MONAFOMA - a while agou
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MONAFOMA - a while agou
#fireside
#arichlife
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
pickFinished in the camper. These short stories are a lot to take in and devastating in many ways. My favorite, the longest of the stories, is Negosios. Most of the stories are clearly autobiographical. All are about the Dominican immigrant experience. Negocios is tdd from the POV of a son whose father left for the U.S. planning (or claims) to bring his family after earning money. He starts a second family. Diaz pulls no punches. #doublespin
pickI really enjoy Samanta Schweblin's style in her novels and apparently in her short stories, too. Her characters are vivid and flawed and get into such bizarre predicaments that are somehow totally logical. As a bonus, two of the narrators of this audiobook are people I've met through narrator networking, which is fun.
Join us for a #KindredSpiritsChristmas as the #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead reads L.M. Montgomery's cozy holiday stories, one per day, Dec. 6-25.
Almost all the stories are available online (I'll post links as applicable), and all but the first four are in the tagged book.
(Dec. 10 is ch. 25 in Green Gables and Dec. 17 is chs. 5-6 in the “Second Year“ of Windy Poplars.)
All are welcome!
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pickLike any short story collection, some stories were more enjoyable than others. I definitely had fun reading this and getting to know or re-experience so many wonderful authors, and I love a good collection with trans and nonbinary characters. My favorites might be the one with the storm lighthouse and the one narrated by the magic school. #LGBTQIA #Magic #ShortStories
#Naturalitsy #HyggeHourReadathon
Tonight‘s #HyggeHour will be spent finishing the last third of Nancy Drew from last week for #NancyDrewBR & then with Encyclopedia Brown for #EBBR
I‘m settled in on the couch & my snack/dessert is a few leftover Reese‘s Halloween shapes & I‘m drinking cold apple cider. Mood is fine, a bit tired &never really excited for Monday but resigned to my fate. 😵💫😉😆
pickEven with a short story collection, where most were written before his beloved novels, Arriaga‘s narrative is unmatched.
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Join us for a #KindredSpiritsChristmas as the #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead reads L.M. Montgomery‘s cozy holiday stories, one per day, Dec. 6-25.
Almost all the stories are available online (I‘ll post links as applicable), and all but the first four are in the tagged book. (Dec. 10 is ch. 25 in Green Gables and Dec. 17 is chs. 5-6 in the “Second Year” of Windy Poplars.)
All are welcome! Some past participants are tagged—comment if you‘d like to join!
