My strategy of focusing on novellas and audiobooks paid off because I had a great reading month, despite welcoming the newest member of my family in April and all the sleep deprivation that comes with it.
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pickA short story about what happens when 16 year old Geraldine discovers she is pregnant. The available options in the 60s. Choices. Decisions. Moving on. Coming full circle. Short. Intense. Incredible character development for such a short story!
panWell, this lil dally into horror was a bit of a fail. Interesting premise that took too much of a walk to get to, then crash ending that was bewildering. Maybe if you‘re into Lovecraft you‘ll get more from this?
so-soJust finished listening to this 2 hour audiobook on Libby . It‘s a prequel to the Finley Donovan cozy mystery series. It‘s fun to meet Vero before she became the nanny for Finley‘s kids. It was maybe a bit too short and not as funny as the longer books. Still enjoyed it but would only recommend it to fans of the series.
so-so3/5
When Rosie and her sister go for a spa day, the last thing she expects is to be trapped in a float pod and to make a connection with the firefighter who rescues her. This is a very short story that just focuses on these two characters meeting. I found Rosie a little annoying, but I think it's hard to get a lot of personality into such a short story.
It is free if you have amazon prime, but it's so short I wouldn't recommend it otherwise.
#bookspin: Rosie and the Dreamboat by Sally Thorne
#doublebookspin: We Speak Through the Mountain by Premee Mohamed
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@dabbe !!! I love love love short stories!!! Choosing 3 favorites is - impossible! Ask me on a different day and you‘ll get a different answer. #threelistthursday #TLT
Here are 3 that I find myself frequently referencing in conversation, because they are so insightful and observant about human psychology:
Shirley Jackson, Charles
Nathaniel Hawthorne, Dr. Heidegger‘s Experiment
Steve Martin, Hissy Fit
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