Category Archives: Modern Literary Fiction
My Ladybird Story: The growing pains of a Transgender – Magus Tor
(Reviewed by Ishita RC) When a Man loves a Woman, It is Heterosexual When a Woman loves a Woman, It is Homosexual When a Female Transsexual loves a Woman, What will it be? That is the synopsis of My Ladybird … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, fiction, LGBT
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The Secret Sex Life of Angels: Mysteries of Isis – I. J. Weinstock
(Reviewed by Pat Luboff) “When one man questioned the belief that the earth was flat, A New World was discovered and a Renaissance of unimaginable possibilities was born. Once we question our limited and destructive beliefs about sex, who knows? … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Literary Fiction, Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Mythology
Tagged fantasy, sex
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Holding Out for a Zero-Heather Wardell
(Reviewed by Ishita RC) “I’m doing the right thing, not feeding myself. It’s the only thing I can do, so I will do it. Gloria can somehow have the energy I don’t take in, and it will help her stay … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, Eating disorders, psychology, women's fiction
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Ocean Echoes – by Sheila Hurst
(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) Ocean Echoes is an educational read on our beautiful oceans through the eyes of marine biologist, Ellen Upton, who is seeking to discover new findings through her ever ending funds at the Cape Cod research facility. … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, environmentalism, marine biology
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The House of the Soul- Annie Dawson
(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) Ella Casey is a loving mother, wife, and ambitious women. Once she meets her old friend Teri, she begins to doubt whether the path she took becoming domestic was what she was destined to do. This … Continue reading
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The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules- Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg
(Reviewed by Pat Luboff) If I needed to sum up this book in one word, it would be “delightful!” The setting is a retirement home in Sweden. The main characters are five elderly residents in their 70s and 80s. They … Continue reading
Posted in Humor & Satire, Modern Literary Fiction, Our Best, Scandinavian Literature, World Literature
Tagged book reviews, Sweden
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Beat the Rain – Nigel Jay Cooper
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “It scarcely seems possible that they’ve settled back into ordinary life…Painful, gut-wrenching normal life, killing them bit by bit as the seconds tick by….Life disappears behind them in a trail of sameness, the lies and unsaid … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, fiction, sexuality
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Warning Order: A Search and Destroy Thriller – Joshua Hood
(Reviewed by Ishita RC) War on terror has never been more serious or terrifying, when Mason Kane – special ops personnel with a questionable past–finds himself trapped in the middle of a plot that seems to involve intelligent minds from … Continue reading
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Tagged Action thriller, book review, military fiction
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Shadowboxing With Bukowski – Darrell Kastin
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “The universe shrank daily around me, the bookstore itself was the center, the black hole, the very bottomless hell that would consume me in the end. ..the bookstore was insatiable, a structure of otherworldly forces. It … Continue reading
Posted in Dark/Sordid/Bizarre, Modern Literary Fiction
Tagged book reviews, Charles Bukowski, memoir
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