Mike Russell's Blog, page 2
January 1, 2020
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Happy New Year to all you Goodreaders. Thank you to everyone who has supported us in the past year. I hope you have enjoyed reading my stories as much as I have enjoyed writing them. Best wishes from Mike & all at www.strangebooks.com
December 4, 2019
Unusual Gifts
Looking for an unusual gift? Give a strange book.
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Let them know you love their strangeness.
Happy holidays,
Mike Russell
www.strangebooks.com
Let them know you love their strangeness.
Happy holidays,
Mike Russell
September 30, 2019
Please Consider
If you have enjoyed any of my Strange Books
please consider leaving a review on Amazon as well as Goodreads. It helps enormously. As a non-mainstream author, it is grassroots reviewers like you who help me to continue to reach readers. Thank you.
Here is a link to my Amazon author page: viewAuthor.at/MikeRussell
Mike
please consider leaving a review on Amazon as well as Goodreads. It helps enormously. As a non-mainstream author, it is grassroots reviewers like you who help me to continue to reach readers. Thank you.
Here is a link to my Amazon author page: viewAuthor.at/MikeRussell
Mike
September 13, 2019
Mesmerise
“These are tales which aim to mesmerise… I loved each and every minute. Recommended.”
Thank you to Don Jimmy for his review of Strange Secrets
. The full review can be read here: https://donjimmyreviews.wordpress.com...
Thank you to Don Jimmy for his review of Strange Secrets
. The full review can be read here: https://donjimmyreviews.wordpress.com...
September 8, 2019
"Strange piece of literary art"
Thank you to NS Ford for her review of
The Exploding Book
“This is the weirdest book I’ve ever read. Luckily, it’s supposed to be weird... A great deal of thought has gone into crafting this strange piece of literary art.” NS Ford
The full review can be read here:
http://nsfordwriter.com/the-exploding...
And you can experience The Exploding Book for yourself here: viewbook.at/TheExplodingBook
Happy reading, Goodreaders!
Mike Russell
The Exploding Book“This is the weirdest book I’ve ever read. Luckily, it’s supposed to be weird... A great deal of thought has gone into crafting this strange piece of literary art.” NS Ford
The full review can be read here:
http://nsfordwriter.com/the-exploding...
And you can experience The Exploding Book for yourself here: viewbook.at/TheExplodingBook
Happy reading, Goodreaders!
Mike Russell
September 1, 2019
"Truly original, memorable book"
"Truly original, memorable book. Check it out!"
Thank you to the Ignoring Life Blog for their review of my novel The Exploding Book
You can read the full review here:
http://ignoringlifeblog.blogspot.com/...
Happy reading Goodreaders,
Mike Russell
Thank you to the Ignoring Life Blog for their review of my novel The Exploding Book
You can read the full review here:
http://ignoringlifeblog.blogspot.com/...
Happy reading Goodreaders,
Mike Russell
May 3, 2019
NEW BOOK NOW AVAILABLE
Hello Goodreaders,
I am very happy to share with you that my new book is now available.
The Exploding Book will take you on an extraordinary journey of cosmic proportions.
To find out more please click here: viewbook.at/TheExplodingBook
Happy reading!
March 14, 2019
Bruno Schulz
Mike Russell’s Blog
(in which Mike Russell talks about other people’s strange books)
2.Bruno Schulz
Many years ago, late at night, in a room above a bookshop, I switched on a barely tuned television and watched a beautiful dream unfold before me. My friend fell asleep. I stayed awake, mesmerised. It was a movie called ‘Institute Benjamenta’ by the Quay Brothers. I hadn’t heard of the Quay Brothers. I was delighted to discover that they were identical twins. The next film of theirs I watched was ‘Street of Crocodiles’. It was liminal, magical; a film of things almost but not quite happening, things almost but not quite seen… I read that it was based on a story by someone called Bruno Schulz. I bought the book. Bruno Schulz wrote two short story collections, or you could even call them novels, or one novel in two parts: ‘Street of Crocodiles’ and ‘Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass’. In fact, he wrote more books (including an unfinished novel) but we were robbed of them by the Holocaust. The two books that exist are, however, like a microcosm that could be extended by inference indefinitely; it’s as if there are a thousand Bruno Schulz books, all contained between the words of the two we know...
To read the full review click here: https://strangebooks.com/2019/03/13/933/
(in which Mike Russell talks about other people’s strange books)
2.Bruno Schulz
Many years ago, late at night, in a room above a bookshop, I switched on a barely tuned television and watched a beautiful dream unfold before me. My friend fell asleep. I stayed awake, mesmerised. It was a movie called ‘Institute Benjamenta’ by the Quay Brothers. I hadn’t heard of the Quay Brothers. I was delighted to discover that they were identical twins. The next film of theirs I watched was ‘Street of Crocodiles’. It was liminal, magical; a film of things almost but not quite happening, things almost but not quite seen… I read that it was based on a story by someone called Bruno Schulz. I bought the book. Bruno Schulz wrote two short story collections, or you could even call them novels, or one novel in two parts: ‘Street of Crocodiles’ and ‘Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass’. In fact, he wrote more books (including an unfinished novel) but we were robbed of them by the Holocaust. The two books that exist are, however, like a microcosm that could be extended by inference indefinitely; it’s as if there are a thousand Bruno Schulz books, all contained between the words of the two we know...
To read the full review click here: https://strangebooks.com/2019/03/13/933/
March 5, 2019
Franz Kafka: Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor
Mike Russell’s Blog
(in which Mike Russell talks about other people’s strange books)
1.Franz Kafka: Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor
This, to me, is Kafka’s funniest story.
Kafka, funny?
Yes indeed! There is always a humour, however dark and absurd, in Kafka’s stories. Being funny does not preclude seriousness or depth. A story can be hilarious and desperately upsetting at the same time. And many other things besides...
The full review can be read here
:
https://strangebooks.com/2019/03/05/m...
(in which Mike Russell talks about other people’s strange books)
1.Franz Kafka: Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor
This, to me, is Kafka’s funniest story.
Kafka, funny?
Yes indeed! There is always a humour, however dark and absurd, in Kafka’s stories. Being funny does not preclude seriousness or depth. A story can be hilarious and desperately upsetting at the same time. And many other things besides...
The full review can be read here
:https://strangebooks.com/2019/03/05/m...
January 4, 2019
HAPPY NEW YEAR GOODREADERS
My sincere thanks to all of you who have read and reviewed my strange books over the past year. It really is very much appreciated. 2019 will see the publication of more strange books! I can't wait to share them with you. Meanwhile, best wishes from myself and the rest of the www.strangebooks.com team. With your help, we will continue! Thank you for helping to spread the strangeness. Viva Goodreads and viva StrangeBooks!
Mike Russell
Mike Russell
