#Bookspin Trying to read those Americas books!
1. We Measure the Earth
2. Olga Dies
3. A Million Aunties
4. Run Towards
5. Bad Girls
6. Never so Bad
7. How The Garcia Girls
8. The Savage Detectives
9. The Sleeping Car Porter
10. Fresh Banana Leaves
11. A Small Place
12. I am a taxi
13. Love and Drowning
14. Nasty Brutish
15. Book of Goose
16. Solito
17. Pure Colour
18. Wild Tongues
19. Fruit of the Drunken Tree
20. Love after Love
bailedI was disappointed that I had to bail on this one, because I was really intrigued by “At Night We Walk in Circles” many years ago. I just could not get into these short stories, however. They just seemed too vague, with characters I couldn‘t relate to, as well as many of them being set in the US when it was my #Peru choice for #ReadingTheAmericas2023.
so-so3/5⭐ Beautiful descriptions of the steampunk and city elements, with some interesting exploration of truth and forgiveness, but not particularly earth-shattering.
A non-pukeworthy Christmas story, read for you by Shawn the Book Maniac
Reginald on Christmas Presents by H.H. Munro (SAKI)
https://youtu.be/Pxez3VwJFfQ
pickThis was an excellent set of short stories. Each one was its own variety of thought-provoking.
A couple great quotes:
"One of my earliest memories is a feeling of incredulity at how many people there are in the world."
"The number of people with the levels of passion it takes to become a ghost are decreasing every year."
Enoki, the short told from the point of view of a once-worshipped tree, was an easy favorite
#aoko #matsuda #japan #shorts
Took a couple of selfies for the selfie challenge! #wintergames2021 #mistletoenaniacs
pickI've become a huge fan of Alix E. Harrow this year and really enjoyed this short story about a witchy librarian and the idea of books as literal portals of escape 🧹📚
You can read it here:
https://apex-magazine.com/a-witchs-guide-to-escape-a-practical-compendium-of-por...
Felt like changing my profile pic. Inspiration by @monalyisha 😂
