Category: Short Stories
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Review: SERVED COLD by Alan Baxter
Thank you so much Sadie, Kallie, Gray Matter Press, and the author for my free copy. Description: Collected together for the first time ever, these sixteen provocative and intensely chilling tales venture into the depths of the darkest and most shadowy places where unspeakable horrors are the predators and we the willing prey. Prepare for an…
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Review: IF YOU SEE ME, DON’T SAY HI by Neel Patel
Thank you so much to Flatiron Books for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. Description: In eleven sharp, surprising stories, Neel Patel gives voice to our most deeply held stereotypes and then slowly undermines them. His characters, almost all of who are first-generation Indian Americans, subvert our expectations that they will…
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Review: YOU THINK IT, I’LL SAY IT by Curtis Sittenfeld
So many thanks to Random House for my free copy – all opinions are my own. Book Description:Â Curtis Sittenfeld has established a reputation as a sharp chronicler of the modern age who humanizes her subjects even as she skewers them. Now, with this first collection of short fiction, her âastonishing gift for creating characters…
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Book Review: PROPERTY: STORIES BETWEEN TWO NOVELLAS by Lionel Shriver
Thank you so much Harper Books for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. Book Description: A striking new collection of ten short stories and two novellas that explores the idea of property in every meaning of the word, from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of the National Book Award finalist So Much…
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Review: BLACK SWANS by Eve Babitz
Thank you so much to Counterpoint Press for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. Book Blurb: A new reissue of Babitzâs collection of nine stories that look back on the 1980s and early 1990sâdecades of dreams, drink, and glimpses of a changing world. Black Swans further celebrates the phenomenon of Eve Babitz, cementing…
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Book Mail: THE MERRY SPINSTER by Mallory Ortberg
Thank you so much Henry Holt for sending this free copy my way! A collection of dark classic folk and fairytales sounds like a really fun read! SYNOPSIS: From Mallory Ortberg comes a collection of darkly mischievous stories based on classic fairy tales. Adapted from the beloved “Children’s Stories Made Horrific” series, “The Merry Spinster”…
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Gorgeous Book Mail: PROPERTY by Lionel Shriver and WHAT SHOULD BE WILD by Julia Fine
Don’t you just love it when your glasses match your books?!! Thank you so much to Harper Books for these gorgeous free copies! They both look outstanding! I will leave the synopses below. PROPERTY by Lionel Shriver: Intermingling settings in America and Britain, Lionel Shriverâs first collection explores property in both senses of the word:…
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Review: DREADFUL YOUNG LADIES AND OTHER STORIES by Kelly Barnhill
Thank you so much to Algonquin Books for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. Book Description:Â When Mrs. Sorensenâs husband dies, she rekindles a long-dormant love with an unsuitable mate in âMrs. Sorensen and the Sasquatch.â In âOpen the Door and the Light Pours Through,â a young man wrestles with grief…
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Orenda Book Mail: CWA ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT STORIES: MYSTERY TOUR, Edited by Martin Edwards
This collection of short stories certainly got my attention! There are some very talented authors in here–I’ll have to keep reading to give you my full thoughts but I’m really enjoying it so far! Thank you to the always amazing Orenda Books for sending me a free copy! BOOK DESCRIPTION: This exciting collection of short…
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Mini Book Review: HER BODY AND OTHER PARTIES by Carmen Maria Machado
âI called her two days later, never having believed more firmly in love at first sight, in destiny. When she laughed on the other end of the line, something inside of me cracked open, and I let her step inside.” I could not stop thinking about this mysterious collection of short stories! This was Belletrist’s…