Recent Book Reviews: Indie Visible #bookreviews #indiebooks #poetry #shortstories Amy B Garratt, Claire O’Connor, Tristen Willis

Amy B Garratt

Memories of 2023 It Lingers On Within Me

The latest collection from Amy B Garratt is beautifully written. Topics are diverse and include: motherhood, the gardener  (her mother,) romance, the community of performance poets, (rabbiting on,) writers: One, ‘We are the ones,’  birthdays and favourite things, conquering demons, nature, forests, and the seasons including Christmas, and New Year with a loved one.

Amy B Garratt’s personal poems about pain: Glass, Blooms, and the difficulties loving oneself: Past,  along with love poems such as the poem : One,’ … ‘intertwining our love strings,’ were amongst my favourites.

There is some lovely imagery in the heartwrenching poem Glass. And I absolutely loved Paper Chain, which begins: ‘I am a paper chain person.’

An absolute pleasure to read.

5 stars from me.

Vignettes & Verses by Claire O’Connor

An unusual somewhat quirky collection of short stories/micro fiction and poetry.

I enjoyed this short read. Especially, the personal connection I had from the poem, ‘My Balcony,’ which I found relatable. The pleasures of life written so succinctly from the vantage point of being somewhat removed but close to it all.

Other favourites include: Tea and Apathy, Homage To The Stag, The Hag of Beara, Elephant Woman and the poignant Flour Sacks To Petticoats.

Nice to discover a new short fiction/poet author to me via indie visible services. 

Rating: 4 stars

Love Bytes & Gossip

Love Bytes & Gossip by Tristen Willis

(Insurance of the heart novella book 2)

An office second chance romance (after Hannah’s breakup,) develops  between Hannah and the new IT guy Jeremy!  It seems that Jeremy has more to him and Hannah becomes more interested to find out more. An enjoyable sweet short read only 104 pages which also includes some gossipy style office toilet humour.

Rating: 3.5 stars rounded up to 4.

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