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The Essential Fictions
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The Essential Fictions offers contemporary readers seventy-two short stories by one of...
A Spot of Folly: Ten and a Quarter New Tales of Murder and Mayhem
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Ruth Rendell was an acknowledged master of psychological suspense: these are ten (and a quarter) of...
crime mystery
Legends Khmer 1-9 End
Education and Entertainment
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Cambodia has many legends about the beginnings of its country. These stories are accepted and...
Australia Burns (Show Australia Some Love #1)
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Stories in this collection are contributed by authors who care about Australia and the relief...
Mystery Thriller
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Debbiereadsbook (1536 KP) rated London Tales (Short Stories #2) in Books
Dec 2, 2023
Very enjoyable step out of my comfort zone!
Independent reviewer for Archaeolibrarian, I was gifted my copy of this book.
What this is, right, is a step out of my comfort and I needed this book right now!
It's a wonderful tale of London, through the ages, told in short stories. You could, I suppose, skip ahead a few stories, and you wouldn't miss anything, other than a few years!
Each story is set at key points along London's timeline, right from when the Romans invaded, up to the present day, told by the Londoners who lived then. Ordinary people telling their extraordinary tales.
I found each story complete, and wholly engaging. I found myself fully engrossed in these tales, all of them. I even recognised a few places when they were mentioned. I'm not a Londoner, but have been a time or two.
As I said, a step off my usual book path, and one that led me to fabulous place.
4 very VERY good stars
*same worded review will appear elsewhere
What this is, right, is a step out of my comfort and I needed this book right now!
It's a wonderful tale of London, through the ages, told in short stories. You could, I suppose, skip ahead a few stories, and you wouldn't miss anything, other than a few years!
Each story is set at key points along London's timeline, right from when the Romans invaded, up to the present day, told by the Londoners who lived then. Ordinary people telling their extraordinary tales.
I found each story complete, and wholly engaging. I found myself fully engrossed in these tales, all of them. I even recognised a few places when they were mentioned. I'm not a Londoner, but have been a time or two.
As I said, a step off my usual book path, and one that led me to fabulous place.
4 very VERY good stars
*same worded review will appear elsewhere
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2423 KP) rated Encyclopedia Brown Shows the Way in Books
Jul 15, 2024
Ten More Mysteries with the World’s Smartest Ten-Year-Old
What is Encyclopedia up to this time around? He helps his father prove who stole an electric drill. He helps a kid get his harmonica back from Bugs. When a girl wants to figure out who got her kicked off a baseball team, Encyclopedia Brown takes the case. He figures out who stole a rattlesnake rattle from a display at a museum. And he helps a friend who thinks he saw a ghost.
The ten stories in this book are fairly short, which makes them easy to breeze through. I still find I rarely solve the case before Encyclopedia does, but that’s okay. I have fun with them. There isn’t time for much in the way of twists here, and the characters are fairly thin. I don’t think kids will mind either one. What they might find off putting is the dated elements of the books. Like, what’s an encyclopedia? Still, if they are willing to pick it up, they’ll find these stories fun.
The ten stories in this book are fairly short, which makes them easy to breeze through. I still find I rarely solve the case before Encyclopedia does, but that’s okay. I have fun with them. There isn’t time for much in the way of twists here, and the characters are fairly thin. I don’t think kids will mind either one. What they might find off putting is the dated elements of the books. Like, what’s an encyclopedia? Still, if they are willing to pick it up, they’ll find these stories fun.
Merissa (13298 KP) rated Alpha's Divergent Omega (Divergent Omegaverse #1) in Books
Aug 5, 2025
ALPHA'S DIVERGENT OMEGA is a short introduction into the world of the Divergent Omegaverse.
Derick and Lane went against everyone, including their families, to marry each other and build up Starling Enterprises into 'big business'. They have eight sons, five of whom were adopted when their families didn't want them. You don't know much about the sons, which makes perfect sense as their stories are still to come.
What comes across loud and clear is the love and passion still between Derick and Lane, and the love they have for their boys. Certain changes make it clear it's time for them to retire, but they'll do it on their terms!
I look forward to the full-length stories in this series, getting to know the brothers better, and hopefully seeing more of Derick and Lane too.
** Same worded review will appear elsewhere. **
* A copy of this book was provided to me with no requirements for a review. I voluntarily read this book; the comments here are my honest opinion. *
Merissa
Archaeolibrarian - I Dig Good Books!
Aug 5, 2025
Derick and Lane went against everyone, including their families, to marry each other and build up Starling Enterprises into 'big business'. They have eight sons, five of whom were adopted when their families didn't want them. You don't know much about the sons, which makes perfect sense as their stories are still to come.
What comes across loud and clear is the love and passion still between Derick and Lane, and the love they have for their boys. Certain changes make it clear it's time for them to retire, but they'll do it on their terms!
I look forward to the full-length stories in this series, getting to know the brothers better, and hopefully seeing more of Derick and Lane too.
** Same worded review will appear elsewhere. **
* A copy of this book was provided to me with no requirements for a review. I voluntarily read this book; the comments here are my honest opinion. *
Merissa
Archaeolibrarian - I Dig Good Books!
Aug 5, 2025
ClareR (5991 KP) rated Roar: A Story for Every Woman in Books
Nov 13, 2019
On the whole, I enjoyed this book of short stories. They’re all stories about women who are unhappy about some aspect of their lives, have lost their way and are working out how to get back. They’re all a bit magical realism, and just plain fantasy sometimes (this is not a bad thing for me, by the way!), and ‘Feminist Aesop’s Fables’ kept popping in to my head. It’s definitely a book to dip in to, and I did so whilst reading other books - I could see that reading all of these in one go could be overwhelming.
I think that these stories have a bit of something for everyone. I didn’t enjoy all of them, but I did have my favourites: The Woman Who Grew Wings is about a woman who flees her country with her family to live in the West, and the negative attitudes of the other mothers at the school gates (they’re not nice people) - this brought me to tears actually. The Woman Who Was Swallowed Up by the Floor and Who Met Lots of Other Women Down There Too - because who HASN’T had this happen to them at least once in their lives?! The Woman Who Ate Photographs was another tear jerker about how visual prompts (the photos) can bring back feelings connected to smell, touch, and the memories of our children before they grew into hairy teenagers (this one did for me, I’m afraid!).
I think all of these stories will resonate with someone.
Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my copy of this book to read and review.
I think that these stories have a bit of something for everyone. I didn’t enjoy all of them, but I did have my favourites: The Woman Who Grew Wings is about a woman who flees her country with her family to live in the West, and the negative attitudes of the other mothers at the school gates (they’re not nice people) - this brought me to tears actually. The Woman Who Was Swallowed Up by the Floor and Who Met Lots of Other Women Down There Too - because who HASN’T had this happen to them at least once in their lives?! The Woman Who Ate Photographs was another tear jerker about how visual prompts (the photos) can bring back feelings connected to smell, touch, and the memories of our children before they grew into hairy teenagers (this one did for me, I’m afraid!).
I think all of these stories will resonate with someone.
Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my copy of this book to read and review.
Another Morocco: Selected Stories
Abdellah Taia and Rachel Small
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Tangier is a possessed city, haunted by spirits of different faiths. When we have literature in our...