
Member Reviews

Redding up is a term used to define cleaning and making neat--eliminating extra stuff, as in my mother saying: "Go redd up your room." It is a Pittsburgh term, way popular before feng shui and minimalist design. Redding Up, a collection of episodes, centers on making life neat. Many photographs accompanying the stories focus on older buildings in the Pittsburgh area. Redding Up is a good addition to place-based fiction collections and it is also perfect for discussion. |

The final (sadly) volume in the wonderfully immersive Books of Furnass, in which we meet again some of the characters from earlier volumes in a series of linked short stories, in which they try to come to terms with a post-industrial world set against the declining fortunes of the previously prosperous mill town of Furnass. It’s a melancholy read, accompanied by some sad and evocative photographs, and a fitting end to the Furnass books. |

Redding Up by Richard Snodgrass I thought the book was ok. It seemed to go very slowly for a bit. Just as I tried to get to know the people and their stories, I found it became difficult for me to sort it out. I am sure it was me and not the writer, as some of the books popped with deep moments. All in all, Redding up was a back story and into Redding up and making amends. |