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Stuff I've Read: Normal by Graeme Cameron
A man with a taste for killing young women finds his world upended by two inconvenient situations with women. One of them is the...

Franklyn Thomas
Feb 26, 20192 min read


Stuff I've Read: Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson
At the end of a bloody war with the machines that once served humanity, with the world’s population cut into less than a third, Cormac...

Franklyn Thomas
Feb 9, 20193 min read


Stuff I've Read: Deep Silence by Jonathan Maberry
Over the years, the Department of Military Sciences, Echo Team, and Joe Ledger have faced off against zombie outbreaks, evil hackers, Men...

Franklyn Thomas
Jan 23, 20192 min read


Stuff I Read: Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
A teenage girl from Kansas and her pet are swept up in a tornado and deposited in a magical land where, along with a band of misfits,...

Franklyn Thomas
Dec 19, 20183 min read


Stuff I Read: The Expats by Chris Pavone
Over the last couple of years, I’ve become a fan of Chris Pavone. I’ve worked backward through his catalog, starting with his most...

Franklyn Thomas
Oct 16, 20182 min read


Stuff I've (Tried To) Read: Spade & Archer by Joe Gores
Okay, first of all, I will never call a book bad. Not in a review, at any rate. An artist poured several hours, days, months, even...

Franklyn Thomas
Sep 25, 20182 min read


Stuff I'm Reading: Noir by Christopher Moore
I should start by stating that I’m a longtime fan of Christopher Moore. I was in Hudson News at JFK Airport in 2007 when I stumbled onto...

Franklyn Thomas
May 18, 20183 min read


Stuff I'm Reading: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
2011’s Ready Player One is both an ode to 80’s culture and old-school gaming, and a love letter to cultural touchstones for readers of a...

Franklyn Thomas
Apr 28, 20184 min read


Stuff I'm Reading: The Girl With All The Gifts by M.R. Carey
I am always impressed by a story that attempts several narrative goals or blends several genres and pulls them off effectively. M.R....

Franklyn Thomas
Apr 20, 20183 min read


Stuff I'm Reading: The Everything Box by Richard Kadrey
An endorsement by—and a comparison to—one of my favorite authors was enough to make me snatch The Everything Box from the discount bin. ...

Franklyn Thomas
Dec 31, 20172 min read


Stuff I'm Reading: Artemis by Andy Weir
In October, I saw a flyer for an event at a local high school, where Andy Weir would promote Artemis, his second published novel. It was...

Franklyn Thomas
Dec 30, 20172 min read


Stuff I'm Reading: Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
I wasn’t expecting to see poetry when I cracked open Long Way Down. I had heard great things about this novel, how it was a nominee for...

Franklyn Thomas
Dec 21, 20172 min read


Stuff I'm Reading: Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
Ever wonder what became of the Mystery Inc. kids from Scooby-Doo? After all the years of fake hauntings, bogus monsters, and old men in...

Franklyn Thomas
Dec 20, 20172 min read


Stuff I'm Reading: The Underground Railroad by Coulson Whitehead
Take one part slave narrative, mix with one part contemporary social commentary, and mix with a dash of metaphor, taken literally, and...

Franklyn Thomas
Dec 13, 20172 min read


Stuff I'm Reading: The Ocean at the End of the Lane
My second Neil Gaiman book this summer, The Ocean at the End of the Lane is a much shorter, more concentrated burst of the surreal...

Franklyn Thomas
Sep 5, 20172 min read


Stuff I'm Reading: Dogs of War
If you're a fan of this series, all of its hallmarks are on display...

Franklyn Thomas
Sep 5, 20172 min read


Stuff I'm Reading: American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Since 2001, I would pass by American Gods in the bookstore and think, “Oh, hey, that’s the guy that wrote Sandman, the comic book dude.” ...

Franklyn Thomas
Jun 7, 20172 min read


Stuff I'm Reading: How The Mistakes Were Made
Every year, it seems, I read a book that sucks me in and makes me take notice. It makes me power through it despite fatigue, work, other...

Franklyn Thomas
Feb 15, 20172 min read


Stuff I'm Reading: The Accident by Chris Pavone
So the first book I’ve read this year is The Accident. And wow. The Accident the second book I’ve read from Chris Pavone, the first...

Franklyn Thomas
Feb 12, 20172 min read
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