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![]() ![]() Thankfully, these 53 books of short stories and excerpts from novels demonstrate the strength of this type of writing in Canada, though I would like to see more published. It can be a daunting challenge that not everyone can meet. In fact, I defy anyone to write a short story, with adequate character development and plotting to sustain the attention and interest of readers of youngCanLit. ![]() Just as picture books are certainly not easier to write just because they are shorter (a caution to those wannabe writers who are convinced anyone can toss off a picture book!), short stories are definitely not lesser works of story-telling. Not every reader or student is interested in reading full-length novels, and short stories offer the perfect alternative, with shorter reads that pack a punch in fewer pages. ![]() ![]() ![]() An animated feature film adaptation, to be produced by Locksmith Animation, was announced in 2019.Ĭress is the third book in The Lunar Chronicles and fourth chronologically. Set in a futuristic world inhabited by various species and creatures, tensions are rising between Earth and its former colony Luna, while both attempt to manage an ongoing pandemic. ![]() Each book entails a science fictional twist on a classic fairy tale, including Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, and Snow White. The Lunar Chronicles is a series of four young adult science fiction fantasy novels, a novella and a short story collection written by American author Marissa Meyer and published by Feiwel & Friends. Print ( hardcover and paperback), audiobook, e-book Fantasy, young adult fiction, romance, science fiction, dystopian ![]() ![]() She is a former executive editor of Essence magazine and a former adjunct professor at Ramapo College in New Jersey. Wesley’s books for children include the Willimena Rules! series, Freedom’s Gifts: A Juneteenth Story and Where Do I Go From Here, and The Afro-bets Book of Black Heroes, which she co-wrote with Wade Hudson. Lynn Harris and Room to Grow, edited by Christina Baker Kline. Wesley's short stories and essays are included in the anthologies The Bluelight Corner, Black Women Writing on Passion, Sex and Romantic Love, edited by Rosemarie Robotham, Gumbo, A Literary Rent Party, edited by Marita Golden and E. Her mysteries have been published in Great Britain, France, German and Poland, and her stand-alone novels in Germany. Most of her books have been Essence bestsellers and When Death Comes Stealing was nominated for a Shamus Award. ![]() Her Tamara Hayle Mysteries include When Death Comes Stealing, Devil’s Gonna Get Him, Where Evil Sleeps, No Hiding Place, Easier to Kill, The Devil Riding, Dying in the Dark, and Blood and Sorrow. ![]() Under her own name, she has published eight Tamara Hayle Mysteries and three stand-alone novels including Playing My Mother’s Blues, Always True to You in My Fashion and Ain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do for which she received the 2000 award for excellence from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA). ![]() Valerie Wilson Wesley is the author of two paranormal romances, The Moon Tells Secrets and When the Night Whispers, written under the penname Savanna Welles. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I should note that this book is nearly impossible to summarize in a compelling way that doesn’t give things away. Yes, I thought it was occasionally scary and I can definitely see how some people would find it entirely scary. Let’s address those three promises right off the bat, shall we? Yes, I whole-heartedly agree that it qualifies as literary horror, a hard thing to find. The fact that I immediately sat down to write about it tells you something, doesn’t it? This might not have been my favorite book of all time, but boy oh boy did it take me for a ride. ![]() I’ve heard it called literary horror (one of my absolute favorite niche genres), I’ve heard it called “the scariest book I’ve ever read” by more than a dozen people (right up my alley), and I already had it on my bookshelf because my dad owned it (always a good sign). (Educating yourself on all the “classics” is a never-ending task, especially if you read in many genres.) Recently I finally sat down to read what is perhaps his most famous novel, Ghost Story. He’s a big name in horror, but I just hadn’t gotten around to him yet. Peter Straub has been on my to-read list for a long time. ![]() ![]() ![]() Frankly, unless someone made a point of telling you this while giving you the book, you would not know it.Ī warning, though: this is a book about estranged spouses who are very much bitter against each other. However, I see now, though I didn’t realize it when I first started seeing this book praised pretty much everywhere online, is that it is Ms Thomas’ debut novel. The writing, the sense of period, the language, the characterization–they are all so very polished, this reader would have readily believe that Ms Thomas had published a dozen titles prior to the release of Private Arrangements. This book has been languishing in the old TBR mountain range for YEARS–seriously, at least four or five–which, it turns out, is a freaking crying shame. This month’s theme, “Lovely Rita” (aka, RITA nominated books) ![]() This slightly tardy review is my contribution to this month’s TBR Challenge, hosted by the wonderful SLWendy. ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s been ten years, but the moment they lock eyes, Margot’s cold, dead heart thumps in her chest. While touring a wedding venue with her engaged friends, Margot comes face-to-face with Olivia Grant-her childhood friend, her first love, her first… well, everything. And then fate (the heartless bitch) intervenes. But now her entire crew has found "the one" and she’s beginning to feel like a fifth wheel. She tried and it blew up in her face, so she’ll stick with casual hookups, thank you very much. ![]() Bellefleur writes as if she's captured fairy lights in a mason jar, twinkly and lovely within something solid yet fragile." – Entertainment Weeklyįollowing Written in the Stars and Hang the Moon, Lambda Literary Award winner and national bestselling author Alexandria Bellefleur pens another steamy queer rom-com about former best friends who might be each other's second chance at love… There's a sparkling quality here, one that mirrors the starry title. "Bellefleur has a droll, distinct voice, and her one-liners zing off the page, striking both the heart and funny bone. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ¡El nuevo libro de la autora de Alguien está mintiendo / One of Us is Lying, el thriller Young Adult best seller a nivel mundial! Ellery es nueva en Echo Ridges, pero ya lo sabe todo sobre el pueblo. ❾ra Olga realmente lo que parecía? ¿O había algo más en la historia de su hermana? Y de cualquier manera, ¿cómo puede Julia incluso intentar vivir a la altura de un ideal aparentemente imposible? Con la ayuda de su mejor amiga Lorena, Julia está decidida a descubrirlo. Pero Julia pronto descubre que Olga puede haber tenido secretos, también. La madre de Julia parece canalizar su dolor para señalar de todas las maneras posibles que Julia no es la hija mexicana perfecta que Olga era. Sus padres, quienes inmigraron ilegalmente a Chicago desde México en busca de una vida mejor, están inconsolables. ![]() ![]() Pero un solo error, que ocurre mientras enviaba un mensaje de texto al mismo tiempo que cruzaba la calle más concurrida de Chicago, resulta en la muerte de Olga, dejando atrás a Julia para ocuparse de las secuelas. Julia tiene grandes sueños y no quiere formar parte del camino de su hermana mayor. Olga no fue a la universidad, se quedó en casa para cuidar a sus padres, limpiar la casa y trabajar a medio tiempo. Finalista del National Book Award! Bestseller del New York Times! Julia no es la hija mexicana perfecta. ![]() ![]() For theyve uncovered a presence beyond their understandingan evil force that wont hesitate to kill in order to achieve its nefarious ends. But after several mediums go missing, its clear that Jesperson and Lane are in over their heads. The case begins as a window into the séances and other supernatural parlor games that are so popular these days, and takes a sinister turn as the intrepid investigators pull back the curtain on the cutthroat rivalries underpinning polite society. ![]() ![]() So when Jesperson and Lane are hired to track the nocturnal wanderings of a sleepwalking London business owner, theyre simply happy to be working again. Jasper Jesperson, with his shock of red hair and seemingly encyclopedic knowledge of all subjectssave common senseand Miss Lane, whose logical mind is matched only by her fascination with psychic phenomena. Has there ever been a more unlikely pair of consulting detectives than Jesperson and Lane? They certainly make a striking duo: Mr. Martin Sherlock Holmes meets Penny Dreadful in the debut of a delightful Victorian-era fantasy series from John W. Arthur Conan Doyle would have approved.George R. ∺ lively, entertaining blend of murder mystery and supernatural adventure. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() One of the twentieth century’s greatest spy novels, Night Soldiers is a thrilling portrait of one man’s extraordinary adventures and of Europe teetering on the brink of the Second World War. Warned that he is about to become a victim of Stalin’s purges, Khristo must again take flight, this time to Paris, where he is a small player on the wrong end of a social scene that is simultaneously decadent and doomed. His brother, Khristo Stoianev, is recruited into the NKVD, the Soviet secret intelligence service, and sent to Spain to serve in its civil war. A young man is murdered by the local fascists. His first mission is to go to Catalonia, where he is soon caught up in the bloody horrors of the Spanish Civil War. Night Soldiers (12 book series) Kindle Edition by Alan Furst (Author) Bulgaria, 1934. Taking a risk on the promise of Communism, he flees to Moscow and is trained as an agent of the NKVD, the Soviet secret intelligence service. Khristo Stoianev sees his brother kicked to death by a gang of fascist thugs. ![]() ‘Furst never stops astounding me’ Tom HanksĬhosen as one of the 50 Best Modern Crime Novels by Marcel Berlins, crime reviewer, The Timesīulgaria, 1934. ‘Furst’s ability to recreate the terrors of espionage is matchless’ Robert Harris ‘Complex, intelligent, hugely intriguing – Alan Furst is in a class of his own’ William Boyd ![]() |