Review of Heads of the Colored People by Nafissa Thompson-Spires
I enjoyed this book more than I expected to, mainly because the stories are a surprising combination of everyday life, tragedy, and humor. The stories focus…
Artefacts and Other Stories by Rebecca Burns
This is the third collection of stories by author Rebecca Burns, after Catching the Barramundi and The Settling Earth. Like The Settling Earth, these are short glimpses into interesting…
Some Possible Solutions by Helen Phillips
If you thought The Beautiful Bureaucrat was a strange book, Helen Phillips’ new book of short stories is even stranger, but it’s a really fun, and…
Redeployment by Phil Klay
This book was one of my favorite reads this year. It’s a difficult subject to read about. But it’s very worth the effort. Redeployment was written…
Stone Mattress: Nine Tales by Margaret Atwood
It’s always exciting to get a new Margaret Atwood, and this one didn’t disappoint, although it’s very different from her recent MaddAddam trilogy. Stone Mattress is…
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Olive Kitteridge won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction, and the basis for a recent miniseries starring Frances McDormand. It’s a book that falls somewhere…
Shifting Shadows: Stories from the World of Mercy Thompson by Patricia Briggs
Patricia Briggs is my favorite “series” writer. I try to read everything she writes, and that’s unusual for me. I mostly read a few books from…
The Settling Earth: Short Stories by Rebecca Burns
Last year I read Rebecca Burns’ collection of short stories, Catching the Barramundi, and I was so wowed by it I was happy to receive her…
Astray by Emma Donoghue
I had a hard time getting into this book at first, but once I did I absolutely loved it. Astray is a collection of short stories…
Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell
This book has received a lot of critical acclaim in 2013, and it was as good as I expected it to be – although I have…
This is Paradise by Kristiana Kahakauwila
I don’t read a lot of short stories, but I knew I’d love this book. Hawaii is one of my favorite places, but I’m always reminded…
Catching the Barramundi by Rebecca Burns
I don’t read short stories very often, but this book caught my attention with its unusual title – I ate a lot of Barramundi in Australia. …
