Category Archives: Revisited

The Black Spider – Jeremias Gotthelf (Translated by Susan Bernofsky)

Posted on October 22, 2021 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “And now the people where gripped by the ancient fear that the spider might carry off an unbaptized infant, the pledge of their old pact. The woman was beside herself, she had no trust in God, … Continue reading →

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An UnderratedRead Revisited: What Lies Within – Clare de Lune

Posted on October 20, 2021 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “…I learned how a body could become a beautiful contribution to the power of cosmetics…the most exquisite, deepest shade of blood red lipstick you’ve’ ever seen, rich soaps made from the finest fats…all those parts … Continue reading →

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An UnderratedRead Revisited: Serial Killers: Horror and Murder: Scary and True Stories of the Most Terrifying Serial Killers the World has Ever Seen! – Frank C. Chastain

Posted on October 18, 2021 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) Don’t be fooled by the book cover! You may think it was taken right out of a tabloid headline. No, Serial Killers takes a mostly objective look at some of the world’s darkest and most notorious … Continue reading →

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An UnderratedReads Revisited:The Axeman – Ray Celestin

Posted on October 15, 2021 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) The following was submitted to the Times-Picayune on May 6, 1919. “…I am not a human being, but a spirit and a demon from the hottest hell. I am what you Orleanians and your foolish police … Continue reading →

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The Skin Room – Morgan Fleetwood

Posted on October 11, 2021 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “…I was already imagining her insides —I am not one to stop at the body naked. My imagination ran behind the flesh, into the pulp. I imagined her glistening innards, her yellow and purple heart, the … Continue reading →

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An Underrated Read Revisited: Rupert: A Confession – Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, (Translated by Michele Hutchison )

Posted on October 8, 2021 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “She was my martyrdom, my masochism, and my sugar-sweet, shimmering Mira. She appeared like a reflection before my eyes the first time I saw her, she killed me when she was mine, and she finally brought … Continue reading →

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An UnderratedRead Revisited: Mother Of – Lauren Coffin

Posted on October 6, 2021 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) Meredith Mayes is facing the unthinkable. Her husband and son died in a car crash ten years ago. Now, her other son Percy has been penned with the nicknames “The Minor Street Monster”, “The Ann Arbor … Continue reading →

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An UnderratedRead Revisisted: The Cowboy Bible and Other Stories – Carlos Velázquez (Translated by Achy Obejas )

Posted on October 4, 2021 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “The sacrilege I’d committed two hours earlier of breaking dozens of records proved irrelevant. The Cowboy Bible didn’t respond either. I tore at it, implored it, cursed it, and still failed.” These are the words of … Continue reading →

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An UnderratedRead Revisited: The Third Hotel: A Novel – Laura van den Berg

Posted on September 24, 2021 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “The foundation of horror is a dislocation of reality, a dislocation designed to reveal the reality that has been there all along, and such dislocations happen all the time. “ That was according to the fictional … Continue reading →

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An UnderratedRead Revisited: Dancing to “Almendra” – Mayra Montero, translated by Edith Grossman

Posted on August 20, 2021 by J D Jung

Comprar este libro It’s October 1957 in pre-Castro Cuba, and Havana is filled with gangsters, casinos, and corruption. Twenty-two-year-old entertainment reporter Joaquín Porrata is fed up with working for a newspaper where he’s only allowed to interview “comedians and whores.” … Continue reading →

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