Welcome to Litsy!

A very good collection of short stories themed around the phrase “and then what happens”, that is stories which keep the readers wanting to keep turning the pages. This collection largely complies with this theme, and unlike many such collections I found all of the stories contained to be of good quality or better and not repeats found in other anthologies. If I had to pick a favourite it would be Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains by Gaiman.

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3. Tagged book in audiobook format.
4. Hell Divers IV: Wolves by Nicholas Sandsbury Smith and Miss Koop Just Won‘t Quit by Amy Stewart

#2018checkin

A #mustread! A collection of great #shortstories. Some are creepy, some are heart wrenching, some are funny, and others were full of mystery. The narration of this collection was great!
#hoopla #litsyloveslibraries

I should be sleeping...
I love Neil Gaiman‘s voice, it‘s soothing. I‘m actually enjoying the intro.

#hoopla #bookaddictproblems #readingpastmybedtime #neilgaiman #audiobook #bookaddiction

So day 17 of #riotgrams is "Unreturned Books." This gem was loaned to me an absurdly long time ago by my sweet friend and talented actress, Dana. We were performing in "The Women" together and talked bookish things everyday backstage. Dana, I'm so sorry I still have this! Rorycat is guarding it for you ?

Stories.
A sea of words,
Moments of light,
Book of longing.
Touching from a distance
Harbors and high seas,
The sea and the jungle;
The wood beyond the world.
See now then,
You can‘t go home again.

#spinepoetry #riotgrams

I love Neil Gaiman's introductions! And yes, I think I will turn the page...

Jodi Picoult fans, lend me your ears!

I read Weights and Measures in a short story collection this year (tagged), and it took my breath away. Literally. I was weeping by the end of the story, and had to pause the audiobook several times to compose myself. It was that good.

I want to read more by Jodi Picoult, but where should I start? Send me your recommendations!

#TBRtemptation #ReadingRecommendations

I have to admit that this book has been on my TBR since its release in 2010 simply because of the cool #coverart.

The most you can usually hope from a short story collection is to enjoy at least half of the stories in the book. All of the stories in this collection are interesting, and the very best of them are breath-taking.

Full review on #Goodreads. Favorites in comments. Listened on #audiobook via #Hoopla.

I don't own too many short story collections, but here are three I've read at least twice (I'm sure you all see the similarities of two of them 😆).

If you haven't read Dahl's stories for adults you really should. He's the master of the twist, cringe-worthy ending. #shortstories #septphotochallenge

#whitespines #augustofpages #augustphotochallenge

These look pretty together but now my shelves are a mess and I can't be bothered putting everything back where it was 😄📚📚

And then what? When given that challenge the collected authors rose to the occasion and created works that answered.