Posts Tagged ‘reviews’
November Review Roundup: Terroryaki
Thursday, November 10th, 2011
Terroryaki! by Jennifer K. Chung
Here’s a sampling of some of the reviews of our latest published 3DN winner, Terroryaki! by Jennifer K. Chung. Find out more about the book here!
“Terroryaki! is a playfully appetizing first bite… The writing is gritty and fast paced, exactly what you’d expect from a novel crafted in 3 days, but it’s also quite accomplished… 100% worth a read.”—SoMisguided book blog
“Terroryaki! was the winner of the 33rd Annual contest and it’s quite easy to see why: the novel is very funny and I could see Chung writing comedies of all forms and genres. It’s also quite humbling to note that this piece was written in just three days… Chung reminds us how far we might be able to push ourselves creatively and professionally… The mysterious teriyaki truck is from whence the “terror” of the title comes from and you’ll have to read this funky 3 day novel to find out how Samantha’s wedding turns out, whether or not Patrick is eating too much teriyaki sauce, or if Daisy will manage to get a stable job.”—Asian American Lit Fans book blog
“…for a vegetarian, Chung’s description of teriyaki chicken is convincing and highly sensory. You’ll wish a mysterious teriyaki food truck circled your neighbourhood, too.”—Broken Pencil magazine
Remember! To our Boston-area 3-dayers: Jennifer K. Chung will be reading at the MIT Science Fiction Society this November 18. See our Events listings in our last newsletter, and stay tuned for more upcoming readings in Washington and Oregon.
Snowmen reviewed in The Globe and Mail
Friday, March 11th, 2011
Snowmen by Mark Sedore
Snowmen, our 2010 winning novel by Mark Sedore, has received a glowing review in The Globe and Mail. Brett Alexander Savory says that Sedore “doesn’t waste words, yet brilliantly manages to convey the bitter, antagonistic relationship between brothers Charlie and Larry,” and weaves the elements of the book “easily and with precision.” On crafting such a complicated book in such a short time frame, Savory says:
“A lesser writer would have taken twice these 170 pages to tell the same story with as much resonance. Through his sparse, economical writing and keen ear for believable dialogue, Sedore unerringly pulls the reader in, making us care about the three main players in the book. We care deeply what happens to them all – even Larry, despite his vindictiveness. Or maybe because of it.”
Read the whole review here, or buy the book and find out for yourself!
ForeWord magazine on The Videographer
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
The Videographer by Jason Rapczynski
ForeWord This Week (OK, not quite this week, but we’ve been very busy at 3-Day HQ) interviews Jason Rapczynski on his preparation and process in producing The Videographer, the 2008 winning entry.
“In the weeks leading up to the contest I had been watching a lot of YouTube videos—car wrecks and street fights and amateur stunts gone horribly wrong. So I sat down with an idea about a character who maybe films this stuff for a living… [And] what if this character, who’s involved in all these shady dealings, was to find out that he was a father? Those two ideas were pretty much the matrix for the plot.” (Read the full interview.)
“Definitely out of the ordinary”
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
“The 2008 winner The Videographer by New Haven resident Jason Rapczynski, 31, is definitely out of the ordinary. By page 10, the reader meets a guy with three fingers on one hand, meets a crooked cop, and learns that the narrator’s current trade is affixing cameras in rest-stop bathrooms on I-95 in the hope of catching people engaged in sex acts. And yes, the narrator’s boss posts the videos on the Internet … It works. The Videographer is the page-turner that won out over 427 other completed stories.”
David Riedel of the New Haven Advocate, an arts weekly, talks about the 3-Day experience and interviews 2008 winner Jason Rapczynski about his prize-taking novel. Read the whole article here.
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