review
L.E. Modesitt, Jr., is the best-selling author of several fantasy and science fiction series, and a name you can’t get through any bookstore’s SFF section without encountering. I am only familiar with his work on the Imager …
Continue readingNocturne by Syrie James Review
Let me be honest: Nocturne by Syrie James is not the sort of novel that I naturally gravitate to. I read it because it was offered to me and sounded interesting enough to try–the sort …
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