Mother Night -yes, more Vonnegut…
Mother Night is one of Vonnegut’s minor novels, but still a strong entry. With my goal of reading all of his novels, (as well as Palm Sunday and Man Without…
A Canticle for Leibowitz
This is a book I would have really loved in high school. That’s not a criticism per se, but, damn, I wish I’d read this when I was younger. A…
Mary Gaitskill’s Bad Behavior
Mary Gaitskill’s debut story collection is definitely one of the best collections I’ve read this year. It’s a wide range of stories -male and female protagonists, 1st and 3rd person…
Speedboat
Speedboat is a tough book to write about. It’s been written about quite a bit of late -the recent attention drawn by the novel, long out of print, making it…
The Shipping News
-If you have not yet read The Shipping News and you wish to remain ignorant of key plot points, stop reading. You’ve been warned.- I had read Close Range (Proulx’s…
New Publication at BODY PARTS MAGAZINE: THE JOURNAL OF HORROR & EROTICA
Got another story published! Hop on over to the digital edition of Body Parts to read my story "Murder and Cruelty Free" and please don't assume anything negative about my…
Next Door Lived a Girl
First off, this is an extremely graphic book. There is sexual abuse and violence directed at children, and it is dark and extremely graphic. If you are sensitive to that…
Tasting Beer by Randy Mosher
Randy Mosher’s book Tasting Beer is a fantastic primer on good beer, craft and historical, and everything that goes into or tangentially relates to good beer. He covers everything in…
Heart of Darkness: Another Hike up the Literary Canon
Another piece of the canon that I’m just now getting to. Still not sure how I made it through my English undergrad without reading this. I guess professors are just…
Book Fight Blurb
I got blurbed by Book Fight! And it's a good one: (more info about Book Fight and their relationship with book blurbs here- https://bookfightpod.com/blurbs/) “Sean VanSickel is like Roadhouse meets Cormac…