Fourteen Days: An Unauthorized Gathering

I couldn’t get into the book because there was so much foul language in the beginning I just put it down and never picked it up again

Fourteen Days is a collection of stories written by 30+ authors that takes place on the roof of a building over two weeks during the beginning of the Covid lockdown. Some of the stories are really interesting, and I'll definitely be checking those authors other works. Other stories I found myself just skimming over or skipping entirely. I did like the very ending, but instead of buying this book I probably should have just checked it out from the library.

This is a mess.Too many cooks, despite each of them being stars in their own kitchens.

Sad to say, I didn't finish the book. I tried but just found the book overall depressing and just not my cup of tea. I loaned it to a friend to see if she would do better with it and she told me the same thing, she couldn't get into it. So sorry to have to say this. I've read several books having to do with Covid experiences people went through but this one was just a bit too deep for me I guess.

This was an enjoyable experience and I hope this is the first in a series of collaborative novels benefiting the Authors Guild. There were some inevitable rough spots in a project of this nature, but it gave me just what I was looking for – exposure to and a sampling of a variety of current authors. My own work, with several bestsellers on Amazon within its niche, is so very specialized that I am in a kind of book desert. The contributors to this volume have my gratitude.—- Review by Marcia Scherer