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  • UPDATED: TWO Brand new Stranger Will video book reviewS

    UPDATED: TWO Brand new Stranger Will video book reviewS

    I was incredibly happy to see this wonderful video book review posted today by YouTuber/BookTuber MartheBozart. Not only did she enjoy the book, she also noted a couple of specific parts of the book that I myself am particularly proud of. Very little in this world feels as nice as the rush of pride that comes over an author when a book works as intended. Thank you MartheBozart for reading and for the wonderful review (and for liking Stranger Will enough to pass along the book to a friend!).

    Watch the review below. Also, be sure to check out MartheBozart’s channel and other social profiles via the links below. After all that, you’ll probably want to buy Stranger Will, right? I’ve made it easy for you. Just click over to Amazon (or your online book site of choice) now.

    And just when I thought it couldn’t get better over at YouTube, I happen upon another video review, this one from RachelLovesBooks. This one was uploaded in July, but somehow I completely missed it. Watch below:

  • Wordless Book Reviews #4: Amy Sage Webb, Paul Tremblay, and Gil Reavill

    Wordless Book Reviews #4: Amy Sage Webb, Paul Tremblay, and Gil Reavill

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    Click the image to watch the video book review

    A few days ago someone suggested I do more Wordless Book Review videos. I hesitated, mainly because it seems I’ve beaten that dead horse too much. But then I realized that I have access to a huge library of sound effects. Hence, Wordless Book Reviews: Sound Effects Edition.

    Books Reviewed/Sound Effected-ed:

  • The Colony by Jillian Weise video book review

    Click the image above to watch the video
    Click the image above to watch the video

    It’s been a while since I’ve done a book review. It feels weird, like I’m returning to an abandoned lover, hoping for a warm reception. Please, viewer, take me back!

    This time I’m looking at The Colony by Jillian Weise, a novel about a science collective/get-away for people with genetic abnormalities. But this book is less The X-Men and more if Gilmore Girls had predispositions to suicide and strange abilities to grow missing appendages. Trust me, it makes sense.

    Should you be interested in reading The Colony, I’d appreciate you purchase using the link below (I get a very small percentage):

    Paperback: http://amzn.to/10eJb1J

    Kindle: http://amzn.to/Udf7nN

  • Video book review of The Fifty Year Sword by Mark Z. Danielewski (Video Blog ep 021)

    Video book review of The Fifty Year Sword by Mark Z. Danielewski (Video Blog ep 021)

    Click the image above to watch the video on YouTube

    I anticipate some reactions to this video book review will be negative. Of those negative reviews, I anticipate 3 response types:

    1. Hatred from those that haven’t read the book, but simply want to defend Mark Z. Danielewski (I understand this feeling, believe me; and despite how I feel about The Fifty Year Sword, I will continue to defend Danielewski, even if only for his potential; House of Leaves remains one of my favorite novels of all time)
    2. Hatred from those who have read the book, and claim that I’m simply too dumb to “get it” (again, I understand this feeling and am willing to embrace this possibility)
    3. Hatred from those who have read it and claim to like it. It’s this last group that I’m most interested in.

    Those of you in this last group, please, please, please help me understand what I must have missed. I want to like this book. I really do. I want to believe that Danielewski’s verse writing is just an awkward trend (I didn’t like Only Revolutions, either, if you must know).

    The Fifty Year Sword will be re-issued in October 2012 should any of you decided to read this book.

  • Video review of Room by Emma Donoghue (Video Blog Ep 020)

    For some reason I tend to shy away from the BIG books, those being the books that rountinely make best of lists, fill the limited space in book review columns, and can generally be purchased at Wal-Mart (not that I have something against shopping at Wal-Mart…I went there just today, as a matter of fact…though, I only do so when hurting for money; see, I can’t agree with the business ethics of the company, and oh crap, I’m rambling). I don’t know if my aversion to widely-praised books can be simply diagnosed as hipsterism, or if there’s something more sinister at play. But none of that matters, as I recently read one such department store paperback, Room by Emma Donoghue, and I really, really liked it.

    Click the image below to watch the video review (links to YouTube).

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    What did I buy during my Wal-Mart trip today? The Bedwetter by Sarah Silverman. Will my success rate be two for two?

  • Video review of Matt Bell’s Cataclysm Baby (Video Blog Ep 004)

    Video review of Matt Bell’s Cataclysm Baby (Video Blog Ep 004)

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