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Sloane Crosley recommended You've Got to Read This: Contemporary American Writers Introduces Stories That Held Them in Awe in Books (curated)

 
You've Got to Read This: Contemporary American Writers Introduces Stories That Held Them in Awe
You've Got to Read This: Contemporary American Writers Introduces Stories That Held Them in Awe
Rob Hansen | 1994
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"This anthology is like one of those fateful 20-something nights where you met a boyfriend, a best friend and got a lead on a job. It introduced me to Jim Shepard and Donald Batheleme. I often think of Amy Tan’s introduction of Molly Giles’ story, Pie Dance. Tan writes that upon hearing Giles read the story, she felt she didn’t yet have what it took to be a writer but she “also knew — as deeply as you can know something about yourself — that it would be worth a lifetime to try.” That’s one of the most genuine things I’ve ever heard a writer say about another writer."

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Kristy H (1252 KP) rated Where They Found Her in Books

Feb 13, 2018  
Where They Found Her
Where They Found Her
Kimberly McCreight | 2015 | Fiction & Poetry
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8.7 (6 Ratings)
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The body of a baby is found in a small New Jersey town, close to the town's prominent university. Molly Anderson is asked to cover the story for the local paper -- her first big break since becoming a reporter, but both she and her husband are concerned it will dredge up memories of the loss of her own baby. Meanwhile, across town, teenage Sandy searches for her own missing mother. At the same time, Barbara, the wife of the local police chief who is investigating the baby's death, is busy trying to deal with her young son, who is having trouble in school and acting strangely.

McCreight weaves together the stories of these three very different individuals, as we learn what happened to the baby and more. I confess that I figured a lot of this out early on, but was still intrigued enough to keep reading. It's a very enthralling storyline and I found myself staying up late to find out what happened to the baby and the various women involved.

The story winds up being tied to another death nearly 20 years and it's well done, if not a little easily tied up at the end. The characters were a little flat for me - I had a tough time empathizing with Molly or Barbara, which made it harder to get into their stories, though I did like Sandy. It's still a good page-turner and a quick read.
  
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Jennifer Daniell (108 KP) rated The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf (Naked Werewolf, #2) in Books

Apr 10, 2018  
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The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf (Naked Werewolf, #2)
Molly Harper | 2011
6
8.0 (2 Ratings)
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Okay, I love Molly Harper, but this book had some inconsistencies for me. A couple of times in the book Maggie tells Nick that Vampires don't exist to her knowledge. However in the first Naked Werewolf book Mo references Jane from the Vampire novels meaning that these books take place in the same world and around the same time as the Vampire books, which means that Vampires had already been outed and (somewhat) accepted worldwide. Even if Maggie was completely sheltered from all outside media and news sources there is absolutely NO WAY that Nick, being from the Lower 48 AND a Mythological creature buff, would have not known about their existence.