A Few of the Girls: Stories | 
so-soI usually love Maeve Binchy, but I found this collection of short stories to be full of unlikeable characters and dreadful situations. People who were unkind, jealous, petty, cheating…and very little redemption. There were a few stories that were lovely, but they were outnumbered. I really considered not finishing, which is very rare for me. I‘m glad that I didn‘t give up on it. ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
This was my #doublespin for January. @TheAromaofBooks
TheAromaofBooks Always sad when a favorite author lets you down :-/ 2y
Elizabeth2 @TheAromaofBooks I talked about this with some friends who also like Binchy. We think these were probably musings or story ideas that she never meant to be published. Her husband/family published them posthumously. 😕 2y
TheAromaofBooks We have been talking about that while reading some of L.M. Montgomery's short story collections. It seems like a lot of those were stories where she was working out plot devices and trying out ideas, because many of the plot points were transferred into her full-length novels. It's interesting to read those types of things, but also it seems almost rude to publish things authors weren't actually planning to publish themselves!! 2y
Elizabeth2 @TheAromaofBooks my thoughts exactly! It makes you wonder, was it done out of love (we love her so much/we love everything she writes, we think the world should have one more book) or out of greed? 2y
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