Buy NOW! Elaina Battista-Parsons’ CHOMP, PRESS, PULL fully immersed me into the life of someone whose senses go off like fireworks! The author talks about growing up in New Jersey with sensory dysfunction before anyone had a name for experiencing life in a hyper-vibrant sensory way. Though often not idyllic in a world where most people’s senses are calibrated toward the middle, her rich, often very funny descriptions left me wishing I could experience her dynamism of touch,

Jim Zervanos’ newest book, AMERICAN GYRO is a deeply immersive dive into the world of a Greek-American family in the Philadelphia area. When the book opens, we’re with teenager Johnny Demos’ as he and his family keep vigil at the deathbed of Johnny's grandfather, the patriarchal immigrant who established a restaurant on which the family continues to thrive. But Johnny wants to be free of the expectation he’ll remain in the area and work at the restaurant. He’s got his own dr

by Joanna Kadish Joanna Kadish writes beautifully about the brutal truths of living a thousand lives in a single lifetime in FLIRTING...

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by Effy Redman Effy Redman’s powerful, beautifully-written memoir took me into a world I hadn’t known and couldn’t have imagined until...

Order NOW! This week is starting off most excellent with a review from reader Melissa Slayton! Martha Engber’s prose sings as she weaves...

by Steven Belletto This a wild — and wildly compassionate — book about a youngish man who journeys to find the teen daughter he didn’t...

by Melanie Brooks Silence as the result of shame and grief can brutalize a family. Such was the case for Melanie Brooks and her siblings...

by Elaina Battista-Parsons I love books about girls becoming women. That’s the theme of Elaina Battista-Parson’s forthcoming short story...

by Michael Wayne Hampton I’m a sucker for gritty YA stories that show kids precariously straddling that fence between adolescence and...