The world is going crazy around Tom Crandall in Neil McMahon’s L.A. Mental. His brother, Nick, calls him in a paranoid frenzy, probably drug-induced. When Tom finds him, Nick literally jumps off a cliff. His sister, Erica, has been receiving threats. His brother Paul is involved in a film project with a charismatic figure that he follows with a cult-like… Read more
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Okay, today is Stop #3 on the Kingdom of Childhood Scavenger Hunt! Stop by a different site every day for another snippet from the new novel by Rebecca Coleman. Here is today’s find: My heart palpitated. “Your mother found something out?” “No, I mean, when she was getting with the yoga guy. She probably thought I wasn’t paying attention.” “Oh.”… Read more
Judy McFarland’s life is a mess. Her marriage is crumbling, her school is going bankrupt, her best friend just died. She’s started to think about escape — her youngest son will be graduating soon and then she could leave, get a divorce, do whatever she wanted. Unfortunately, she doesn’t wait until after graduation. In Rebecca Coleman’s The Kingdom of Childhood,… Read more
Zero History by William Gibson was one of the emergency books I picked up on my trip to Amsterdam and what a lifesaver! It kept me from going crazy on the flight over, although it almost kept me from getting any sleep! It’s a wild ride through secret territory that kept my attention every second. Zero History is about fashion…sort… Read more
I can’t wait to see this! I loved the book (although it is deeply weird) and the movie looks like it’s going to be quite the thrill ride. For more on John Dies at the End, check out my review. Read more
The cover of this book says: “Infidelity can be deadly.” Murder on the Down Low puts a whole new spin on infidelity in this thriller that focuses on an issue of particular interest to the African American community. Black men are being murdered — upstanding men, athletes, businessmen, pillars of the community — and they are being targeted because they… Read more
This story comes at a perfect time. As I posted earlier today, my current book is Naked City: Tales of Urban Fantasy, full of stories about fae and other wildfolk, most of them taking place in urban environments. In the Dunes, a story/novella by John Leahy, runs along similar lines. Two good friends, on a golfing vacation in Ireland, find… Read more
Happy Tuesday! Today the Blog Tour stops here with my review of Love at Absolute Zero by Christopher Meeks. This was a fun read and I’ve been looking forward to sharing the review! Gunnar Gunderson is having his midlife crisis a little early. He’s just gotten tenure and suddenly he decides he needs a wife. Gunnar’s a scientist, not a… Read more
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