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Review of Little Men by Louisa May Alcott

Out of the 3 books in the series, I enjoyed the first the most. Little Women was a heartwarming read. Little Men follows the perspective of the boys under Jo’s care. The reader is meant to follow their development as human beings, as they learn lessons and make decisions. They have their own wide world […]

Review of The Menstruating Mall by Carlton Mellick III

Dear Carlton Mellick III,Feel free to use any of the following titles for one of your upcoming books. I greatly look forward to your next release. Suggestions for future Bizarro Titles: Douchebags of the ApocalypseKentucky Fried FetusesThe Church of Edible ChildrenPoint-and-Click Dimension ZeroThe Monopoly Man MurdersAutomaton MetropolisTime Bandits from AsslandElephant People with Light SabersFinal Fantasy […]

Review of 2022 on Goodreads by Various

Let’s see, what did I read this past year? I don’t even know.  The main reason I have Goodreads now is to tell me what I’ve read. I blame my 30-minute commute for all of the audiobooks I finished. I have only myself to blame for all of the bizarro fiction I read. I went […]

Review of Roxana by Daniel Defoe

Not very impressive in every way. Roxana seems at times like a rewrite of Moll Flanders. The similarities are obvious. But the main issue is Defoe’s verbosity. It wouldn’t be so bad if it weren’t for the repetition. He often tells the reader things they should already know. Assumes the reader needs filling in on […]

Review of The Girl with the Barbed Wire Hair by Carlton Mellick III

Some CM3 books are not really bizarro.  This falls into that category. There is the usual horror, gore, sex and supernatural stuff, but none of it is particularly avant-guarde punk. The barbed wire hair visuals are slightly bizarro, but not really. Aside from faltering when it comes to conjuring a creepy atmosphere, this is more […]

Review of The Knickknack Case: A Tony Flaner Mystery by Johnny Worthen

My first foray into the Tony Flaner mystery series. This is a good place to start with the work of Johnny Worthen. I will be reading the other mysteries in this series. I find the voice and the sarcastic narrator irresistible. The mystery itself is nothing to write home about. Essentially wild goose chase. But […]

Review of 8-Bit Apocalypse by Amanda Billings

I purchased this novel to feed two addictions I have willfully acquired: reading about video games and bizarro fiction. Though this was published alongside other more grotesque works by a primarily bizarro publisher, this was more an ode to video game history in fictional form than a bizarro novel in my opinion. Sure, it features […]

Review of Mneme’s Stoned by Luke Delin

After reading Orbo and the Godhead, I was overwhelmed by the fantastic fusion of ideas and subdued force of that novel.  Where that novel was ecstatic and full-throttle, this novel was a quieter whirlwind. Mneme’s Stoned possesses many qualities of the previous work: absurdism, magical realism, drug use, mental illness, and wacky, unexplainable phenomena. The […]

Review of Eyes: Novellas and Stories by William H. Gass

Gass makes impressive use of language to describe the thoughts and feelings of inanimate objects.  By exploring perspectives in this way, he is able to layer on a bunch of observations.It would appear that he holds plot and character development in contempt. Instead, he maneuvers the reader through a skewed world fraught with satire and […]