AltWeeklies Wire
Apocalypse How?new
Young adult sci-fi is supposed to make us question society. Is the current crop of young adult dystopian lit holding up its end of the bargain?
Orlando Weekly |
Ashley Belanger |
08-22-2012 |
Fiction
Back to the beach with these smart paperback mysteriesnew
Reviews of books by Gillian Flynn, James Lee Burke and Bruce DeSilva.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
08-21-2012 |
Fiction
Brutal and Poeticnew
Author of numerous non-fiction books, award-winning author Peter Heller's first foray into fiction gives readers an unusual look at one possible future.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
08-16-2012 |
Fiction
Enemies Foreign and Domesticnew
Dave Eggers and Ben Fountain have written two of the best novels of the year (so far).
The Stranger |
Paul Constant |
08-08-2012 |
Fiction
Sugar, spice, and gender coalesce in trio of bilingual kids' booksnew
I have a surprise for you, I tell my four-year-old daughter when I pick her up from preschool. Three surprises, actually.
San Antonio Current |
Marisol Cortez |
08-02-2012 |
Fiction
Turbulence undergirds offerings by these Texas authorsnew
Never let anyone try to tell you what a Texas writer is supposed to be. Here are three Texans that cover everything from the skin trade to cautionary schoolyard YA fiction.
San Antonio Current |
ROBERTO ONTIVEROS |
07-20-2012 |
Fiction
Six books for the beach – or rainy days indoorsnew
Six books that will see you through summer afternoons.
Orlando Weekly |
Jessica Bryce Young |
07-06-2012 |
Fiction
Tags: Summer Books
The Power of White Flournew
Children's book teaches important lesson.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Anita Overcash |
06-19-2012 |
Fiction
Lee on Literature: The Spider's Housenew
The roots of turmoil currently blooming in Syria and other nations of the Arab Spring are carefully explored in The Spider's House.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Lee Miller |
06-08-2012 |
Fiction
Book Reviews: Gellhorn, The Family Fang, Faithnew
Works by Caroline Moorehead, Kevin Wilson and Jennifer Haigh.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
06-05-2012 |
Fiction
Best of Flash Fiction, May 2012new
Allyson Whipple, author of "Eulogy," here explores the idea of relationships.
San Antonio Current |
Lyle Rosdahl |
06-01-2012 |
Fiction
Tags: flash fiction, Allyson Whipple
Helton's 'Drugs' doesn't demand destruction or redemptionnew
Books about drug use appear regularly on publisher's lists, and whether written as fiction or biography, their plots usually follow a pattern that culminates in the message laid down ages ago by Sunday preachers: I've sinned, seen the darkness of hell, but now surrender to the light.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
05-17-2012 |
Fiction
Getting Lostnew
Rebecca Solnit's reimagined literature.
North Bay Bohemian |
Leilani Clark |
04-13-2012 |
Fiction
Running for Their Livesnew
With his first book, "The Dummy Line," Bobby Cole delivers a fast-paced thriller that pits a man and his daughter against a group of truly sadistic thugs in a night-long wilderness chase.
Jackson Free Press |
Sam Hall |
04-06-2012 |
Fiction
Contemporary Mexican Short Stories of the Fantasticnew
Ever read a poem about a guy who emotionally abuses a mannequin and leaves her silicon heart broken in a dumpster?
San Antonio Current |
Roberto Ontiveros |
02-16-2012 |
Fiction
