Category Archives: Reviews

Review: Don’t Go There by Kate Genet

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Gabriella West

Scarcity” was the first work I ever read by Kate Genet. It turns out she’s taken this short story and turned it into a full-length novel. And it’s a wonderful, compelling read. In Don’t Go There (Kindle, $4.99), Genet excels in … Continue reading →

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HBO’s Looking

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Gabriella West

Reblogged from my friend Shannon Yarbrough’s site. I agree: “Looking” is a show that gives the finger to its audience. It gets the seediness and shallowness of the San Francisco gay scene right, that I will say. But who wants … Continue reading →

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…and Happy New Year 2014

Posted on January 4, 2014 by Gabriella West

Twenty-fourteen has started with a nice little burst of energy. I got the flu in late December (it may very well have been swine flu, since H1N1 is a predominant strain this year) and was knocked flat on my back … Continue reading →

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December book news (free promo and a review)

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Gabriella West

As we come up to the winter solstice, I’ve enabled snow falling on my blog. Thanks, WordPress 🙂 It may be corny, but I find it rather cute. The solstice seems like a good time to fire up the Kindle … Continue reading →

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Review: Actors Anonymous

Posted on November 9, 2013 by Gabriella West

First off, I should say I’ve been a fan of James Franco‘s film work. I shied away from reading Palo Alto, his not-very-well-received collection of short stories, and I think I did so because I was afraid I would be … Continue reading →

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I found Alana Munro’s Women Behaving Badly: Exposing the Truth about Female Friendship (Kindle, .99) on a site called something like Kindle Books and Tips, and I downloaded the sample. Honestly, I wasn’t expecting the book to be as focused … Continue reading →

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Gabriella West | 4 Comments

Let Me Get This Off My Chest: A Breast Cancer Survivor Over-Shares, Margaret Lesh. StoryRhyme.com Publishing, July 2013, Kindle Edition .99 Margaret Lesh strikes the right note here in her account of the “floating year” she spent going through diagnosis, … Continue reading →

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Gabriella West | Leave a comment

Review: Mrs. Woolf and the Servants

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Gabriella West

When I read Virginia Woolf‘s Diaries (an experience I recommend to any writer) back in 2011 I remember thinking what horrible bosses she and Leonard were to their hapless, underpaid employees at the Hogarth Press, which they ran out of … Continue reading →

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2012 in review

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Gabriella West

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. As a bit of a giggle, I’m posting it for all to see. For a blog that I didn’t tend as often as I should this year, … Continue reading →

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Book Review: After Mrs Hamilton

Posted on December 27, 2012 by Gabriella West

It’s almost the end of December, and it’s time to squeeze out one last book review for the year. After Mrs Hamilton (Kindle, $4.99) is the second novel by British writer Clare Ashton. I loved her first book, Pennance, which … Continue reading →

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