How Much the Heart Can Hold: Seven Stories on Love
Carys Bray, Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, Bernardine Evaristo and Grace McCleen
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'Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.' Zelda Fitzgerald Love is...
Daughters of Time: An Anthology from The History Girls
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Look through fresh eyes at the stories of some of history's most remarkable women, in this inspiring...
Tales of Twilight and the Unseen
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A master of many literary genres, Arthur Conan Doyle excelled particularly in the short-story form,...
Eavesdrop: Scary Chat Stories
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Short on time? Love reading short stories? How about funny stories, or even horror stories? If you...
Half a Creature from the Sea: A Life in Stories
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An anthology of dark, powerful and moving short stories from a master storyteller and Hans Christian...
200+ Islamic Stories (Pro)
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Dana (24 KP) rated Close Range in Books
Mar 23, 2018
While I didn't enjoy reading all of the stories, there were a few that were very interesting. As I said, the craft in all of the stories was very cool to be able to pick apart. I liked looking at the moods of each story as I read it. Each one had its own set tone that you should look out for when you read them. Even the smallest parts, like drawing out the settings, were all beautifully rendered.
I had never read "Brokeback Mountain" before and I hadn't seen the movie either, but I enjoyed the story when I read it. Even though she paints the two guys as very similar in the beginning of the story, the both end up having such different personalities at the end.
There was also a very short, two page story that was so beautifully vague. It was called "55 Miles to the Gas Pump." I loved how much characterization and care went into this very short story.
All in all, this was a cool collection of her short stories. I will most likely be picking up some of her other stories and giving them a read if not only to learn more from her craft.
The Complete Stories
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A Russian author, playwright, and physician, Anton Chekhov is widely considered one of the best...
I loved these stories. I’m a huge fan of fairytales, myths and legends - they’re most definitely not just stories for children, as these dark and often disturbing stories prove. In fact, these short tales are just like the original fairy tales, in that people are tricked, driven to madness and die (but not ALL the time!).
The seemingly separate stories gives the reader more insight to the world of the Silken Folk, and the overarching story of the Lacewing King was just perfection. The beautiful artwork by Charles Vess really does make this a very special book, and I’m going to be sad to see it go back to the library!
I’d highly recommend this wonderful book.