by Jacob M. Appel
This book was a generous gift from an unknown author. I am terribly remiss in taking so long to get my review up. When the book arrived I was in the midst of an eclectic group of books, including a collection of short stories by Stephen King. Usually I would wait and not mix two books of short st...
This is a wonderful collection of stories...Pace yourself - these are to be savored, not devoured for full enjoyment.Jacob Appel has successfully managed to capture a variety of voices in this collection, a wide range of ages, male and female, from different walks of life. With the stroke of a pen (...
A well-written collection of eight short stories.Choose Your Own Genetics - A smart teenager finds out about her family after she does a science experiment (several times).Creve Coeur - A man who runs a lighting store gets a surprise when his ex-fiancée's stepdaughter shows up telling him that her s...
I received this book from a Goodreads giveaway First lets talk about the cover and spine...It seems to be kind of random and I do not know who thought it was nice to put a roach on the spine....I kept thinking it was real whenever I was walking past my shelves but overall it is very intriguing and...
Scouting for the Reaper by Jacob M. Appel contains an unorthodox collection of short stories that center around the common theme of life and its many mysteries that follow us, or at times plague us along the way. The author explores situations that arise whether young or old, male or female. He goes...
The book is compilation of eight short stories where protagonist is facing some kind of hardship. Most of the stories have one character who dies eventually which was sad because whenever I started reading a new plot I was dreading that someone's going to die or is already dead. Its not completely d...
Scouting for the Reaper is a collection of 8 short stories, the first 6 of which seem to be connected in their settings, themes, and mood. At turns melancholy and touching, there was a certain cohesiveness. Love lost, love and legacies hoped for, parents with pasts and precocious teens. Like mo...
I received a free ebook in exchange for an honest review. Overall, I had to give this book 3 stars and I feel that rating is being generous. It wasn't a bad book necessarily, there were just too many cons that outweighed the pros. If I were to solely rate on description, Appel would get 4 stars, but...
Scouting for the Reaper is a collection of eight short stories Stories that really stood out for me are "Choose Your Own Genetics" where a young student learns that her life may not be what she originally thought it was. "Rods and Cones" also interested me because it shows that love and family and ...
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