Wow! I’ve been doing this for five years already. Actually, it’s been a little longer, but I just realized that the anniversary passed a few weeks ago, and now here we are.
Back in 2007, Curtis Smith’s short story collection The Species Crown inspired me to start blogging about books from small press authors. Since then, I’ve managed with the help of fellow small press enthusiasts like Tom Powers and Lavinia Ludlow (among others) to average about one review a week.
An occasion like this leaves me a little bit tempted to compile a “best of” list, but the problem is that I’ve enjoyed far too many books (the official count is over 300 reviews!) to limit myself to naming a few I consider “the best.” Instead, here’s a random sample of some of the titles I’ve reviewed over the past five years:
- Oh Terrible Youth by Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz
- The Universe in Miniature in Miniature by Patrick Somerville
- Howie Action Comics by Howard Chackowicz
- alt.punk by Lavnia Ludlow
- The Awful Possibilities by Christian TeBordo
- Past Tense by Nick Marsh (Includes an animated robot!)
- Elysiana by Chris Knopf
- Love Park by Jim Zervanos
- Nude by Nuala Ni Conchuir
- The Road to God Knows by Von Allen
Another five years? Who knows… I’ll just take it one book at a time!
Keep ‘em coming, Marc! Great reviews!
Glad you enjoy them!
Quite the library you’ve built, Marc. Cheers to the next review
Thank you!