Judd Foxman has had a tough life recently. His baby was strangled by its umbilical cord in the womb, his wife is having an affair with his boss, and his father has just died. This is pretty heavy for the first few chapters of a comedic book, but this sets up for the premise of…
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock tells the story of Leonard Peacock (imagine that) as he is about to embark on a life-changing mission. He has decided that today, his 18th birthday, to kill his former best friend Asher Beal and then kill himself. It’s a very interesting concept. To hear about teen on teen violence from the…
The author of I Am Not A Serial Killer, Dan Wells, constructs a novel that I describe as a blend of the show Dexter, Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein, and basically any show on the Syfy Network. In Wells’ premiere novel I Am Not A Serial Killer—the first novel in his John Cleaver series—we are presented with…
Don Winslow's The Kings of Cool is a bold, enthralling story of love, lust, greed, drugs, and the fallacies of them all. Don Winslow crafts a masterpiece of a story that weaves together the past and present lives of 8 characters in his novel The Kings of Cool, which is the prequel to his novel…
Red Rising is a familiar, but entertaining trip into the young adult dystopian genre Pierce Brown's novel Red Rising is the first novel of his Red Rising Trilogy, which is comprised of Golden Son and Morning Star, chronologically. We are presented with the protagonist Darrow, a lowly red tasked with fellow reds to mine the depths of Mars…
By the time we were ready to cross the border, we knew everything...and we knew nothing. That's the best way to describe reading Jeff VanderMeer's psychological thriller and first book of the Southern Reach Trilogy. Everything and nothing is as it seems as a 4-person expedition makes their way into the mysterious Area X, an abandoned stretch…
The Art of Fielding is one of the most entertaining and enthralling character studies in recent years I know next to nothing about baseball. Home runs, fouls, and bases loaded are pretty much the extent of my baseball knowledge. And, to be blunt, I pretty much think watching it is as entertaining as watching paint dry…
This was reviewed from an advanced copy from BookCon 2015. If you would have asked me a few months back if I would be reading a Young Adult, graphic novel about intergalactic warfare and budding teenage romance, I would have probably scathingly laughed at you. I guess you would be laughing now because I sure…
The Book of Joe is an often hilarious and sometimes sweet take on the life of a man of a certain age. I think nailing comedy in a book is a lot harder than a lot of people think. It is difficult to get a joke to land properly when you can’t control its pacing…
One of the best debuts from a writer, Tell the Wolves I'm Home is an emotional tour du force Once in a while a book comes around that reminds me why I love books. It reminds me why I love books about real people. It reminds me why I don't need an epic to feel like I've…
