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“It was in my nature to absorb large volumes of information during times of distress, like I could master the distress through intellectual dominance.”

Mr Salary by Sally Rooney

January 18, 2021 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

Oof. Sally Rooney can do more with 22 pages than others can do with 200. Sukie and Nathan are set to collide. They have been tangled up in each other’s lives since she was an infant and he attended her christening. Sukie’s mother is dead, her father is dying, and she has been living on-and-off with Nathan since she was 19. He’s older, wiser, and much wealthier. She’s been in Boston, and he picks her up from the airport. They are charged from the get […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: desire, ennui, entanglement, faber stories, Ireland, irish literature, Sally Rooney, twentysomething

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR13 Review No:14 · Genres: Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: desire, ennui, entanglement, faber stories, Ireland, irish literature, Sally Rooney, twentysomething ·
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It Runs in the Family

Everything My Mother Taught Me by Alice Hoffman

Can You Feel This? by Julie Orringer

The Lion's Den by Anthony Marra

Zenith Man by Jennifer Haigh

The Weddings by Alexander Chee

January 13, 2021 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

Another year, another onslaught of bits and bobs to keep me from sitting down and giving my undivided attention to a hefty book! Everything My Mother Taught Me 3/5 Dang it Alice Hoffman, misadventures at lighthouses are my catnip! Lighthouse Keeper was my dream job when I was younger- big thanks to Ahab’s Wife- it’s a  lonesome and perilous career but also pretty cool! I was a huge Hoffman fan in high school, but I drifted away over the last 15 years or so. I dipped […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: Alexander Chee, Alice Hoffman, amazon original stories, Amazon Originals, amazon originals inheritance, Anthony Marra, family, identity, inheritance, Jennifer Haigh, Julie Orringer, Marriage, Motherhood, trauma

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR13 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: Alexander Chee, Alice Hoffman, amazon original stories, Amazon Originals, amazon originals inheritance, Anthony Marra, family, identity, inheritance, Jennifer Haigh, Julie Orringer, Marriage, Motherhood, trauma ·
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Man in Darkness

Diary of a Murderer: And Other Stories by Young-ha Kim

January 12, 2021 by blauracke Leave a Comment

A 70-year-old serial killer, who has stopped killing decades ago and is suffering from Alzheimer’s, fears for his daughter’s life because he is convinced that the man she is dating is also a serial killer. Acutely aware of the rapidly deteriorating state of his memory, he sets out to save her before it is too late. The other three stories included in the book are concerned with a man having an affair with a married woman who is being badly abused by her husband, a […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: Young-ha Kim

blauracke's CBR13 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: Young-ha Kim ·
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A delightful YA Jewish short story collection

It's a Whole Spiel: Love, Latkes, and Other Jewish Stories by Katherine Locke and Laura Silverman

January 3, 2021 by bonnie Leave a Comment

What does it mean to be Jewish? I have never contemplated this question, because I am not Jewish. But I am trying to read about diverse faiths and cultural perspectives, particularly when they intersect with other identities. It’s a Whole Spiel caught my eye at my library (which is now open for limited in-person browsing, thank goodness!), and I was happy to devour it over this weekend. This anthology of short stories features all kinds of Jewish voices and perspectives, from people who are culturally […]

Filed Under: Short Stories, Young Adult Tagged With: bonnie, faith, katherine locke, Katherine Locke and Laura Silverman, laura silverman, short stories, Young Adult

bonnie's CBR13 Review No:2 · Genres: Short Stories, Young Adult · Tags: bonnie, faith, katherine locke, Katherine Locke and Laura Silverman, laura silverman, short stories, Young Adult ·
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Taking a Triple Cannonball into the Rising Sea Level!

The Way the World Ends by Jess Walter

Boca Raton by Lauren Groff

Controller by Jesse Kellerman

There's No Place Like Home by Edan Lepucki

Falls the Shadow by Skip Horack

The Hillside by Jane Smiley

At the Bottom of New Lake by Sonya Larson

December 30, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos 10 Comments

Is it hot in here, or is it just these stories? oh, the temperature is definitely rising folks, from GLOBAL WARMING! I struggle with looking climate change in the face; I am concerned, I am trying to do my part, but the onslaught of facts is just too depressing. Climate-change based fiction, though, clicks in a way that I was not expecting. I suppose there is a level of empathy that transcends the “just the facts” nature of the news when the same information is […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Edan Lepucki, jane smiley, Jess Walter, Jesse Kellerman, lauren groff, Skip Horack, Sonya Larson

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:158 · Genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Edan Lepucki, jane smiley, Jess Walter, Jesse Kellerman, lauren groff, Skip Horack, Sonya Larson ·
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Cannonball After Dark, Katrina Jackson Edition

Office Hours by Katrina Jackson

Grand Theft, N.Y.E. by Katrina Jackson

Beautiful & Dirty (The Family Book 1) by Katrina Jackson

Pink Slip (The Spies Who Loved Her #1) by Katrina Jackson

December 30, 2020 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

Katrina Jackson has been one of my favorite discoveries this year. She is a college professor who writes high heat, queer, often polyamorous, diverse stories. Her stories are centered around black women and their desire. Very few of her interracial relationships involve white people. I would love it if someone smarter than me wrote a thesis on the genius of Katrina Jackson. I can see it, but I can’t explain it. Of the books of hers I have read, I would only describe Office Hours as […]

Filed Under: Romance, Short Stories, Suspense Tagged With: Beautiful & Dirty., erotic romance, erotic romantic suspense, Grand Theft N.Y.E, Katrina Jackson, Office Hours, Pink Slip

Emmalita's CBR12 Review No:110 · Genres: Romance, Short Stories, Suspense · Tags: Beautiful & Dirty., erotic romance, erotic romantic suspense, Grand Theft N.Y.E, Katrina Jackson, Office Hours, Pink Slip ·
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