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Upcoming: GROUPIES by Sarah Priscus (William Morrow)
There has been a string of novels over the past few years that take place in and adjacent to the 1970s music scene — most notably, Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Daisy Jones & the Six, Emma Brodie’s Songs...
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Quick Review: SEA OF TRANQUILITY by Emily St. John Mandel (Knopf)
An intriguing, gripping novel of time travel, family, and humanity A novel of art, time, love, and plague that takes the reader from Vancouver Island in 1912 to a dark colony on the moon five hundred...
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Upcoming: WALK THE VANISHED EARTH by Wein Swan (Viking)
It was the cover for Erin Swan‘s upcoming new novel, Walk the Vanished Earth, that originally caught my attention. However, pitched as being “in the tradition of Station Eleven, Severance and The Dog...
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Upcoming: THE HALF LIFE OF VALERY K by Natasha Pulley (Bloomsbury)
I spotted Natasha Pulley‘s next novel, The Half Life of Valery K, while browsing NetGalley this morning. Pulley is an author I still have yet to read (no idea why), even though I’ve bought all of her...
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Quick Review: SIREN QUEEN by Nghi Vo (Tor.com)
The magic and horror of movie-making… It was magic. In every world, it was a kind of magic. “No maids, no funny talking, no fainting flowers.” Luli Wei is beautiful, talented, and desperate to be a...
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Quick Review: YOU HAVE A FRIEND IN 10A by Maggie Shipstead (Knopf)
An engaging, varied collection of short fiction A love triangle plays out over decades on a Montana dude ranch. A hurdler and a gymnast spend a single night together in the Olympic village. Mistakes...
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Excerpt: THE HALF-LIFE OF RUBY FIELDING by Lydia Kang (Lake Union)
Today, we have an excerpt from Lydia Kang‘s The Half-Life of Ruby Fielding, a historical mystery that takes place in 1942 Brooklyn. Here’s the synopsis: A spellbinding historical mystery about hidden...
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Review: TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW by Gabrielle Zevin (Knopf)
A thought-provoking novel about friendship and our misperceptions of others’ inner lives On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and sees, amid...
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Quick Review: PORTRAIT OF A THIEF by Grace D. Li (Tiny Reparations)
Diaspora, History, Heists, and Ennui History is told by the conquerors. Across the Western world, museums display the spoils of war, of conquest, of colonialism: priceless pieces of art looted from...
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Upcoming: PLEASE REPORT YOUR BUG HERE by Josh Riedel (Henry Holt)
I spotted Josh Riedel‘s debut novel in a catalogue, and the synopsis caught my attention, as did the rather colourful cover. Pitched as “For fans of Severance and Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore”...
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Excerpt: THE PUNISHING JOURNEY OF ARTHUR DELANEY by Bob Kroll (ECW Press)
Today, we have an excerpt from Bob Kroll‘s upcoming novel The Punishing Journey of Arthur Delaney, which is due to be published by ECW Press on June 7th. Here’s the synopsis: A 19th-century tale of a...
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Quick Review: EXTINCTION by Bradley Somer (Harper Voyager)
An atmospheric wilderness mystery, set in the near future In a lonely valley, deep in the mountains, a ranger watches over the last surviving grizzly bear. With the natural world exhausted and in...
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Upcoming: by Tom Hanks THE MAKING OF ANOTHER MAJOR MOTION PICTURE MASTERPIECE...
Announced just a few days ago, Tom Hanks‘s new novel The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece is due out next year! Reading the synopsis, it’s almost as if the actor/author asked me what...
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Quick Review: PETE AND ALICE IN MAINE by Caitlin Shetterly (Harper)
A marriage under strain, during the pandemic… Reeling from a painful betrayal in her marriage as the Covid pandemic takes hold in New York City, Alice packs up her family and flees to their vacation...
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Excerpt: A LITTLE BIT OF LOVING by Jane Yolen (Tachyon) – From THE SCARLET...
Today we have an excerpt from The Scarlet Circus, a new short story collection by Jane Yolen. Specifically, it’s an excerpt from “A Little Bit of Loving”. Due to be published by Tachyon Publications in...
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Excerpt: MOTHS by Jane Hennigan (Angry Robot Books)
Today, Angry Robot Books has provided CR with an excerpt from the latest novel by Jane Hennigan, Moths. Described as “A divergent future with a thought-provoking feminist slant”, here’s the synopsis:...
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Guest Post: “The Birth of AZÚCAR” by Nii Ayikwei Parkes
When I first read the Mexican-American writer Sandra Cisneros’s The House on Mango Street in the early 1990s, I was enchanted by the incredible storytelling, but, also, one little detail jumped out at...
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Excerpt: THE NIGHT FIELD by Donna Glee Williams (Jo Fletcher Books)
The Night Field by Donna Glee Williams is published today by Jo Fletcher Books. To mark the occasion, the publisher has provided the first chapter for me to share here on CR. Pyn-Poi’s mother Marak...
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