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I'm the editor and publisher so I guess have to give it 5 stars - it's my baby and I'm very proud of it. Please do feel free to add your honest comments and ratings - would love to know which of the pieces you liked best.
My heartily thanks to editor Sharon Bakar for giving me this copy for goodreads giveaway program. I really enjoyed reading all the short stories in this book & well done to all the authors for writing a good piece of story. My favourite story from this collection is "A letter to Zed" by Aaron Chelliah.
Readings is a group where writers in Kuala Lumpur (and sometimes out of town authors) come together to read their work to each other and literature fans. This book is an anthology of 30+ pieces written by some of the group. You’ll note there’s no rating. This is because this is the work of many authors, and as I loved some pieces and didn’t finish others, it doesn’t seem right to rate it. I should also say that literary fiction isn’t my favourite kind of reading. However, I was asked to review,
Disclaimer: I am one of the contributors to this anthology and its editor Sharon Bakar also edited Tropical Madness, a collection of my short stories. I also personally know at least half the contributors, so this review will focus mainly on those I don’t know personally.Everything About Us is the third volume in the Readings from Readings series of anthologies of short stories and poems. There are some very strong pieces in this collection and the over all standard is very high. For readers fam...