Short Stories Book Reviews

Review: The River Secrets by Diane Dunning

According to The American Heritage Dictionary, hypocrisy is defined as “the practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold up or possess; insincerity.”  Most people abhor hypocrisy, and yet many are guilty of it as well.  After all, we are human and intrinsically flawed.  Diane Dunning’s ebook, The River Secrets, delves into this issue.  Are there levels to hypocrisy?  And better yet are there levels to sin?   Does your notion of sin depend on the identity of the sinner?

The River Secrets centers on two lovers: Anthony and Francis.  Anthony is a nun living in […]

2014-05-06T22:34:13+02:00February 16th, 2012|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |

Review: The Unauthorized Biography of Michele Bachmann (And Other Stories) by Ken Brosky

A great read, often moving, The Unauthorized Biography of Michele Bachmann (And Other Stories), by Ken Brosky is a collection of ten short stories and one essay. The writing is true, the voice unique, the stories, literary gems.

Except for the title story, all works have been previously published. The list of their publications is impressive—The Barcelona Review, Santa Fe Writers Project, Gargoyle Magazine, Pif, Cream City Review, and others.

Reading this book gave me my own journey.

Not content with the proffered PDF*, I bought the book on Amazon because I wanted to experience the ebook the way […]

2014-05-19T22:25:46+02:00January 16th, 2012|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |
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