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The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories, by Multiple Authors

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Thistle

The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories has been all over the book blogs for the last few months. It looked adorable, and I kept waiting for a copy to show up in my library’s system. It never did, though, and … Continue reading →

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the Chrestomanci novels, by Diana Wynne Jones

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Thistle

I decided to review this series as a collect whole rather than write seven individual book reviews. Hopefully this will help keep people from getting annoyed with me as I obsess over my newfound love for Diana Wynne Jones, haha! … Continue reading →

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The Lottery and Seven Other Stories, by Shirley Jackson (audio)

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Thistle

The Lottery was a fantastic story, probably the best short story I’ve read in a very long time. It was creepy and foreboding, especially when you couple the end with the innocent beginnings in the children’s actions. I loved it. … Continue reading →

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Amphigorey Again, by Edward Gorey

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Thistle

The first weekend of May, a cold front came through and got me right into the mood for RIP reading. Amphigorey Again is the first of the three books I read! This is the final of four Gorey collections, morbid macabre … Continue reading →

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The Girl Who Was On Fire, by Multiple Authors

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Thistle

This book consists of thirteen essays about the Hunger Games series from various authors. The essays cover everything from reality TV to genetic experiments to the power of fashion. I loved the Hunger Games series, and unlike most people, I … Continue reading →

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Complete Stories, by William Somerset Maugham

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Thistle

I love Maugham and wanted to read his short stories as part of my short story project this year. I’ve since decided to give up the project and just finished reading the stories. There are quite a bit of them … Continue reading →

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Collected Children’s Stories, by Sylvia Plath

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Thistle

I took a quick break from reading Maugham’s short stories (since there are about 90 of them!) to read this quick collection. It only consists of three stories, one of which I read last year. It’s a cute collection, with … Continue reading →

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Complete Stories, by Zora Neale Hurston

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Thistle

This is the third short story collection I’ve read for my personal short story project this year, and by far the best. The other two (by Nabokov and Chopin) have both been sort of middle of the road sorts of … Continue reading →

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Lilacs and Other Stories, by Kate Chopin

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Thistle

This is the second collection I’ve read in my informal short story project this year. For 24 days, I read one story every morning to complete this collection. Originally, I thought this collection contained all of Chopin’s short stories, but … Continue reading →

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Stories, by Vladimir Nabokov

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Thistle

Nearly 70 short stories fill this volume, which is supposed to be all of Nabokov’s known short stories. I read most of these over the last few weeks of December, leaving only a handful to finish up in 2011. I’ve … Continue reading →

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