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Doughnuts and Doom

1 Sep 20222 Sep 2022
With the autumn coming to soon say farewell to summer, a novel with a premise about a Sapphic romance between a witch and a struggling musician was enough to sell…
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Weather

10 Jul 202130 Jan 2022
Reviewed by Meghan Vermeer Weather, by Jenny Offill, is written from the perspective of Lizzie, a librarian who stumbled upon her career. Rather than focusing on one particular conflict, the…
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Emma Cline Makes Literary Comeback With “Daddy”

27 Nov 202019 May 2021
By Jasmyne Ray Daddy issues, relationships with the patriarchy, and tormented inner children are the subjects for Cline’s collection of short stories. With blunt honesty and quick wit, Cline explores…
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Women On Top

26 Jun 202031 May 2021
Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky I want to meet the women in this collection of short stories by Michelle Miller. They are not perfect, and some even have some characteristics that…
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The Sisters

12 Jun 202031 May 2021
Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky When you start reading this short story by thriller author J.S. Ellis, you think you have an inkling of where it is going. A tale of…
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Tiny Shoes Dancing

15 May 202031 May 2021
Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky This collection of short stories by author Audrey Kalman left me feeling both introspective and unfulfilled. Unfulfilled because the stories end on what appears to be…
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Evidence of the Affair

10 Apr 202031 May 2021
Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky In this modern age of emails and texting, it is rare for individuals to write letters to one another, but it is through this long-lost medium…
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Untender Lives

20 Mar 202031 May 2021
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, sometimes with…
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Dusk To Dawn

13 Mar 202031 May 2021
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…
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Bonds of Love & Blood

21 Feb 202031 May 2021
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…
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Everything My Mother Taught Me

14 Feb 202031 May 2021
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…
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Nell And Lady

3 Jan 202031 May 2021
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…

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