Category Archives: Modern Literary Fiction
The Riddle of the Sphinx – Alexandre Montagu
(Reviewed by JD Jung) How do I begin a review of a novel that kept me captive from page one and didn’t release me until the very end? I didn’t want to break for work, family, friends, or anything. How … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Fiction, Modern Literary Fiction, Our Best, Philosophical reads
Tagged identity, Iran, Islamic revolution, LGBT, Shah
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Rejections From a Literary Agent: Discouraging Writers, One Bad Query at a Time – G. Randy Kasten
(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) Rejections From a Literary Agent is a humorous book about literary agent, Marcie Ribbons. She is retired and spends her day responding to query letters. She shares her view on the publishing industry and often expresses … Continue reading
Posted in Humor & Satire, Modern Literary Fiction
Tagged book reviews. fiction, humor, publishing, query letters
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Bella Toscana – Nanette Littlestone
(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) Bella Toscana is a contemporary novel written about a woman who decides to take a trip to the beautiful land of Italy. As a married woman, she meets professor Flynn and that is when she begins … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Literary Fiction, Romance
Tagged Italy
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The Art Collector of Le Marais – Ahmad Ardalan
(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) The Art Collector of Le Marais is a fictional drama set in Paris where artists and paintings are inspired, romance is in the air and the city never sleeps. The story begins with Sebastian and his … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Fiction, Modern Literary Fiction
Tagged art, painting, Paris
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A Student of History – Nina Revoyr
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “You’re too impressed with people whose greatest accomplishment was being born lucky.” Richard Nagano never forgot what his mother told him after he graduated from Stanford. But these words would later haunt this young man from … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Literary Fiction
Tagged class, fiction, wealth
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The Everything Girl – L.E. Maleki, Holly L. Lörincz
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Staring at the massive set of doors in the dark grey stone façade, I knew once I entered my life would change. I’d be moving away from regular, clearly outlined banking duties to what sounded like … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Modern Literary Fiction, Romance
Tagged contemporary culture, multiculture, romance. women's fiction
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Former First Lady – Ebony Edwards-Ellis
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Barry and I were the anti-Obamas” “That means that I have the dubious honor of being the first First Lady to leave her husband after he left office. And all the mail I got after I … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Literary Fiction
Tagged First Lady, President, women's fiction
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Exile On Second Avenue – James P. Walsh
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “What was I waiting for, it would be so freeing to slide so gently from the pain of this place, into the quiet comfort of the unknown, just like him. With every passing moment my grip … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Literary Fiction, Skinny reads
Tagged depression, mental illness, suicide
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Hôtel Inspiré – Douglas Warren
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Without realizing it at the time he would be unable to crawl back into his former ‘safe’ life. He had emerged like a butterfly, le papillon. Now he would learn to fly, in fact soar.” Though … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Literary Fiction, Skinny reads
Tagged France, Paris
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Corkscrew: The highly improbable, but occasionally true, tale of a professional wine buyer – Peter Stafford-Bow
(Reviewed by Don Jung) Prep school failure Felix Hart got his first job as an inventory clerk at a wine shop. Little did he realize that this would set the stage for his career as a premier wine buyer in … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Literary Fiction
Tagged book review, dark humor, wine
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