Reviews… The Magnolia Story 11 Dec 201911 Dec 2019 Reviewed by Heather Haunert "We believe in home, that it should restore us from today and ready us for tomorrow." MAGNOLIA MANIFESTO Joanna and Chip Gaines of Waco, Texas, are…
Reviews… Good Morning, Midnight 4 Dec 201911 Dec 2019 Review by Heather Haunert Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton is a highly engaging story that propels you forward to the end at incredible speed. This tale encompasses two desolate…
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…
Fantasy… Short Story Book Club Podcast: Arabella Federico’s Little Red 12 Oct 201911 Dec 2019 Short Story Discussion Podcast with Arabella Federico, author of “Little Red” These days, everything is being re-made. The Little Mermaid, Lion King, Mary Poppins. But one re-make you can not…
Literary… The Golden Age of Writing with Andy Plattner on Short Story Book Club 28 Sep 201911 Dec 2019 On this week's Podcast with Short Story Book Club, we speak with author Andy Plattner. He specializes in fictional stories that capture detail and showcase older characters in a way…
Stories and Books… The News from Spain 13 Sep 201911 Dec 2019 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky The subtitle of the News from Spain is 7 Variations of a Love Story, and so when I first picked it up, I anticipated a single…
Stories and Books… The Saturday Evening Girls’ Club 30 Aug 201911 Dec 2019 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky In this short, endearing and eloquently written story of four young immigrant women, the reader is treated to a beautiful tale of friendship, endurance, strength and…
Genre… The Bluest Eye 23 Aug 201911 Dec 2019 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky Sometimes a book you read has an effect on you that you just know will be lasting. Such is the case of Picola Breedlove’s story, told…
Mystery… If She Knew 16 Aug 201911 Dec 2019 Reviewed By Amy Gruzesky Kate Wise is one year into her retirement from the FBI, where she had been a bit of a rock star, and now a legend, when…
Genre… 3 Short Stories to Fuel Your Astoria Borealis Conspiracies 29 Dec 2018 UFO sightings are usually the stuff of science fiction, but this week in New York some people say we were visited by beings from outer space. And with the advent…
Book and Reading Culture… 7 Short Stories for Christmas 29 Dec 2018 It’s no secret that having shared stories is one of things that binds people together. Usually when we think of stories in this way, we think about families. We think…
STEM… The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli – Review 20 Dec 201829 Dec 2018 I don’t even know where to begin with this one. This tiny nonfiction book literally blew my mind. Everything I thought I knew about time, about the world, about man’s…
