52/52: The First Tip-Off, by Charley Rosen
February 27, 2021 11:07 amA fun history of the late-1940s inaugural season of the Basketball Association of America (BAA), the primary precursor league to... View Article
Category: 52 Books/52 Weeks
52/52: Shadowbahn, by Steve Erickson
February 12, 2021 9:15 amAn experimental novel packed thick and deep with big ideas about music, race, history, and America. Also, an extremely Boomer-y... View Article
52/52: The Biologic Show, by Al Columbia
February 8, 2021 7:54 pmA collection of 4 very early stories by one of the all-time great, least-known, and least-prolific horror comics makers. This... View Article
52/52: Summerwater, by Sarah Moss
February 7, 2021 10:08 amA novella focused on one rainy, boring day at a Scottish holiday park, with each chapter centered in each cabin.... View Article
52/52: Folk Horror, by Adam Scovell
February 3, 2021 6:50 pmAn important book, but not—by my lights—a good book. Important because Scovell defined the Folk Horror Chain theory that underscores... View Article
52/52: BPRD: Plague of Frogs, Vol. 2, by Mike Mignola et al
February 1, 2021 8:06 pmThe second omnibus collection of early BPRD stories really gains speed with the introduction of The Black Flame. The War... View Article
52/52: At the Mountains of Madness, Vol. 2, by Gou Tanabe
January 25, 2021 10:27 amThe second part of Tanabe’s adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s only novel. A propulsive, engaging conclusion that’s enhanced by Tanabe’s detailed,... View Article
52/52: Broken Harbor, by Tana French
January 24, 2021 9:54 amThe best of French’s novels I’ve read, focused on a strange family murder in a failed housing development. Most compelling... View Article
52/52: The Man Who Came Uptown, by George Pelecanos
January 3, 2021 11:47 amYou read five or six novels by an author, as I now have with Pelecanos, and you start to learn... View Article
52/52: The Quiet Americans, by Scott Anderson
December 27, 2020 4:31 pmA gripping chronicle of the first 10ish years of the CIA, revealing that the agency has long had much better... View Article
