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Category Archives: Fiction
Strikestone:Book III of the Dolvia Saga – Stella Atrium
(Reviewed by Melanie Hamilton) “Brianna Miller in Pear-ass now resides. Who saved the gouleps out of bondage Star traffic for Somule Gems she guides. Who jumped back while warriors engaged. In making for Uburu a safe passage. Far distant from … Continue reading
The Fall of a Sparrow – Robert Hellenga
(Reviewed by J.D. Jung) After reading one of my favorite books, The Italian Lover, I just wanted to grab anything related to it and its characters. Author Robert Hellenga wrote a book about the protagonist’s lover, classics professor Alan “Woody” … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Literary Fiction, Reviewers' Top Picks
Tagged Italy
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The Hanging Tree – Michael Phillip Cash
Another Halloween pick! (Reviewed by JD Jung) “If she couldn’t move the girl, she would do her best to preserve her innocence, or what was left of it.” Summer of 2013 – Oyster Bay – Seventeen year old Arielle was angry at … Continue reading
Posted in More fiction
Tagged horror, short books
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Golf Sayings: wit & wisdom of a good walk spoiled – Bradford G. Wheler
(Reviewed by Pat Luboff) I’m not a golfer, but I have a very dear friend who is one. I was interested in this book as a gift to her. But before I gave it to her, I read it. What … Continue reading
Posted in Humor & Satire, Non-fiction
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The Black Spider – Jeremias Gotthelf (Translated from the German by Susan Bernofsky)
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “And now the people where gripped by the ancient fear that the spider might carry off an unbaptized infant, the pledge of their old pact. The woman was beside herself, she had no trust in God, … Continue reading
Posted in Dark/Sordid/Bizarre, Lost and almost forgotten, World Literature
Tagged German literature, horror, short books
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Philosophy Made Simple – Robert Hellenga
(Reviewed by JD Jung) Rudy Harrington, a sixty-year-old widower, is trying to find the meaning of life…his life. Is there any purpose left? To try and answer this question, he takes up the study of philosophy. Since his wife, Helen, … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Literary Fiction
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Effed Up!: Story of a Family – Russ Woody
(Reviewed by JD Jung) Mom is proud of her forty-six year old son, Lenny. After all, the music community pays tribute to his band, Pink Lloyd. As you can tell, she doesn’t realize what a tribute band actually is. She … Continue reading
Posted in Bios and Memoirs, Humor & Satire
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Return of the Heroine—Kaye Michelle
(Reviewed by Melanie Hamilton) In Kaye Michelle’s provocative and inspiring novel, Return of the Heroine, West Point Cadet Jane Archer has a problem: Should she do what’s right or save her career? The daughter of senior counsel to Providence Rhode … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Fiction, Modern Literary Fiction
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Together Tea – Marjan Kamali
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Darya loved to calculate the statistic of available Persian bachelors, factoring in their attributes, family histories, education, the probability for divorce. She had her very own system of assigning numbers to certain qualities… Darya was so … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Modern Literary Fiction, Travel
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Defection Games – Haggai Carmon
(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned The CIA and Mossad (Israel’s intelligence agency) engage in a constant battle to thwart Iran’s nuclear capabilities. This is how we meet up again with former Mossad agent, Dan Gordon, as he continues his dangerous … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers, Modern Literary Fiction, World Issues
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