Book Review: The Grave Empire
Full of nightmare-inducing horror and truly marvellous character work, this is a delight for all to behold.
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Book Review: Twist
McCann’s writing veers off in different directions, gathering glimpses of our world standing on the knife edge of thriving & falling apart.
Book Review: Uncanny: The Origins of Fear
Simultaneously a biography, an inside story of the manga industry and a look at how Junji Ito creates his stories, this is a fascinating read.
Book Review: The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store
This is true community: with chaos and contradictions, dubious motivations, skirmishes and secrets, sitting alongside unity and cooperation.
Book Review: Life Hacks for a Little Alien
This book contains joy and sadness and complex, indecipherable feelings. Reading it felt a lot like being seen.
Book Review: The Book Eaters
The Book Eaters explores the power of stories, the cost of survival, and love’s defiance in the face of oppression.
Book Review: The DK Crochet Book
With clear and detailed images -without any hands in the way!- this book is perfect for those looking to pick up the hobby.
Book Review: Birnam Wood
Full of the horrors of late-stage capitalism, Birnam Wood also manages to be bitingly funny – especially in part one.
Book Review: Universality
If you like your books cozy, look elsewhere! This author delights in voicing the cynical, sinister attitudes that lie just below the surface.
Book Review: Best, First and Last
Matthews perfectly encapsulates the struggle of establishing boundaries with family members– and does so with heart-warming hilarity.
Book Review: Scurry
This is a gripping story of survival & community, wrapped up in a gorgeously illustrated package. Perfect for readers both young & old.
Book Review: Victory Park
A stealthily affecting novel exploring the uneven politics of care, caring and carelessness, centered around the residents of Victory Park.
Book Review: The Heart in Winter
Don’t be deceived by this slender little volume – it’s chock-full of action, adventure, romance, violence, hilarity, grit and destiny.
Book Review: How The Pill Changes Everything
I want to magically put this book in the hands of anyone on the pill, considering the pill, or even those who have loved ones on the pill.
Book Review: Piglet
Both funny and deeply sad, reading this is like watching a crash in slow motion – it’s deliciously addictive and hard to look away.
Book Review: Good Material
Dolly has a special talent for finding unique aspects of relationships, and describing them in a way that will make you go ‘yes, so true!’
Book Review: The Axeman’s Carnival
Farm life – sweaty days spent sheering sheep, beers on the front porch – is observed afresh and curiously askew through Tama’s imagination.
Book Review: Loot
This book captured me immediately, with fresh and sometimes very funny prose, and fierce, surprising characters.