Genre… Christmas Stories 13 Dec 201911 Dec 2019 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky This collection of holiday stories by Kevin Moore is a perfect read for the holiday season. Short enough to be read during what is sure to…
Genre… The History of Love 6 Dec 201911 Dec 2019 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky When you start reading the History of Love by author Nicole Krauss, the main character, Leo Gursky, will break your heart. In short order you learn…
Uncategorized Raised in Captivity 29 Nov 201911 Dec 2019 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky Raised in Captivity is the latest work by Chuck Klosterman, author of eight non-fiction books and two novels. It is described on the bottom of the…
Fantasy… Orange World 22 Nov 201911 Dec 2019 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky Two-time National Magazine Award Winner for fiction Karen Russell has put together a book of stories so extraordinary and other-worldly you won’t soon be able to…
Uncategorized One More Thing 15 Nov 201911 Dec 2019 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky This collection of short stories by B.J. Novak, the actor who played Ryan on the popular sit-com, The Office, and a writer and director for the…
Genre… Love and Other Wounds 8 Nov 201911 Dec 2019 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky Don't let the title of this collection of short stories by Jordan Harper fool you. Love and Other Wounds is NOT a collection of sappy love…
Genre… The Moons of Jupiter 1 Nov 201911 Dec 2019 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky This Nobel Prize-winning collection, Moons of Jupiter, is more than just a piece of noteworthy literature. I had never read Alice Munro before picking up this…
Genre… Life at the Dakota 25 Oct 201911 Dec 2019 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky Not having ever lived in New York City, the only thing I knew of The Dakota apartment building on the city's Upper West Side was that…
Book and Reading Culture… Sing To It: New Stories 18 Oct 201911 Dec 2019 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky Sing to It: New Stories is the newest collection of stories by renowned short story writer Amy Hempel in over a decade. It is a collection…
Genre… My Life Among The Underdogs 11 Oct 201911 Dec 2019 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky I first heard about My Life Among the Underdogs on the hit animal rescue reality show" Pit Bulls and Parolees" when its star, Tia Marie Torres…
Genre… Binti 4 Oct 201911 Dec 2019 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky Binti, this young adult science fiction novella written by Nnedi Okorafor, is not something I would normally pick up, but after reading it, I can honestly…
Science Fiction… The Last Conversation 27 Sep 201911 Dec 2019 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky "WOW!" I actually said that out loud when I finished reading the Last Conversation by Paul Tremblay. This short story -- only 56 pages long --…
