The Reading Bud » Contemporary Fiction
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Read posts about Contemporary Fiction written by Heena R. Pardeshi who also goes by @crazycatwriter. Find insightful reviews that dissect plots, analyze characters, and celebrate the written word in all its glory. The Reading Bud is a book blog cum website by Heena Pardeshi as an outlet for her book ramblings and also to promote other authors.
The Reading Bud » Contemporary Fiction
2M ago
Book Details:
Author: Reuven Fenton
Release Date: May 28, 2024
Series:
Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Adult Fiction
Format: E-book
Pages: 288 pages
Publisher: Central Avenue
Blurb:
Reuven Fenton’s novel Goyhood is a brilliant debut about a devoutly Orthodox Jewish man who discovers in middle age that he’s not, in fact, Jewish, and embarks on a remarkable road trip to come to grips with his fate; it’s Chaim Potok’s The Chosen meets Planes,Trains and Automobiles.
When Mayer (née Marty) Belkin fled small-town Georgia for Brooklyn nearly thirty years ag ..read more
The Reading Bud » Contemporary Fiction
6M ago
Book Details:
Author: Rachel Lane
Release Date: March 17, 2023
Series:
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: E-book
Pages: 398 pages
Publisher: –
Blurb:
How do you move forward after the unthinkable happens, and life as you know it is gone? That’s the question Celine and Alex are forced to answer when their son Gage is abducted one rainy spring day.
Before the abduction, Celine and Alex are best friends, childhood sweethearts, and parents to three tireless children. They are a unified team. But When Gage is taken, Alex breaks down while Celine pushes forward. And struggling to heal i ..read more
The Reading Bud » Contemporary Fiction
6M ago
Book Details:
Author: Sarathi Sabyasachi Sahoo
Release Date: 19th September 2022
Series:
Genre: Romance, Contemporary Fiction
Format: E-book
Pages: 152
Publisher: Notion Press
Blurb:
What happens to your love when you die? Does your love end? Does your love stay in your heart or in your body? When you say, “I Love You,” what does the “I” stand for? Is it your body, mind, or soul? When you die, is your love also destroyed like your body, or is it immortal like your soul? Then the question comes, is the soul immortal? Nobody can give a perfect answer to these questions. This boo ..read more
The Reading Bud » Contemporary Fiction
6M ago
Book Details:
Author: M. Price
Release Date: 28th May 2022
Series:
Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Surreal Fiction
Format: E-book
Pages: 294
Publisher: –
Blurb:
Jhaegar Holdburn is a forlorn teenage edgelord who constantly attempts suicide and finds himself continually failing due to last second blunders. His desire for death comes from his often frazzled, often incoherent mind and how it fuels the way he’s ostracized by his peers as well as how he’s been made a pariah in the current social climate. At last the opportunity arises, Jhaegar manages to commit suicide using a foolpro ..read more
The Reading Bud » Contemporary Fiction
6M ago
Book Details:
Author: Bruce Overby
Release Date: 15th November 2022
Series:
Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Corporate Fiction, Literary Fiction
Format: E-book
Pages: 254 pages
Publisher: Madville Publishing
Blurb:
It’s the late 90s Internet boom, and Brendon Meagher has just lost his wife Sadie in a freakish car accident at the edge of Silicon Valley. The Cyclone Release follows Brendon as he emerges from tragedy and lands in a pre-IPO start-up that promises astonishing riches. Mo Gramercy, a bright and commanding colleague with her own deep secret, joins Brendon, disru ..read more
The Reading Bud » Contemporary Fiction
6M ago
Book Details:
Author: Susan Kraus
Release Date: 29th October 2022
Series:
Genre: Literary Fiction, Women’s Fiction, Contemporary Fiction
Format: E-book
Pages: 515 pages
Publisher: Flint Hills Publishing
Blurb:
Grace, a family therapist, returns from a cruise to find that life has been upended by the COVID-19 pandemic. Her daughter’s graduate program goes virtual, and her 11-year-old grandson on the spectrum is home 24/7 with school by Zoom. Her best friend, Katrina, contracts the virus early on but isn’t recovering. On top of that, Grace is called to facilitate a COVID grief g ..read more
The Reading Bud » Contemporary Fiction
6M ago
Book Details:
Author: Vivi Anne Hunt
Release Date: 13th September 2022
Series:
Genre: Contemporary Romance, LGBTQ+
Format: E-book
Pages: 201 pages
Publisher: –
Blurb:
Silas is mourning the loss of his wife. Every day, he is going through the motions and barely managing to keep the excruciating pain from overtaking his life. There is precisely one ray of sunshine in his days — Kai — the smiley, awkward barista at Starbucks. For some reason, Silas finds comfort being around Kai and soaks up as much light as this sweet boy could give him.
For the short time Kai has worked at St ..read more
The Reading Bud » Contemporary Fiction
6M ago
Book Details:
Author: Laura F. Murphy
Release Date: 5th September 2022
Series:
Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Women’s Fiction
Format: E-book
Pages: 271 pages
Publisher: –
Blurb:
Igor Fenenko, a former research scientist, is a scary, scary man. Not only is he a massive bodybuilder with a spider tattooed on his face, he has also been infected with Pestis Manducans — viral cannibalism. Igor tried to resist indulging, but his research specimens smelled so delicious. Who did it hurt, really, to nibble a corpse?
Caught, disgraced, and sent to a ‘rehabilitation’ center, Igor is n ..read more
The Reading Bud » Contemporary Fiction
6M ago
Book Details:
Author: A.H. Nazzareno
Release Date: 1st June 2022
Series:
Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Short Story, Humour
Format: E-book
Pages: 42 pages
Publisher: –
Blurb:
A discontent and disillusioned author embarks on a road trip to the desert paradise of Las Vegas, teeming with oddball characters. Starstruck And Swindled In Paradise is a fictional short story about a flawed man attempting to reinvent himself while experiencing an unforgettable adventure.
Review
Rating: 4 out of 5.
Starstruck And Swindled In Paradise by A.H. Nazzareno is a short story a ..read more
The Reading Bud » Contemporary Fiction
6M ago
Author: Douglas Green (Director of The Hiding Place)
Narrator: Kelly McNair
Release Date: 3rd January 2021
Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Coming-Of-Age
Series:
Format: Audiobook
Length: 4 hours and 17 minutes
Publisher: Circuit Breaker Books
Blurb:Born a runt, Rascal is destined to be an underdog. Despite what looked like an unbreakable bond with the daughter of the family who bred her, Rascal’s devotion is discarded when the mother loses her job, forcing the family into a financial crisis. Bitter and resentful toward a dog they can no longer afford to keep and who was never re ..read more