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Essay by Alfredo C'ceres, author of Through the Black Gate
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (258+ words) Add us as a Google Preferred Source Some nights, I dream that my dad comes back from the dead and everything goes back to normal. That is, until we both remember that this can't be happening, and he must leave…...
Audiobook review of Good Joy, Bad Joy by Mikki Brammer
1+ week, 20+ hour ago (201+ words) Heartfelt and humorous, the audiobook of Good Joy, Bad Joy is a delightful portrait of a woman awakening to a new life and sense of purpose in her later years. Good Joy, Bad Joy In the audiobook of Mikki Brammer's…...
Audiobook review of The Shippers by Patti Murin
1+ week, 20+ hour ago (225+ words) Patti Murin's lively, winning performance in The Shippers will charm fans of forced-proximity and friends-to-lovers romance. Bright music and an ode to love stories from author Katherine Center set the tone for the audiobook of The Shippers (11 hours), a delightful…...
Book review of This Is Also a Love Story by Sally Hayden
1+ week, 1+ day ago (396+ words) As a foreign correspondent, Sally Hayden reported on human rights abuses for a decade. Then, she went searching for stories of love. This Is Also a Love Story Irish author and journalist Sally Hayden became a foreign correspondent to make…...
Book review of When Tomorrow Burns by Tae Keller
1+ week, 1+ day ago (473+ words) Tae Keller writes with empathy and insight, and her characters raise When Tomorrow Burns to another level. Middle school can often feel like a fiery disaster, and that's certainly the case for three students in Tae Keller's marvelous new novel,…...
Book review of Restless Bones by Gillian French
1+ week, 1+ day ago (408+ words) Gillian French combines painstaking forensic analysis and detective work with edge-of-your-seat action in her second Shaw Connolly mystery. Northern Maine fingerprint analyst Shaw Connolly is back in Restless Bones, the excellent follow-up to Gillian French's adult debut, Shaw Connolly Lives…...
Book review of Rose by the Sea by Rebecca Rose Mooradian
1+ week, 1+ day ago (411+ words) Although Rose by the Sea deals with heavy topics, its ability to revel in beauty and humanity is poignant and often breathtaking. Rose by the Sea - By Rebecca Rose Mooradian, illustrated by Myo Yim The lacunae in our family histories…...
Book review of As If by Isabel Waidner
1+ week, 2+ day ago (429+ words) Isabel Waidner solidifies themself as a contemporary master of the novel in As If, which elevates their signature screwball style to existential heights. With a title that sounds like a mean girl turning down a nerd in a "90s sitcom, Isabel…...
Book review of Babylon, South Dakota by Tom Lin
1+ week, 2+ day ago (493+ words) Babylon, South Dakota is a remarkable literary journey as lush and abundant as the chrysanthemums that take over the Hsius" greenhouse. A strikingly original work of speculative fiction vibrating with extraordinary prose and heartbreaking poignance, Tom Lin"s historical novel,…...
Book review of Ghost-Eye by Amitav Ghosh
1+ week, 2+ day ago (373+ words) Amitav Ghosh is a rarity in modern fiction: a rigorous writer unafraid to challenge his audience. Readers up to the task will be rewarded with a thrilling intellectual contest. One of the most famous title bouts in human history pits…...