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Comment on Ned Beauman’s New Novel Will “Teleport” You to a Not-So- “Accidentally” Great Story by You’ll Be “Reconstructing Amelia” Into the Wee Hours of the Night | The JK Review

Thu, 09 May 2013 13:24:05 +0000

[...] This is one novel that should be at the top of your summer reading pile (right after this and this, of [...]

Comment on Everyone Should Immediately Devour “The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards” by You’ll Be “Reconstructing Amelia” Into the Wee Hours of the Night | The JK Review

Thu, 09 May 2013 13:24:01 +0000

[...] the secrets. This is one novel that should be at the top of your summer reading pile (right after this and this, of [...]

Comment on Gone Girl by You’ll Be “Reconstructing Amelia” Into the Wee Hours of the Night | The JK Review

Thu, 09 May 2013 13:23:59 +0000

[...] So goes Kimberly McCreight’s addicting debut novel being rightfully hailed as this year’s Gone Girl. When Amelia jumps off her school’s roof after being charged with plagiarizing her Virginia Woolf [...]

Comment on Everyone Should Immediately Devour “The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards” by Ned Beauman’s New Novel Will “Teleport” You to a Not-So-”Accidentally” Great Story | The JK Review

Wed, 08 May 2013 17:24:16 +0000

[...] you enjoyed the winding, winking storytelling of Kristopher Jansma’s The Unchangeable Spots of the Leopards then you’ll easily get sucked into Beauman’s novel. Both are the best novels I’ve read this [...]

Comment on Cloud Atlas by Ned Beauman’s New Novel Will “Teleport” You to a Not-So-”Accidentally” Great Story | The JK Review

Wed, 08 May 2013 17:24:14 +0000

[...] story-within-a-story is more akin to Margaret Atwood’s The Blind Assassin than David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas, but either way he’s in good company. The Scotsman newspaper accurately attributes his style and [...]

Comment on Book vs. Film: “The Paperboy” Film Far Outshines the Novel by The Paperboy | TheFilmLounge

The Paperboy | TheFilmLounge — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 13:04:46 +0000

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Comment on Super Powers Were “What the Family Needed” by deejum

deejum — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:04:53 +0000

Sounds like something I need to read!

Comment on Inter-Dimensions of Sci-Fi and Folklore Collide in Rushdie’s Beautiful Debut Novel “Grimus” by Everyone Should Immediately Devour “The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards” | The JK Review

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:34:29 +0000

[...] Inter-Dimensions of Sci-Fi and Folklore Collide in Rushdie’s Beautiful Debut Novel “Grim… [...]

Comment on Sink Your “Teeth” Into McEwan’s “Sweet” New Novel by Everyone Should Immediately Devour “The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards” | The JK Review

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:34:26 +0000

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Comment on Cloud Atlas by Everyone Should Immediately Devour “The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards” | The JK Review

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:34:23 +0000

[...] on the same page. And the book’s matroshka doll structure is reminiscent of David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas by way of Brideshead Revisited. There are so many layers and recurring motifs used throughout that [...]