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 [...]
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 [...]