Stories and Books… Ugly Things We Hide 22 May 202026 May 2020 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky This short novel by M. Ocampo McIvor will take you on a journey that will have you feeling happy, sad, reminiscent, confused and indignant, and will…
Uncategorized Paradise 1 May 20201 May 2020 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky Author Kevin Scott Olson packs a lot into this short story -- a holocaust survivor, a Navy SEAL, terrorism, and an unexpected, but not unwelcome, flirtation…
Uncategorized Dusk To Dawn 13 Mar 202013 Mar 2020 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky This collection of short stories by Sierra Smith, her first, is one of the most unique, and enjoyable, collections I have come across. It's apparent that…
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,…
Reviews… The Didsbury Witch 15 Jan 202015 Jan 2020 Review by Heather Haunert The Didsbury Witch by Tess Humphrey is the third book in the Hunky Dory series. The Hunky Dory series is a collection of short stories that…
Reviews… Instructions for a Funeral 8 Jan 202015 Jan 2020 Review by Heather Haunert Instructions for a Funeral written by David Means is a collection of fourteen short stories that have appeared in publications such as The Paris Review, The…
Reviews… Dark Tales 1 Jan 20201 Jan 2020 Review by Heather Haunert Dark Tales by Shirley Jackson is a collection of the author’s most disturbing tales. There are seventeen stories included that vary in length, but not in…
Reviews… Hillbilly Elegy 25 Dec 20191 Jan 2020 12.25.19 Review by Heather Haunert Hillbilly Elegy, A Memoir of a Family & Culture in Crisis, by J.D. Vance is a New York Times bestselling book that is soon to…
Uncategorized The Lobster’s State Of Mind: A Collection of Short Stories 20 Dec 201919 Dec 2019 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky An interesting and intriguing collection of short stories by Israeli author Hovav Heth, the characters in these stories are ordinary people doing ordinary things, when a…
Reviews… Witch Child 18 Dec 20191 Jan 2020 Reviewed by Heather Haunert Witch Child, a book written by English author Celia Rees, was shortlisted for the Guardian Children’s Fiction Award and the North East Book Award. In…
Reviews… The Magnolia Story 11 Dec 20191 Jan 2020 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 20191 Jan 2020 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…
