November 23, 2011 – 10:33 am
The Book: 20th Century Ghosts, by Joe Hill
The Story: This is a collection of short stories by Joe Hill, author of Heart-Shaped Box and Horns. There is a lot going on here: a story about a kid locked in the basement of a lunatic with an old phone that seems to be connected to somewhere [...]
The Book: Trying to Save Piggy Sneed, by John Irving
The Story: This is a collection of short works by John Irving. The first few are autobiographical and tell about his life growing up. There are stories from his life growing up on a farm, but mostly the “memoir” section is about his life as a [...]
November 13, 2010 – 11:15 am
The Book: Full Dark, No Stars, by Stephen King
Yes, I read yet another short story collection by Stephen King. It has kind of been my thing lately, huh? Well this one was new and I couldn’t resist. We even had some money left over from an Amazon gift card so I got this for free [...]
I know that a lot of people see them as kind of a waste of time, but I love, love, love a good short story collection. I think it’s great to be able to start and finish a full story in one sitting. I especially like to read short stories by people that I’ve already [...]
The Book: A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain, by Robert Olen Butler
The Story: After reading a couple of other books recently about the Vietnam War, I thought that this would really be an interesting read.
This is one of those short story collections where the stories are not connected by characters or plotline, but really [...]
April 17, 2010 – 10:33 am
The Book: Ford County, by John Grisham
The Story: This is a series of short stories all set in Ford County- a really rural area of Mississippi.
Some of the stories are funny (the first story, “Blood Drive” made me laugh out loud), some are deeply touching (the last story, “Funny Boy” was a tear jerker), and [...]