Great Fun and Good Feelings in Chihuahua Karma
Chihuahua Karma by Debby Rice is a great feel-good read that made me laugh out loud, tugged at my heart-strings, and left me smiling. Available only as an E-book, Rice’s lively, incisive, and addictive writing makes buying an E-reader a good idea (alongside previously reviewed E-books like Minks Rises by Eric Almeida and The View [...]
Continue Reading →Life After Sleep
In Life After Sleep, a fascinating and very funny science fiction novella about an invention that allows human beings to thrive on very little sleep, author Mark Brand explores the essence of our innately contradictory nature: no matter how much we humans beings have, we always want more, and no matter how potentially good something [...]
Continue Reading →Stories in the Palm of Your Hand
The short shorts in Tessa Smith McGovern’s collection London Road: Linked Stories really are made to fit within the palm of your hand — her delightful and fresh stories are available as apps for your phone or can be converted for your e-reader. For those without the handheld devices, never fear. The stories can also [...]
Continue Reading →Fighting For A Clear-Eyed View
The View From Here by Rachel Howzell is a psychological thriller, a strange and twisted and yet utterly recognizable (dare I say, even familiar) exploration into how every person’s individual “view from here” is colored, even skewed, by experiences from the past, anxieties and joys of the present, and hopes for the future. We see [...]
Continue Reading →HOW TO READ All DAY
Always have a book with you.
Read while waiting.
Read while eating.
Read while exercising.
Read before bed.
Read before getting out of bed.
Read instead of updating FB.
Read instead of watching TV.
Read instead of vacuuming.
Read while vacuuming.
Read with a book group.
Read with your kid.
Read with your cat.
Read to your dog.
Read on a schedule.
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