FICTION

FICTION Young Adult 

When The Water Stops

November 12, 2018November 12, 2018 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments

In ‘Dry’, A California In Crisis Seems Awfully Close To Reality

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How The West Was Won?

November 8, 2018 Michael Giltz 0 Comments Kevin McCarthy, Westerns, Wolves Of Eden

Kevin McCarthy’s Historical Fiction Pulls No Cowpunches

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Future Present, Future Schlock

October 31, 2018 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments

‘Friday Black’ By Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

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I’m Pretty Sure The Incendiaries by R.O. Kwon Is a Book

October 30, 2018October 30, 2018 Neal Pollack 0 Comments R.O. Kwon, The Incendiaries

Beyond That, Though, Who Knows?

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Difficult Times For Abnormal People

October 30, 2018 Melissa Bertolino 0 Comments French Exit, Patrick DeWitt

‘French Exit’ By Patrick DeWitt, a Hilarious Satire of the Rich

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CREATORS Fashion FICTION FILM 

The De-Corseting Of Keira Knightley

October 25, 2018 Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell 0 Comments Colette, Dominic West, Kiera Knightley, Pirates Of The Caribbean

She Plays A Different Kind Of Dress-Up In Colette

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CREATORS FICTION TELEVISION Writers 

Who Cares About ‘The Great American Read’?

October 24, 2018October 24, 2018 Neal Pollack 1 Comment Atlas Shrugged, Harry Potter, literature, Little Women, Lord Of The Rings, Moby Dick, Outlander, PBS, Pride And Prejudice, The Great American Read, To Kill A Mockingbird

PBS’ Deathly Dull Literary Reality Series Comes to a Merciful End

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Tana French’s ‘The Witch Elm’ Has an Implausible Protagonist

October 23, 2018October 23, 2018 Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell 0 Comments Dublin Murder Squad, Tana French, The Witch Elm

It’s Just Not The Same Without The Dublin Murder Squad

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CREATORS FICTION TELEVISION Writers 

The Wackadoodle Literary Satire Of ‘You’

October 22, 2018October 22, 2018 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Caroline Kepnes, David Mitchell, Friends From College, Jonathan Franzen, Lifetime, Paula Fox, Search Party, The Affari, You, Zadie Smith

Tales Of A Bookish Psychopath

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FICTION Humor 

Lives Of Loud Desperation

October 17, 2018October 17, 2018 Rob Kutner 0 Comments Evel Knievel, Mike Sacks, Randy, Smokey And The Bandit, Stinker Lets Loose

The Immature Heroes Of Mike Sacks’ Hilarious Parody Novels

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DOCUMENTARY FICTION FILM 

How Close Are We To Dystopia? Despite What Michael Moore Says, Not Very.

October 15, 2018October 15, 2018 Michael Washburn 0 Comments 1984, Christopher Hitchens, Donald Trump, dystopia, fascism, George Orwell, Hitler, Michael Moore, Odon von Horvath, The Age Of The Fish

A Novel By an Avant-Garde Genius Of The 1930s Offers Clarity

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FICTION Young Adult 

The Homosexual Agenda Comes To YA

October 10, 2018October 10, 2018 Michael Giltz 0 Comments Adam Silvera, Becky Albertalli, Dear Evan Hansen, gay YA, Judy Blume

Boys Meet Boys and Girls Meet Girls and No One Blinks

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Lydia Millet’s Fight No More

October 10, 2018 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Fight No More, Lorrie Moore, Lydia Millet, Raymond Carver

A Lyrical Novel Of Sad Realtors And Broken Families

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Megan Abbott’s Mysterious Disappearance

October 3, 2018October 3, 2018 Wendi Aarons 0 Comments Dare Me, Give Me Your Hand, Megan Abbott, The Fever

New Novel Fails To Deliver Thrills Of Past Work

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Kate Atkinson’s WWII Spy Novel Lies To The Reader

October 2, 2018October 3, 2018 Michael Giltz 0 Comments Kate Atkinson, Transcription, WWII

Fool Me Once, Shame On You

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