Honest reviews of the next stars of spooky and speculative!
With thanks to the publishers and NetGalley.com for providing free e-advance review copies.
One way or another, Catriona Ward has been present for almost every big thing in my Professional Book Nerd career. The day I quit my job to become a full time editor, I went to an author event where she was speaking. She was the guest author at our first writing retreat, The Writing Haunt. […]
Read MoreI’ve been a fan of Matt Wesolowski since his first Six Stories book, Six Stories. And I’d honestly say there’s not a duff one. There are some I prefer more than others, but each instalment offers an interesting story/mystery wrapped up in an engaging writing form. […]
Read MoreI am aware that I recently wrote a review comparing the reviewed book quite closely with a well-established text. I don’t want to get a reputation for that being my schtick. But that being said … it’s hard to talk about The Last Thing to Burn without drawing comparisons with Emma Donoghue’s Room. […]
Read MoreIn academic circles, Mark Danielewski’s House of Leaves is known as an important text. It’s a post-modern example of found document taken to the nth degree; it’s the haunted house on the next level; it’s a masterclass in unreliable narrator. From what I’ve observed, guys love it. […]
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