FINALLY. I am all caught up with my reviews. Whew. I am exhausted, y’all. Reading is one thing, but having to write reviews is quite another. But hey, I have time to get working on the next set of books, right? I am very excited that I have some free time before I begin my next research project, so that means quality time with my library stack. Always a good thing. Labyrinths is a collection of short stories, essays, and parables by Jorge Luis Borges, […]
“I learned your books. Burned them into my mind. In case the firemen come to town.”
There are few things I enjoy more than a well crafted scary short story. As a kid cutting my teeth on Stephen King I loved his short story collections more than anything. Still do for that matter. My favorite collection of King’s is Skeleton Crew. Horror classics like “The Raft”, “The Jaunt”, and “Survivor Type” haunted me for years after reading them. Still do. In recent years Neil Gaiman’s short stories have filled the void King left for me. The first collection I read, Smoke […]
Simple Math Helped Me Rate This One.
I have a feeling that this book is a case of its not you, it’s me. In addition to my goal for Cannonball (65 books this year) I’m working on the Read Harder Challenge put on by Book Riot. As part of that challenge there are 24 tasks and one of them is a short story collection. I haven’t really done much in the way of reading short story collections so this was one of the tasks that truly felt like a challenge. Late last […]
Twisty, Tragicomic Stories That Go Down Easy
A quick and easy read full of some great short stories. I really enjoyed Jacob M. Appel’s writing style. He’s witty, concise, and polished. It’s obvious he’s been writing short stories for a while by the simple and effective ways he delivers the narratives. The first two stories (Hue and Cry and La Tristesse Des Hérissons) had glimmers of greatness, but were ultimately a little disappointing. The rest of the collection really picked up steam though. I connected with the Rabbi protagonist in Strings plagued […]