12 Short Stories to Get You Out of a Reading Slump

by Susan Roberts

I've been in a major reading slump lately.  Even though I missed reading, I just couldn't concentrate, and I kept trying new books with no luck.  Someone suggested that I try reading some short stories, and even though I don't normally like short stories, I was willing to give it a try.  One of my favorite authors had a book published by Amazon Original Stories - these are short stories by popular authors that are only available on Amazon Kindle. Each one can be read in an hour or less.  I decided to try short stories by some of my favorite authors, and I ended up reading 12 short stories, and my reading slump has ended!! 

NOTE:  All of these books are available on  Kindle Unlimited, and most are part of Amazon Prime Reading too (with free listening).

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Messenger Cat Café by Nagi Shimeno ~ a Review

by Donna Huber

Tabby cat Fuuta has passed into the afterlife and will do anything to see his human again . . . if only he can not disrupt the balance of the universe.

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A Forest, Darkly by A.G. Slatter ~ a Review

by MK French

Mehrab the witch lives in the forest alone. When a young woman fleeing the godhounds for possessing magic seeks help, Mehrab lets her in and agrees to teach her how to control her magic. In the local village, children are disappearing. If they return at all, they are changed. Mehrab finds offerings on her doorstep and shadows in the trees as the villagers turn hostile and the godhounds close in. It's up to Mehrab to save the soul of the forest and save her newfound family.

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Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett ~ a Review

by MK French

Widow Agnes Aubert manages a cat rescue charity and must find a new home for it. The only landlord who will rent a space to a cat rescue is a mysterious man called Havelock, who also runs an illegal magic shop out of his basement. There are rumors of Havelock's dark past, so Agnes absolutely refuses to consider him anything else but her landlord. When a magician comes looking for Havelock, the magic shop and the cat shelter are in jeopardy. To save the shelter, Agnes will have to team up with the magician who nearly ended the world and may now be trying to steal her heart.

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The Second World by Jake Korell ~ an Audiobook Review

by Donna Huber

Mars has declared its independence from Earth. But building a country takes more than a new flag, an arena-worthy anthem, and naming Pluto the donkey the national animal. As the Red Planet spirals into political upheaval, Flip Buchanan—the irreverent, reluctant son of the most powerful man on Mars—stumbles through two tumultuous decades of alien discoveries, killer clones, and the chaos of a new nation still working out the kinks.

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Bad Asians by Lillian Li ~ a Review

by MK French

Diana, Justin, Errol, and Vivian followed the checklist to success: They worked hard, got A's, and attended a good university. Because of the Great Recession of 2008, they're unemployed and back in their hypercompetitive Chinese American community. So when Grace—once the neighborhood golden child, now a Harvard Law School dropout—asks to make a documentary, they agree, not thinking it would go anywhere. The video “Bad Asians” goes viral, and now millions of people know them as cruel caricatures, each full of pent-up frustrations with the others. Attempts at damage control don't work, so now the friends must face harsh truths about themselves and coming of age in the new millennium.

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