True Loaf

"True Loaf" by Austen Johnson is a modern-day short story inspired by Balkan Folklore. A fancy dressed man enters the small bakery where Riley works and makes a strange request. After all, isn't this a bakery for special requests? The man promises to pay Riley for her efforts so she decides to ventur......more

This was such a cute short story. I listened to it with my five year old son and he enjoyed it just as much as I did. The story was about Riley who works at a bakery when one day a very strange man comes in with a request to make some Yarrow Bread 🥖. So she goes off to find the ingredients for the s......more

Read and reviewed in June 2021. But my review has disappeared from Goodreads! Hence this repost. I wonder how many other reviews of mine have disappeared this way without my notice. Has this happened to anyone? ******************************** Imagine sitting on a roller coaster. At the start, it's s......more

I received an audiobook ARC for an honest review. I have never really read short stories but I've always wanted to do a quick read. This one felt more like an introduction to a long story. It wasn't immersive enough. The end was really abrupt and disappointing. Even throughout the story, I felt as if......more