Spirit Women by Rolando Garcia ~ My Thoughts #SpiritWomen

Spirit Women by Rolando Garcia

Short stories, 121 pages

Published October 17, 2021

What are spirit women? Are they real, or imagined? Are they an essence, or a hoax? Are they ethereal, or corporeal? Are they an aspiration, or a facade for something else? And most importantly, what do spirit women want? From the psychological to the supernatural, the narratives in this book deal with the mystery behind spirit women and their interactions with men. R. Garcia, the author of the family-friendly book of short stories, The Sun Zebra, presents to you in this book a set of very different stories and invites to share in the mystery of…Spirit Women.

My thoughts about Spirit Women ~~

Authors who write short stories and make them meaningful have got to be geniuses—to create a beautiful, lasting world with very few words takes a special talent. Rolando Garcia has penned an amazing book full of wonderful stories about women. Each story is impressive in its own way. 

Spirit Women is filled with stories showing the strength, power, and wisdom of women. Every story is unique and unexpected. I loved each and every one of them!

I wrote down my reaction after each story and these are my comments. "Not what I expected. Whoa! Beautiful story. Interesting, went back and read it again. Empowering. Unusual and unique ghost story. Choices, fate and destiny. The power and beauty of Mother Earth, her spirit." So you can see, there are all kinds of stories within the book, each invoking a different emotion or reaction. 

This is a great book with beautiful stories and I highly recommend it. I enjoyed it so much! 

 

I received a copy of Spirit Women from the author and this is my honest opinion.

About the author

R. Garcia, is a scientist with a Ph.D. who has worked in academia, industry, and the government producing several highly technical publications. However, one of his lifelong dreams was to write fiction. He began fulfilling this dream by posting his eclectic work on Scribd.com under the pseudonym Phantomimic where his documents accumulated more than 100,000 reads and hundreds of comments. 

Due in part to the enthusiastic response to his work there, he decided to take it to the next level and in 2011 published on Amazon an e-book of family-friendly stories entitled The Sun Zebra, which to this date has received 80 reviews and a rating of 4.4 stars out of five. After a long hiatus due to life, the universe, and everything, R. Garcia published a book of very different short stories entitled, Spirit Women. The author also writes a blog, Ratio Scientiae, about science, pseudoscience, and antiscience. ~Goodreads

Connect with Rolando

Website | Goodreads | Twitter | Amazon

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The Sun Zebra by R. Garcia

This book is best described as a children's book for grownups. Its aim is to encourage us to discover (or rediscover) the amazing things that children and their magical carefree world can teach us, even as we try to teach them about the harsh realities of our own. The book is a collection of five stories that follow the "adventures in living" of an unusual little girl called Nell, her mother Rhonda, and Nell's father who is the narrator of the stories.

The four Nell stories that marveled readers at Scribd.com are put together here for the first time in this collection, which also includes an all-new story, Birdman and the Fairy Tale. ~~ from Goodreads

My thoughts on The Sun Zebra ~~

I just loved the stories in this book. Nell is such a dear, sweet little girl who is so inquisitive and smart. I just fell in love with her. And her mother and father are awesome parents who nurture her, love her and encourage her.

There are five stories in The Sun Zebra and each one is more magical then the next. All of the stories take Nell's imagination and curiosity about the world to teach us grown-ups some life lessons. All of them are wonderful but I would have to say that The Sun Zebra and The Meaningless Christmas Tree are my favorites and stuck with me long after I was done reading them.

Even though I am an adult and love reading grown-up books, I also love delving into children's books. This one is the best of both worlds. These are great stories that show a child's imagination and wonder at work and at the same time they contain words of wisdom for all of us.

Such beautiful writing, such beautiful stories. Thanks R. Garcia for the Nell stories, I would love to read more!

About the author

R. Garcia is the peculiar eclectic writer. He was born on a Caribbean island and lived in several Latin American countries before residing permanently in the United States. Along the way he obtained a Ph.D. in a scientific discipline and produced several highly technical publications.

However, one fine day he decided to fulfill his dream of writing something besides technical articles. This he began to do by publishing his work under the pen name "Phantomimic" on the document sharing site Scribd.com, where his stories have accumulated more than one hundred thousand reads and hundreds of comments. Based in part on this enthusiastic response to his work, he decided to take it to the next level. His first book on the Amazon Kindle is the collection of short stories entitled: The Sun Zebra.

He is currently working on a second book of short stories but these are very different from those in the Sun Zebra. They are darker and oriented towards the psychological/paranormal realm. He is not called the peculiar eclectic writer for nothing!

Connect with R. Garcia

Facebook | Twitter | Website

I received a complimentary e-book from the author in exchange for my honest opinion. 

WWW Wednesdays September 19

WWW Wednesdays is hosted by Should Be Reading

To play along, just answer the following three questions…
• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?

Clicking on the book covers will take you to Goodreads
for more information about the books listed here.

What are you currently reading?

Memories by Deanna Lynn Sletten

for CLP Blog Tours

 Secrets of Eden by Chris Bohjalian

I am still listening to this one on CD for my book group this month. We meet next week ~ I better get on it! 

What did you recently finish reading? 

Finding Lucas by Samantha Stroh Bailey

for CLP Blog Tours
My thoughts will be posted next week. 

The Sun Zebra by Rolando Garcia
My thoughts will be posted soon.

What do you think you will read next?

Audrey's Guide to Witchcraft by Jody Gehrman

This one looks so good ~ I am excited to start it! 

What's on your WWW this week?

Leave me a comment and 
I'll stop by to check out your reads.

In My Mailbox (18)

Before I get to this week's IMM, 

I just want to shout out a big 

for all the birthday wishes! 

I am definitely feeling the love today!!

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by 
The Story Siren. 

Each week we spotlight the books we've received for review, swapped, won, purchased or downloaded. 

For Review

Paris in Love by Eloisa James

The Sun Zebra by Rolando Garcia

Angels, Chimps and Tater Mitts by Mike Ball
I was asked to review this book and the author sent me his first book (part 1) also! Sweet!! 

Gifted

What I've Learned So Far by Mike Ball

Swapped 
From PaperbackSwap ~ love that site!

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
by Ransom Riggs

Remedies by Kate Ledger


So many books! So little time!!