Bitter Blog Book Review

Book Review: Térata by Michael O’Leary

Térata book cover, by Michael O’Leary When I read a monster book, I look for just the right amount of gore, mystery, and (in many cases) empathy with the beast. Térata, by Michael O’Leary, delivers all of that…except there are […]

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Book Review: Sweetness #9

At the end of Stephan Eirik Clark‘s debut novel, Sweetness #9, I felt like eating some organic, small-batch sauerkraut. Clark’s book cleverly and thoughtfully dissects the ethics of food testing and the pressures of the capitalist free market in the […]

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