LibraryThing reviewer gives 5 stars to Growing Up Bronx

A glowing review for H.A. Hargreaves short story collection, Growing Up Bronx, on LibraryThing. Available at Amazon Deceptively simple writing weaves the reader in to stories of the author’s early years in the Bronx. Characters are drawn with clean, deft stokes that bring a remarkable cast to life as richly full, complex, almost heart-breakingly real people, just as their influence mapped out the makings of the author. Hargreaves’ encompassing settings and spare, clear language transport…

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Aug 2012

By Lorina StephensGrowing Up Bronx, Hargreaves, ReviewsComments Off

North by 2000+ reviewed on LibraryThing

We seem to be receiving a good many positive reviews for our books of late. This one appeared on LibraryThing for H.A. Hargreaves’ impressive collection of short speculative fiction, North by 2000+. Available at Amazon This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. When North by 2000: A Collection of Canadian Science Fiction was first published way back in 1975, it was the very first collection of short stories clearly marketed as Canadian Science Fiction….

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Aug 2012

By Lorina StephensHargreaves, North by 2000+, ReviewsComments Off

4 1/2 stars for Immunity to Strange Tales

Susan Forest’s short speculative fiction collection, Immunity to Strange Tales, recently received this 4 1/2 star review on LibraryThing. Available from Amazon This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. Immunity to Strange Tales is a collection of twelve short stories, most of which could be considered Sci-Fi, most of which I enjoyed greatly. Outstanding were the stories Back (about a Time Machine), The Right Chemistry (about Atoms), Tomorrow and Tomorrow (about what one is…

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Aug 2012

By Lorina StephensImmunity to Strange Tales, Reviews, Susan ForestComments Off

LibraryThing Review of A Subtle Thing

Found this 4-star review on LibraryThing this week for Alicia Hendley’s novel, A Subtle Thing. Available at Amazon This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. I reviewed this book as part of Librarything’s Early Reviewer Program. This is one of the most unique pieces of fiction that I have ever read. It reads very much like a memoir and is exceptionally well-written and easy to read. The suthor uses her extensive…

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Aug 2012

By Lorina StephensA Subtle Thing, Alicia Hendley, ReviewsComments Off

Dutch Schultz receives Goodreads 5-star review

Among the many books crime-writer Nate Hendley has penned, Dutch Schultz: brazen beer baron of New York, is one of the most recent. Factual, gritty, written in a readable, fluid manner, Schultz is now beginning to receive a few accolades. This is a recent 5-star review from a Goodreads reviewer: ‘I received this as a Goodreads giveaway. ‘This isn’t really a book I would normally go for, but the description piqued my curiosity. I went…

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May 2012

By Lorina StephensDutch Schultz, Nate Hendley, ReviewsComments Off