Short Stories

Emilie & the Hollow World by Martha Wells: Book Review & Giveaway

It may be April Fools Day but we’re not fooling when we tell you that we’ve got a great giveaway for you! Emilie & the Hollow World by Martha Wells is a steampunk sci-fi/fantasy adventure novel aimed at YA readers but, since I quickly forgot that our heroine is a teen, I think readers of [...]

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Shelf Life: Fantastic Stories Celebrating Bookstores

Fantasy & Supernatural

Since this week is Banned Books Week, I thought it would be very appropriate for us to feature Shelf Life: Fantastic Stories Celebrating Bookstores. (Of course, you know I was drawn to it by its amazing book cover – Whoa – is that cool or what?) If it weren’t for bookstores and libraries (thank you, [...]

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Lily in the Snow & Other Elemental Tales: Book Review & Giveaway

Children

We’re participating in the Fairy Tale Giveaway Hop, and our giveaway for that hop is Lily in the Snow & Other Elemental Tales by Christine E. Schulze. This collection of short stories and novella-length stories includes 6 tales about different elementals, all of which read a bit like classic fairy tales. I haven’t read many [...]

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Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories by Megan Mahew Bergman

Fiction

Okay, I admit it. Another book cover got me. There was just something about that little owl that reminded me of growing up in the North Carolina mountains. I had no idea how fitting that was when I requested an advance readers’ copy of Birds of a Lesser Paradise. Megan Mahew Bergman also grew up [...]

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Book Giveaway & Review: Drifting House by Krys Lee

Cross Cultural

We live in a world that grows smaller by the minute, so PopcornReads.com likes to provide reviews of cross-cultural novels. When I saw the publisher’s description of Drifting House by Krys Lee, I realized we haven’t reviewed any books about Koreans and Korean Americans. This looked like an ideal opportunity to learn more about that [...]

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The Artist of Disappearance: Stories of Art vs. Reality by Anita Desai

Cross Cultural

Anita Desai has been short-listed three times for the Booker Prize. I had heard wonderful things about her stories, so I was really happy to get a digital advance reader’s copy of The Artist of Disappearance. In this series of three novellas, she brings us stories of what happens when the perception of art meets [...]

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