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My Life Among The Underdogs

11 Oct 201911 Dec 2019

Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky I first heard about My Life Among the Underdogs on the hit animal rescue reality show" Pit Bulls and Parolees" when its star, Tia Marie Torres…

Binti

4 Oct 201911 Dec 2019

Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky Binti, this young adult science fiction novella written by Nnedi Okorafor, is not something I would normally pick up, but after reading it, I can honestly…

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…

Science Fiction…

The Last Conversation

27 Sep 201911 Dec 2019

Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky "WOW!" I actually said that out loud when I finished reading the Last Conversation by Paul Tremblay. This short story -- only 56 pages long --…

Magical Realism…

The Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury

20 Sep 201911 Dec 2019

Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky This is the Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury. Alice Pendelbury is living a nice life: She has a close circle of friends, one of whom, Anton,…

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…

Genre

I’m Fine and Neither are you

6 Sep 201911 Dec 2019

Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky The premise of I'm Fine and Neither Are You seems more like a romantic comedy than a serious take on modern day issues, but it's really…

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…

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…

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…

They Met At Shiloh

9 Aug 201911 Dec 2019

Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky When one thinks of the Civil War, certain names almost certainly come to mind: Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Abraham Lincoln ... but…

Book and Reading Culture…

Of Love and Other Demons

2 Aug 201911 Dec 2019

Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky Set in the 18th-century, along the Caribbean coast, readers are introduced to Of Love and Other Demons by the author, Gabriel Garcia Marquez himself, who in…