ShortStories

Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century | Kim Fu

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Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century, by Kim Fu (2022 🇨🇦)

Premise: A collection of speculative short stories that put a creepy spin on contemporary life.

Review: This is a great collection of stories that approach life from a twisted angle that was disturbing but incredibly engaging. Highly recommended.

Bookish Pair: For a similarly fascinating collection of speculative stories, Theodore McCombs‘s Uranians (2023)

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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lil1inblue

Bread and Circuses | Felicity Dowker

#bibliophile #circus
@eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs So delightful 🎪 1d

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TieDyeDude

This is Paradise: Stories | Kristiana Kahakauwila

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Thanks to @debinhawaii for this giveaway a while back!

This features several stories that examine the tension of claiming Hawaii as home: people who were born there, people who left and came back, people who weren't born there but lived most of their lives there, and outsiders/tourists. Definitely some new-to-me perspectives and themes. Well written and easy to get caught up in the stories!

DebinHawaii I‘m so glad you liked it! 🤗 2d

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jack777

Rejection: Fiction | Tony Tulathimutte

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Holy shit this was fucked up. Like good but also wtf. Disturbing and upsetting on multiple levels. Real unique. Recommended to travis and alex2. Died reading the group chats.

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lauraisntwilder

The Hotel: From the Booker Prize-Shortlisted Author | Daisy Johnson

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This was a short collection of subtly interconnected stories set in and around a haunted hotel. It's more spooky than scary, which is what I like. Not my favorite Daisy Johnson, but still good!

sarahbarnes I haven‘t read these but love her two novels. 2d

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Texreader

Igifu | Scholastique Mukasonga

So appropriate this last day of April reading about how precious milk is in #Rwanda for #foodandlit. For example, from the BBC: “Unique to Rwanda, milk bars reflect a little-known truth about how intrinsic cows and milk are to Rwandan culture.” I‘ve truly discovered that in this month‘s books. @Catsandbooks

TheBookHippie Me too. 18m

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DebinHawaii

Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare | Megan Kamalei Kakimoto

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#Read2025

This week work is totally kicking my butt so I‘m behind on reviews, book clubs, posting—all the things.😵‍💫

Posting a quick review for this book, my third #Roll100 pick of April (#24 Any short stories or essays). I have been meaning to read this since it came out & overall I really enjoyed it. The stories explore the experiences of Native Hawaiian & mixed race women in Hawaii & are a mix of speculative fiction, horror, magical ⬇️

DieAReader, PuddleJumper

DebinHawaii …realism & folklore. Some are weirder than others, some I liked more than others but I appreciated the sense of place in all of them. I think having lived in Honolulu for 24 years helped my enjoyment—so a pick for me. 3d

PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 2d

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 2d

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BookishMadHatter

Bloody Scotland | Stuart MacBride, Denise Mina, Ann Cleeves, Val McDermid, Christopher Brookmyre, Doug Johnstone, Lin Anderson, E. S. Thomson, Craig Robertson, Gordon Brown

Still can't believe I'm actually in Scotland, but I told my husband the one thing I wanted to do for me in Fort William was visit The Highland Bookshop. I got some JD Kirk prints and a copy of Bloody Scotland.

michellelav I also got Bloody Scotland when I was in the country last May! 😁 3d

LeahBergen Lucky you!!! 2d

BookishMadHatter @michellelav I couldn't resist it. 2d

BookishMadHatter @LeahBergen I feel very fortunate and am appreciating every second of this visit (except when our luggage didn't arrive until the day after we did lol) 2d

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