The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom

Grade: A This is chick-lit-historical-fiction at it’s best. Every turn of the page is murder, mayhem, rape, and forbidden love … More

The Lost Books of the Odyssey by Zachary Mason

Grade: D About the author: This is Zachary Mason’s first novel. This novel is a collection of alternate versions of … More

A Common Pornography by Kevin Sampsell

About the author: Kevin Sampsell is the publisher of Future Tense Books, works at Portland, Oregon’s Powell’s Books, and has … More

Boneshaker by Cherie Priest

About the author: Cherie Priest wrote the Eden Moore series of Southern Gothic ghost stories and lives in Seattle, Washington. … More

Mr. Shivers by Robert Jackson Bennett

About the Author: Mr. Shivers, published by Orbit, is Bennett’s debut novel. He graduated from University of Texas- Austin and … More

Best New American Voices 2010, Edited by Dani Shapiro

For the past ten years creative writing programs have submitted the best to come out of their programs to be … More

The Russian Dreambook of Color and Flight by Gina Ochsner

Grade: B- About the Author: Gina Ochsner is the author of two collections of short stories, The People I Wanted … More

Lean on Pete by Willy Vlautin

*I read an advance uncorrected proof copy of this novel. It is to be released April 2010. Grade: A About … More

Do Not Deny Me by Jean Thompson

Grade: B About the author: Jean Thompson is the author of four novels and four collections of short stories. Do … More

The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff

Grade: A- David Ebershoff is one of the few people who has really succeeded in his career. His name may … More