Genre Untender Lives 20 Mar 202020 Mar 2020 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky In "Untender Lives" author Teagan Kearney introduces readers to five complex and conflicted heroines, melding their day to day existence with life changing experiences, with sometimes…
Fantasy… Anathema 28 Feb 202027 Feb 2020 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky We meet Reychel on the morning of her fifteenth birthday, a day she is dreading and which turns out to be even worse, when, upon awakening,…
Genre Bonds of Love and Blood 21 Feb 202024 Feb 2020 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky Using travel as a common theme, author Marylee MacDonald introduces readers to characters that are strong, vulnerable, weak, compromised and compromising in this collection of twelve…
Genre Everything My Mother Taught Me 14 Feb 202013 Feb 2020 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky This short story by renowned author Alice Hoffman tells the story of Adeline, a 12-year-old girl left to grow up fast after the untimely death of…
Genre… Cigar Barons 31 Jan 202030 Jan 2020 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky This book by the author Isabella has a little bit of everything -- an untimely and unexpected death, sibling rivalry, adultery, treachery, love, history, an inheritance,…
Genre Uncommon Type 24 Jan 202022 Jan 2020 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky This collection of short stories by actor Tom Hanks is not what I expected -- in a good way. Honestly, when I first picked up the…
Genre… All The Names They Used For God 17 Jan 202014 Jan 2020 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky This debut collection of nine short stories by Anjali Sachdeva is mesmerizing, enchanting and sometimes, jarring -- but definitely worth reading. The book is the winner…
Genre Nell And Lady 3 Jan 20208 Jan 2020 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky What starts out seemingly as a story of an unlikely and extremely close friendship between Lady, the daughter of white, wealthy, Southern parents and Nell, the…
Genre… Red At The Bone 27 Dec 201925 Dec 2019 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky I had high hopes for this short novel by award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson, and I wasn't disappointed. Having been named one of Oprah Magazine's Best Books…
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…
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…
