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Category Archives: Fiction
Nobody Is Ever Missing – Catherine Lacey
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “I was beginning to realize that what I wanted was the noise of people living near me, but not near enough to cause any inaudible noises to show up because I knew that those sorts of … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Literary Fiction
Tagged fiction, New Zealand
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The Vices – Lawrence Douglas
(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “It would be years before I would be prepared to accept his self-assessment [as a sick person], and even then, not fully. …he was handsome, wealthy, the youngest tenured professor at one of the nation’s … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Literary Fiction
Tagged family, lies, mystery, Religion
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Sex, Rain, and Cold Fusion – A. R. Taylor
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “…each time he closed his eyes, he pictures working at Juan de Fuca…Down there, in that torrid, turbid world of extremes, how could he discern the workings of a fifth force so slight that it showed … Continue reading
Posted in Humor & Satire
Tagged humor, satire
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Fighting Chance – Jane Haddam
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Tibor was always surprised at how casual and unassuming most real evil really was. …so much evil was done as everyday business…And it was nothing. It was just transactions. It had the same emotional force on … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers
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The Confessions of Frances Godwin – Robert Hellenga
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “My life doesn’t add up to anything, Father. More like the story of Troy—all in a day’s work—than Rome, going in circles instead of moving forward. I’ve worn out all the roles I used to play—daughter, … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Literary Fiction
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Rockaway – Tara Ison
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “…the relationship of note to note, that’s what music is, we should have been listening to music in all those art classes, trying to grasp color, refraction, translucence, perspective, the illusion of depth…” It also occurred to … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Literary Fiction
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Nochita – Dia Felix
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “I am feeling the burning comet feeling again and I want to run out of the house and keep running for hours. Or stomp the glass coffee table and shatter it and shoot beams of blood … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Literary Fiction
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Madam: A Novel of New Orleans – Cari Lynn and Kellie Martin
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Everything I have, everything I am, I owe to them–to her. …Her family tree was but a stump. And yet, the riches she bestowed upon me: my education, my inheritance…This house, in all its faded elegance, … Continue reading
Looking Glass Killer: Volume II: The Matthew-Matt Trilogy – Floyd Merrell
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “I never was, am always to be; no one ever saw me, nor ever will; who am I?” A serial killer is on the loose. The police are stumped and the public is frantic … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers
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