The Beach
Review Fiction

The Beach

The Beach is one of those books I read ages ago and mostly remembered as a kind of sun-bleached escape story. Coming back to it now, it still has that easy pull in the early sections, Bangkok, Ke Shan Road,

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Caput Mundi the Head of the World Book 1 Enarii
Review Fantasy

Caput Mundi

Kidnapping an eleven-year-old because his dad owes money sounds like a fairly grim way to open a middle grade fantasy, but fortunately for Niil, his kidnappers are quite personable for people trying to use him as a bargaining chip. It

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Shoot the Dead
Review Horror

Shoot the Dead

I actually read this years ago, probably close to a decade back, and remembered almost nothing beyond “gangsters and zombies”. That worked out well since it felt mostly fresh going back in. It opens with a bit of historical setup

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The God Complex My Adventures in a 300 Year Last Man Standing Competition
Review Science Fiction

The God Complex

Seven billion people dropped into a last-person-standing competition, running for over 300 years. Day 112,000-ish, and M (our main protagonist’s full name is “M”) us about ready to tap out. The only thing that kept him going this long was

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Everwoven A Memoir. A Reckoning
Review Memoir

Everwoven

Have you ever picked up a story and been a little unsure if I you were going to be able to get through it? Stories involving abuse, especially involving kids, tend to hit a bit hard for me. I am,

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