Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories | 
No usually a short story person - but it‘s all about our relationship with nature which I am interested in - and it‘s one of Emma Straub‘s favourite books of all time. So wiling to forgive it for being short stories! 🤣
1) black, grey, purple.
2) football, the ocean, coffee, narwhals, octopi, Stranger Things, music, podcasts
3) ha! A couple are The Giver, Birds of a Lesser Paradise, The Night Circus
4) I'll read pretty much anything
5) milk chocolate, Jane Austen, medium roast coffee.
6) I bowl in a couple leagues with my husband.
7) I'm callielafleur on Goodreads, a pretty accurate tally of books I've read.
8) I tag you, person reading this.
#bookswapsurvey
pickHer short stories will really get you thinking and they make you feel like you're right in the story. If you haven't read anything by Megan Mayhew Bergman, check this out! Or her other book which we enjoyed and discussed for our third episode, Almost Famous Women. #shortstorysunday #shortstories
Her stories are just written so well. I can‘t even describe how her stories make me feel when I‘m reading them. They‘re just that good!
so-soA few charming stories in a collection I found otherwise redundant.
so-soI love reading short story collections because you can put them down and pick them up as needed. However, I always end up feeling so-so about the collection when I'm done. Enjoying some stories (Yesterday's Whales and Night Hunting) and not others. The same is true here.
Mothers, I believe, intoxicate us. We idolize them and take them for granted. We hate them and blame them and exalt them more thoroughly than anyone else in our lives. We sift through the evidence of their love, reassure ourselves of their affection and its biological genesis. We can steal and lie and leave and they will love us.
Pumped for my library's Adult Story Time tomorrow!
so-soAs much as I loved her other collection, and wanted to love this one, it was much more hit and miss for me. All of the stories are beautifully written, but many made me incredibly sad. Maybe I just wasn't in the right mood for this one just now.
My library is so awesome! They got four books in for me today, including some short story collections @Notafraidofwords and @BookishFeminist recommended! (I asked for more, but I feel super lucky for getting three!) EVPL, you rock! 😃😃😃❤️💙💜💚 This also definitely counts as a #blameitonlitsy #somethingforsept
Alert: this is $3.99 on ebook (appears to be all platforms!) I've had this on my list of "stuff I should read sometime" so I snagged it for my nook.
pick#TBT One of my all-time favorite short story collections. Bergman is a gem. The stories all focus on animals in some way. They are full of wonder & awe for the natural world, yet underneath is a deep sense of despair & longing about family, relationships & identity that is familiarly real. 🐦🍃 #ReadWomen
pickAbsolutely lovely writing. Most of these short stories were excellent.
I have heard so many good things about this collection of stories.
