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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2163 KP) rated What Child is This in Books
Jan 1, 2019
While I rarely read short stories, I had to grab this story from Rhys Bowen. Best known for her historical mysteries, this is more of a glimpse at tragedy and triumph during 24 hours. As such, it doesn't have the twists or shocks you might expect, but it is a very heartwarming tale. Jack and Maggie really shine, although I did find Maggie annoying at times. Believable, but annoying. A quick read (I read it in about an hour), this is a good way to hold on to the Christmas spirit just a little bit longer.
Life in Five Seconds: Over 200 Stories for Those with No Time to Waste
Matteo Civaschi, Gianmarco Milesi and H-57
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Winner of the Cannes Lions Bronze Award for Design 2013! In today's caffeine-charged, jet-fuelled,...
Sound Phonics Phase Six Book 2
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Sound Phonics prepares children for full fluency in reading, writing and spelling by providing...
Jacob's Room
Virginia Woolf and Suzanne Raitt
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A generous "Contexts" section provides extracts from Woolf's diaries and letters as well as comments...
Red Cavalry
David Pearson, Isaac Babel and Boris Dralyuk
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The brutalities and dualities of war and religion unflinchingly depicted by this major...
The Adventures of Basil and Moebius: Volume 4: The Fate of All Fools
Ryan Schifrin and Richard Lee Byers
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This is it -- the culmination of dozens upon dozens of hair-raising, pulse-pounding, globe-trotting...
Wolfsbane and Mistletoe
Charlaine Harris and Karen Chance
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Anthology of urban fantasy short stories Karen Chance short story: Rogue Elements Someone is...
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Cyn Armistead (14 KP) rated Entangled in Books
Mar 1, 2018
I don't believe I've read anything but short stories by any of these authors in the past except for [a:Jennifer Estep|580315|Jennifer Estep|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1264385515p2/580315.jpg], and I haven't read the Mythos Academy series in which her story is set. I'm more likely to read it now than I was before.
"Halloween Frost" by Estep and "Ghostly Justice" by Allison Brennan (set in her Seven Deadly Sins series) were the most polished stories in the anthology. Too many of the others had plot holes, or felt like teasers to get a reader to pursue more of the author's work. A short story should be self-contained.
Some of the authors let the "romance" get in the way of the plotting. If the main character acts like an idiot because she's distracted by the bulge in a man's pants, why make her the main character of a story? Especially if, as in "Sinfully Sweet" by Michelle Miles, you fail to resolve the major plot issue you raise?
While I admire the cause for which these ladies are writing, I can't help but think a shorter, higher-quality anthology might have been a better bet.
An Uncivil Woman: Essays on Ismat Chughtai
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Ismat Chughtai-one of the most provocative and rebellious writers in Urdu-wrote voluminously until...
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