Fiction… Dusk To Dawn 13 Mar 20204 Jul 2020 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky Dusk To Dawn, Sierra Smith's first collection of short stories, is one of the most unique and enjoyable collections I have come across. It is apparent…
Fantasy… Anathema 28 Feb 202011 Jul 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,…
Fiction… Bonds of Love & Blood 21 Feb 202012 Jul 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…
Fiction… Everything My Mother Taught Me 14 Feb 202012 Jul 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…
Fiction… Cigar Barons 31 Jan 202018 Jul 2020 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky This book by author Isabella has a little bit of everything: an untimely and unexpected death, sibling rivalry, adultery, treachery, love, history, an inheritance, and at…
Fiction… Uncommon Type 24 Jan 202018 Jul 2020 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky This collection of short stories by actor Tom Hanks is not what I expected, but in a good way. Honestly, when I first picked up the…
Fantasy… All The Names They Used For God 17 Jan 202018 Jul 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 of…
Fiction… The Didsbury Witch 15 Jan 202019 Jul 2020 Review by Heather Haunert The Didsbury Witch by Tess Humphrey is the third book in the Hunky Dory series, a collection of short stories that unravels the tales of a…
Fiction… Instructions for a Funeral 8 Jan 202025 Jul 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…
Fiction… Nell And Lady 3 Jan 202025 Jul 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…
Thriller… Dark Tales 1 Jan 202026 Jul 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…
Fiction… Red At The Bone 27 Dec 201926 Jul 2020 Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky I had high hopes for this short novel by award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson, and I was not disappointed. Having been named one of Oprah Magazine's Best…
