Book and Reading Culture… Short Listed: January 2023 13 Jan 202313 Jan 2023 Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love. Mother Teresa Short Story Fest 2023 will be held this year in Baltimore,…
Book and Reading Culture… Short Story Reading Challenge 2023 6 Jan 20236 Jan 2023 With each new year, it’s fun to set up new reading goals and challenges. This year, consider challenging yourself with this list of bookish prompts. You can choose to follow…
Audiobook… Short Listed: December 2022 2 Dec 20222 Dec 2022 My old grandmother always used to say, Summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter friends are friends forever. A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.…
Book and Reading Culture… Short Listed: November 2022 5 Nov 20225 Nov 2022 After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations. - Oscar Wilde What to Read Call a Body Home by Michael Alessi Can love for home be…
Book and Reading Culture… Short Listed: September 2022 5 Sep 20224 Sep 2022 All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien Goodbye, Summer. Thanks for the memories.…
Book and Reading Culture… Carmilla 16 May 202215 May 2022 With every book they publish, many authors likely have a goal to have their stories immortalized forever. Some stories fade into obscurity, while others have staying power that outlasts in…
Book and Reading Culture… Short Story Reading Challenge 2022 29 Jan 202222 Apr 2022 How many stories will you read in 2022? Short Story Book Club member Kate Wood read over 100 books in 2021, and she doesn't have plans to stop any time…
Book and Reading Culture… BOOK CLUB LIVE with Delshan Tyette Baker – On Following the Dots 21 Jan 202119 May 2021 Have you ever asked if you're in the right place in life--if you are who and where you're supposed to be? Author Delshan Tyette Baker shares with us her personal…
Book and Reading Culture… 2021 Short Story Reading Challenge 2 Jan 202119 May 2021 Reading challenges are a fun way to spice up your reading routine. They help you discover new books and push yourself to read a little more. Short Story Book Club…
Book and Reading Culture… BOOK CLUB LIVE with Lynn Thorne – Who Am I if You’re Not You? 15 Aug 202031 May 2021 Join us August 15, 2020 for a special edition of our monthly book club chat. By member request, we've invited author Lynn Thorne to join us live for a book…
Fiction… Women On Top 26 Jun 202031 May 2021 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky I want to meet the women in this collection of short stories by Michelle Miller. They are not perfect, and some even have some characteristics that…
Fiction… The Shorts: A Collection of Original Short Stories 19 Jun 202031 May 2021 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky In the forward to this collection of short stories, author Lise Spence-Parsons explains that she wrote each story using writing prompts--randomly drawing two cards with ideas…
