Category: writing / books
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Book Review: The Five, by Robert McCammon
I haven’t been keeping up with my book reviews. Oops. Well, here’s one I’ve been reading for months and only just finished: Robert McCammon’s The Five. Only minor spoilers here. The Five is the story of a rock band consisting of five people. They’re called The Five. They embark on their final tour, first touring…
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The Ironic Pleasure of a Farting Baboon
I recently wrote a novel consisting of nothing but the word “fart” 100 000 times, then tried to sell it on Amazon. It was an experiment designed to provoke all points of view in today’s book publishing industry, and it worked. I summarize the rest of the story of Baboon Fart Story over on Forest…
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Book Review: This is Not a Test, by Courtney Summers
When I reviewed Some Girls Are, my greatest wish was for Courtney Summers to write a zombie novel. Follow your dreams, kids, because mine came true. This is Not a Test is, in some ways, a traditional zombie tale. It pays homage to the Romero blueprint without explicitly wink-winking at it: a diverse group of…
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