Apathy and Other Small Victories follows Shane, an aimless twenty eight year old wanderer. When he’s not in bed with his landlord’s wife, he spends his time sleeping in the handicap stall of the insurance company he’s temping for. Well, that and stealing salt shakers from diners. Shane gets caught up in a murder investigation…
Fight Club 2 picks up ten years after the events of the original novel. Marla and the narrator – now going by Sebastian – have started a family. Nowadays, the aforementioned Sebastian is heavily medicated due to the events of the first book. However, in need of a “good lay”, Marla begins switching up her…
Self Help is the story of the life and career of professional wrestler Al Snow. I received an advanced copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Al was never really a particular favorite of mine, but I wouldn’t go so far as to say that I thought he was terrible in any…
Through his wife Elaine, Matt Scudder is introduced to a young woman being stalked and threatened by a former client of hers. Without a name or photo to go on, can Matt track him down and scare him off? Having believed to be done with Scudder, Block surprised us all when he announced a new…
Since the fall of WCW and the end of WWE’s Attitude Era there have been countless books, podcasts, documentaries and shoot interviews (interviews with wrestlers out of character) about the last great boom period in professional wrestling. With his book NITRO, author Guy Evans enters an already crowded marketplace. Did he succeed in his goal…
Sean McIndoe, the man behind the often hilarious hockey blog Down Goes Brown, presents an abridged account of the National Hockey League over its one hundred year history. If you’re looking for an intricately detailed history of the NHL, you’re probably going to be disappointed. However, that’s not what this is. You can’t expect a…
Editor’s Note: As you may notice, this is a list heavy with white males. This wasn’t a conscious effort on my part. It just so happens that a lot of these authors are ones I truly enjoy and have read in the past. These are just seven of the more than six dozen books I…
Former WWE ring announcer Justin Roberts recounts the story of his life and his time working for the biggest wrestling company in the world. Justin worked for WWE sporadically for years before finally securing a full-time announce gig as the voice of the ECW brand. From there, he worked his way up to Smackdown and…
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