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Jeg
Australia Day | Melanie Cheng
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2 Aussie authors. Tagged book going free as a throw out from local library. The other published last year $1 in an op shop. Could not believe it @MrsMalaprop . On to my TBR shelf they go. Also got to see some of the Sydney Writer‘s Festival on the big screen at our State Library. Helen Garner, Ian Rankin and Anna Funder.

MrsMalaprop What a great little haul! 2w
CarolynM Nice finds!🙂 2w
Rissreadswithcats Lucky you! I‘m on the hunt for the Georgia Blain. I‘ll be interested in hearing what you think of her short stories. (edited) 5d
Jeg @Rissreadswithcats it‘s because of you and Serena that I discovered her. ❤️ 3d
Rissreadswithcats I discovered her because of Serena too! 3d
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mjtwo
Show Don't Tell: Stories | Curtis Sittenfeld
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Pickpick

10-9 May 25
I expect I will also love Sittenfeld‘s writing and I actually quite like short stories. Some were of course more successful than others but all held my attention for the 30 or so pages they lasted. I particularly loved the final story which returned to the world of Prep for the characters‘ 30 year reunion. Made me very keen to read Prep again. And to order Eligible.

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Soubhiville
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Mehso-so

Kevin Wilson writes quirky novels that I usually love in their strangeness. This book of short stories gives you little bites of that, each one showing a character doing their best to struggle through a challenging life event.

I only rate it so-so because I‘m not a short story fan. It‘s a good collection, I just prefer novels.

Isn‘t this cover weird and wonderful? It fits one of the stories.

#doublespin

RaeLovesToRead Venkman! 🥰🥰 3w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3w
AmyG Great photo! I, too, am not a huge fan of short stories. 3w
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anicali
Pickpick

Absolutely loved! I always appreciate a collection of stories. I flew through this book so fast and didn‘t want it to end.

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LeahBergen
The Stories | Jane Gardam
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Look what I found today, @Centique , and right after your glowing review! I also found another Beryl Bainbridge, @Cathythoughts . 👏

Just doing my best to support my local secondhand bookshop on #IndependentBookstoreDay , of course. 😉

Tamra 👏🏾👏🏾 A successful day! 1mo
BarbaraBB That‘s the only Bainbridge I read! I must find other books by her too! 1mo
Ruthiella I love it when a book you have just read about pops up like that! 😃 1mo
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Centique Yay! That is serendipity 😍 it is such a great collection - it was out there looking for you! 1mo
LeahBergen @Tamra It was! 1mo
LeahBergen @BarbaraBB You might enjoy this one (it‘s quite dark!) 1mo
LeahBergen @Ruthiella It‘s like magic! 😆 1mo
LeahBergen @Centique I think it was! 😆 1mo
BarbaraBB Thank you Leah, will absolutely check that one out. 1mo
BarbaraBB I wanted to stack it but see I did that already! 1mo
Cathythoughts Great finds Leah ! I think I have The Bottle one on Kindle .. 1mo
LeahBergen @Cathythoughts Thanks, Cathy! And it‘s always good to have a little stockpile of the authors we like. 😆 1mo
vivastory Just wanted to say “Hi!“ 💙 (Hope you are well, & Johnny too!) 1mo
LeahBergen @vivastory Hello!! All is well here and Johnny is as bad as ever! 😆 1mo
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marleed
Show Don't Tell: Stories | Curtis Sittenfeld
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Pickpick

Had I owned this book and slowly read one story at a time, maybe even doubling back on a couple of them, I would highly recommend this. Curtis writes interesting women with life and experience here. The loaned audiobook is great, but it‘s hard for me to recall short stories when experienced this way. The moment was good though!

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Centique
The Stories | Jane Gardam
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Pickpick

I‘m kicking myself because i had almost finished this book and then the library insisted i bring it back 😂 But it was probably the best collection of short stories I‘ve ever read! That is - if you like authors like Barbara Pym, Anita Brookner, maybe Penelope Lively. These are frequently bittersweet stories where the main character is a woman, often an older woman, and they focus on love and grief and ageing and mistakes and chances lost and ⬇️

Centique …who we admired and who we should have noticed…They were written in the 60s onwards throughout her writing career. Very English, often a village or coastal setting, and often sweet on the outside with a hidden blade inside! 2mo
Cathythoughts Wonderful review 👍🏻❤️ Stacked 2mo
Centique @Cathythoughts thank you Cathy! 2mo
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kspenmoll Lovely review. Stacked! 2mo
LeahBergen You hooked me here! Stacked! 2mo
Centique @kspenmoll @LeahBergen i hope you both like this! I am definitely going to be gifting it to a few people 💕 2mo
Rissreadswithcats Sounds like my kind of book! 💙 2mo
CarolynM High praise! Stacking, obviously😊😘 1mo
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mobill76
A Bit on the Side | William Trevor

I feel too much I think. I'm easily shamed; easily hurt. So I go nuclear quickly in confrontations. I do know better. I'm learning not to resist; to let it go. William Trevor is my soundtrack. He sees the things that move me. He sounds like my own thoughts. Although his plots can be unnerving, his understanding of his characters is comforting. There won't be a happy ending, but there will be an ending. And I will understand.

Trashcanman Which of his works would you recommend a person to start with? Always here if you need or want to talk. 2mo
mobill76 If you like George Eliot; if you like D.H. Lawrence; then I think you'll get Trevor immediately. I started with "Lucy Gault". It destroyed me. His short stories are good, too, but I like the heartbreaking payoff of a larger investment. Thank you, TCM. 2mo
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Lesliereadsalot
Show Don't Tell: Stories | Curtis Sittenfeld
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Bailedbailed

I used to really like Curtis Sittenfeld. I thought her first two books were amazing, Prep and Rodham. But ever since then…meh. I dutifully start each one but then disappointment sets in. This is a short story collection. Read the first three, didn‘t get any of them, bailed. Maybe they‘ll speak to someone else, but it wasn‘t me.

Cathythoughts I remember really enjoying American Wife. But then I got excited and bought another couple of hers … not as good at all ! 2mo
Lesliereadsalot Forgot about American Wife! It was really good too. @Cathythoughts 2mo
Ruthiella I loved Prep and liked American Wife and Romantic Comedy. I didn‘t like Sisterland. So she‘s hit or miss for me. 2mo
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Lesliereadsalot The misses are adding up for me! @Ruthiella 2mo
BarbaraBB That‘s quite the warning. I feel the same about her but haven‘t read this one yet. I did love her other short story collection 2mo
Lesliereadsalot I feel, with a short story collection, at least the first few should grab you. At least the first one! Maybe there would be some good ones later on, but she lost me. @BarbaraBB 2mo
BarbaraBB The first one must draw you in I agree. And I am not a real short story fan in general. Well, I guess I‘ll read it one day 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2mo
Lesliereadsalot So…I noticed another reviewer had mentioned three of these stories were her favorites, so I went back to find those three. One was one I had already read (ominous!) and the other two were ok, nothing to get excited about. I tried! @BarbaraBB 2mo
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sarahbarnes
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I had to take this collection back to the library before I got through it, but I read enough of these stories to know that I must read more Mavis Gallant short stories! I can‘t believe I haven‘t before now. They are brilliant.

BarbaraBB I haven‘t even heard of them! Stacking. 2mo
Ruthiella She‘s also a favorite of @shawnmooney 2mo
Cathythoughts Very good ! Stacking. ❤️ 2mo
sarahbarnes @BarbaraBB @Cathythoughts I love the style of her writing and storytelling. @Ruthiella @shawnmooney I‘m so glad I discovered her! 2mo
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