Pick Your Poison – A Short Story Anthology edited by Emma Nelson and Hannah Smith (2017) – Just in time for Halloween comes a short story collection with a clever theme: toxins. Whether venomous snakes, raw almonds, quiet magic, or death by any of the other twenty-five poisonous tales in this collection, there’s a fitting demise for everyone. As with most anthologies I review, I’ll pick out several of the sterling tales that caught my squeamish attention. But all the stories are clever, well-written, and […]
Selfish, Shallow and Self-Absorbed; Me? OK. If you say so.
Wandering through Waterstones flagship store in Piccadilly I was in heaven, jaw dropping, mind boggling heaven. Six floors of books, 200,000 unique titles. I knew I had to own one, just one, but which one? After picking up and putting down title after title I came across a spine that stood out to me; Selfish, Shallow and Self-Absorbed. What? As I plucked the book off the shelf, I read its subtitle; sixteen writers on the decision not to have kids. That was it, that was […]
Men explain things to me. . .
I dislike starting the review of a work I enjoyed with a negative but I would like to offer an alternative way in which to read this book, Solnits collection of essays does not need to be read together or even at once, take it slow, read one essay at time, devour the writing and then take time to think on it. Having said that, Men explain things to me and other essays is a collection of feminist writings which really didn’t go where I […]
Extraordinary Mathmatics
If you aren’t listening to the Levar Burton Reads podcast, you are denying yourself so much joy and comfort. Following the advice of Keh_squared on Twitter, I listened to episode 5 of Levar Burton Reads. Lavar Burton read Lesley Nneka Arimah’s award winning short story “What It Means When a Man Falls From The Sky.” And then I listened again, and again for a third time. I found a PDF of the short story and read it. It might be one of my favorite books […]
Spring and Summer Reads: Horror and Autobiography
I have been so busy the past few months with my own book and now assorted hurricanes, that I didn’t have a chance to post reviews of all of the books I have been reading. The first bunch is a combination of horror and autobiography, which pretty much sums up my interests of late. Anyone have a good horror autobiography to recommend? In the meantime, here are a few titles from my recent reading list: The Men in My Life: A Memoir of Love and […]
Seven novellas, all are good, two are excellent.
Seven Stones to Stand or Fall is a 500ish page collection of (mostly) novellas set in Gabaldon’s Outlander universe. All but two of the novellas were previously published in short story anthologies. The remaining two are new. I do not recommend picking up this collection if you aren’t already a fan of the books. Most of the stories would be entertaining enough to read, but you’re not going to get optimal enjoyment out of them without the context of the main series (or the Lord John […]
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