Taking Care
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From a true American master of the short story, comes a collection of disturbing, comic, and moving...
Enticed By Blood (Sweetblood #4.5)
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One taste was all it took... Stockbroker Juliette Bishop gets more than she bargained for when...
Paranormal Romance Novella
Dean (6927 KP) rated Black Site (2022) in Movies
Sep 18, 2022
Tales of the Lost
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Tales of the Lost is a book of short stories for adults, ranging from realms of fantasy to...
ClareR (5975 KP) rated Fourteen Days in Books
Sep 22, 2024
This is set in New York, and is based around an apartment block during the Covid 19 lockdown at the beginning of the pandemic. The inhabitants meet on the roof, keeping the required distance from one another, and tell stories of their lives pre-Covid.
A constant background is the noise from the ambulances delivering sick people to the nearby hospital.
Fourteen Days was written by several authors, each telling the story of a different inhabitant of the apartment block. The reader isn’t aware of who has written which story until the end. I liked this, because it didn’t give me any preconceived ideas of what the stories would be like - and there are some very different writing styles. The janitor runs throughout the novel, collecting all of the stories, telling her own story and trying to solve an ever-present mystery within the walls of the apartment block.
An enjoyable book, and I can definitely say that its a great book to dip in and out of when you’re short on time (or read all one one go if you can!).
I'm going to be totally honest here...if I was just rating Coraline then I probably would of given this book 5 Stars as I enjoyed that story very much. It was creepy, atmospheric, well written and I really liked the artwork. I adored the animated film but have only now gotten around to reading the story that inspired its making. I just knew I was going to love reading the original story.
What let this book down, in my opinion, was all of the other short stories that followed. I enjoyed maybe 2 other stories but when reading the rest I was looking forward to finally finishing the book. For this reason I had to knock off 2 stars...but Coraline really was great.
The Paper Menagerie
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Ken Liu is one of the most original, thought-provoking and award-winning short-story writers of his...
The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance
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Anthology Karen Chance short story: Day of the Dead Tomas is a four hundred year old vampire...
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Merissa (13272 KP) rated Wicked Night (The Amulet #1) in Books
Apr 12, 2023
A quick read, full of steam. Definitely recommended.
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Merissa (13272 KP) rated His Lordship's Gift (His Lordship’s Mysteries #2.5) in Books
Jun 14, 2023 (Updated Jun 14, 2023)
A sweet story for these two, giving a bit of lightheartedness to them following all the drama. A quick read but thoroughly enjoyable nevertheless. Definitely recommended by me, so long as you've read the prior books.
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Merissa
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Jun 6, 2023