Category: Apple Blossom-a story that seduces you Genre: Fiction, Historical Fiction You know me, I’m a “find my way into a random, used bookstore and accidentally spend $300 on books” kind of woman. I’m a “just one more chapter at midnight” kind of woman. My best spent day is on the couch reading a bookContinue reading “Straight from the Author: The Secret Keeper of Jaipur”
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Straight from the Author: Guesthouse for Ganesha
Category: Snow Flower-a story that takes you on an emotional journey Genre: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Magical Realism Guesthouse for Ganesha by Judith Teitelman is a story of Judaism, Hinduism, survivalism, and love. It is Mary Poppin’s spoonful of sugar, and it is the pinprick of fear that burrows into the marrow of your bones, startingContinue reading “Straight from the Author: Guesthouse for Ganesha”
Straight from the Author: Almost Like Being in Love
Category: Apple Blossom-a story that seduces you Genre: Fiction, YA Fiction, Gay Fiction Almost Like Being in Love is the punch-drunk love story that reminds you what it last felt like to be wholly, totally, stupidly, naively, I-know-this-isn’t-going-to-last-but-I-still-believe-it-with-all-my-might in love. In this book, his name is Travis, but for you it might have been LeslieContinue reading “Straight from the Author: Almost Like Being in Love”
Straight from the Author: Wild Boar in the Cane Field
Category: Snow Flower-a story that takes you on an emotional journey Genre: Fiction I love woman-centered stories. Women with agency. Smart, capable women who do not let their trauma impede their dreams. Women who carve out their own path through the one society has given them. Taking a page from Jasper Ffforde, I would loveContinue reading “Straight from the Author: Wild Boar in the Cane Field”
Shea’s Bookshelf Categories
The Shea’s Bookshelf blog contains posts on all things books, incuding Book Reviews and Writing Tips. Book Reviews will include standard reviews divided into four emotional categories, reviews I write for Crawford’s Books, reviews on books that have been made into movies, and author interviews. Writing Tips are full of information I’ve learned in myContinue reading “Shea’s Bookshelf Categories”