Tag Archives: Literary Fiction
THE GALVESTON CHRONICLES by Audra Martin D’Aroma
Hi Friends! I know it’s been forever since I last posted something of real bookish value on here, but I assure you my absence has not been wasted. I’m oh-so-thrilled to let you know that Rozlyn Press’s second novel has … Continue reading
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Review: A Long-Forgotten Truth by Rachel Ballard
How can I review the book I’m publishing? It’s not an easy feat when you’re so close to something you’re so proud of, but I’ll give it a go. Rachel Ballard’s debut novel is the journey Gail Cavanaugh’s takes that … Continue reading
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Review: Bitter in the Mouth by Monique Truong
Linda Hammerick grew up in small-town Boiling Springs, North Carolina, always knowing she was a little different from everyone else. To her, words have tastes. The sound of mother brings the flavor of chocolate milk to her mouth, even if her … Continue reading
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Review: State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
This having been the first Ann Patchett novel I’ve read, I seriously wonder what has taken me so long. Her writing is refreshingly clean and free of embellishments, but the intricate plot of State of Wonder pulls you in from the first … Continue reading
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Review: And Yet They Were Happy by Helen Phillips
Those who achieve even five minutes of such perfection–mediated or no–deserve our envy. The world is a humid and difficult place, and we are so often exhausted, and love is strange, and arrives in stops and starts. And Yet They Were … Continue reading
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Review: The Ghost Orchid by Carol Goodman
Carol Goodman always has an unparalleled way of transforming a location in a book into a beautifully haunted atmosphere. Her descriptions jump from the page, and every time she sets her novel in a new location I know it’s going … Continue reading
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Review: The Red Garden by Alice Hoffman
She had the feeling that if she went home, she might never get away. She thought of birds caught in nets. There was something inside her, beating against her ribs, urging her to do things she might not otherwise attempt. … Continue reading
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Review: Skylight Confessions by Alice Hoffman
She was young enough not to see a glass as half empty or half full, but as a beautiful object into which anything might be poured. She whispered a bargain, as though her whispering could make it true. Skylight Confessions … Continue reading
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Review: The Marriage Artist by Andrew Winer
“You live your life with the hope of becoming someone’s memory,” Herr Pick says with a snickering sullenness. “Then it turns out you will have to keep theirs.” The Marriage Artist – Andrew Winer The narrative of Andrew Winer’s The … Continue reading
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Review: By Nightfall by Michael Cunningham
There are, of course, desperate people out there, some of them refugees, some of them criminals; we do as well as we can with these impossible contradictions, these endless snarls of loveliness and murder. By Nightfall – Michael Cunningham Michael … Continue reading
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