The Oxford Book of English Short Stories
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The Oxford Book of English Short Stories , edited by A. S. Byatt, herself the author of several...
The Jane Austen Collection
Joanna Lumley, Jane Austen, Belinda Lang and Anna Massey
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Pride and Prejudice - An elegant tableau revolving around the five Bennett daughters, including...
Dark Water
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A selection of deliciously spooky short stories from the Japanese master of suspense, the acclaimed...
TerraBlizzard (18 KP) rated the Xbox One version of Assassin's Creed: Odyssey in Video Games
May 24, 2019
If you haven't played this yet, do. But bare in mind the story can take abit of getting into the first 3 hours of gameplay can be tedious to get through but once you put on the "mask" that's when the story starts to grip you so keep playing.
The story of these games have been the key to their success and this game keeps it going but love it or hate it the game is based 95% in history more than present day. With short bits of modern day play which I personally would of like to seen more of building upon the modern day creed and it's standing against the Templars. With that said Odysseus breaks the one main story line up into parts of 4 each driving you to a different goal.
Graphics are great on HD, so this gives me hope for those with 4k screens and High spec consoles/PC set ups to enjoy a beautifully crafted world.
ClareR (5608 KP) rated Love Bites in Books
Apr 6, 2018
Stories that particularly stood out for me, were the story about a girl who loses her leg, the elderly woman trying to escaper her old people's home if only she could remember what she's supposed to be doing, and the woman who goes to see a 'Sheikh' for family relationship advice.
All of the stories made me stop and think - mainly about what I would have done in their circumstances. Very thought provoking.
This was another book read on 'The Pigeonhole' social reading platform.
Milleen (47 KP) rated Uncommon Type: Some Stories in Books
Jan 14, 2019
The Essential Pritchett: Selected Writings of V S Pritchett
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V. S. Pritchett (1900-1997) was one of the most subtle, potent and best-loved of modern British...
New American Stories
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The short story is a barometer for the state and shape of literature. New American Stories presents...
David McK (3251 KP) rated Biggles Learns to Fly in Books
Dec 23, 2020
Then I did a bit of research, and discovered that it depends upon how (and what) you are counting as a Biggles story/book - see http://www.biggles.info/
Perhaps, then, it would be better to say that this is the earliest set of any I have read.
Published in 1935, this is (apparently) a collection of 12 separate short stories, all of which are loosely linked together and follows some of Biggles earlier exploits.
I realise I'm not the target audience for these (I'm now too old). I don't care: sometimes it's nice just to re-live your childhood!
David McK (3251 KP) rated Blood of Elves in Books
Oct 7, 2019
This is the novel that inspired the video game of the same name, and the upcoming (as of time of writing) Netflix adaptation, with Geralt - as the novel starts - already having taken guardianship of Ciri, and having a history with Yennefer as war begins to brew between the 'elder' races and mankind.
I think I will read some more of these to see where the story goes, although - at the moment - I think I may take a break from this particular genre of novel, having read a few of that genre in relatively close succession.