5 stars
Jackaby short story-- read anytime after you've read the first book
Jackaby surprises Rook with a birthday treasure hunt and, naturally, hilarity ensues.
This is listed as book 1.5, but as long as you read the first book first, so you know the characters, you're good.
Read it whenever.
I read it right after reading Ghostly Echoes, because that was when I realized it existed.
If you haven't read the first Jackaby yet... what is wrong with you?
Go. Read it. Now.
Showing posts with label short stories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label short stories. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Glitches and The Queen's Army by Marissa Meyer
4 stars each
Prequels to Cinder and Scarlet, respectively
http://www.tor.com/stories/2011/12/glitches
http://www.tor.com/stories/2012/11/the-queens-army
These short stories give us a glimpse of Cinder's and Wolf's life before the books.
Even though Glitches happens before Cinder, I actually recommend reading both in between Cinder and Scarlet so that you already have a feel for the world.
They probably deserve 5 stars, but I struggle with short stories in general. Generally there's just not enough to them for me.
I did really enjoy them both.
Overall, they're both definitely worth the read.
Prequels to Cinder and Scarlet, respectively
http://www.tor.com/stories/2011/12/glitches
http://www.tor.com/stories/2012/11/the-queens-army
These short stories give us a glimpse of Cinder's and Wolf's life before the books.
Even though Glitches happens before Cinder, I actually recommend reading both in between Cinder and Scarlet so that you already have a feel for the world.
They probably deserve 5 stars, but I struggle with short stories in general. Generally there's just not enough to them for me.
I did really enjoy them both.
Overall, they're both definitely worth the read.
Thursday, October 10, 2013
You Lucky Dog! by Kate Kelly
4 stars
Copy received for review
A collection of short little... not stories, really. Well, yes stories. Articles? Whatever.
Anyway.
Little tidbits about various dogs, from town mascots to movie dogs to presidential pets.
An entertaining quick read. Some of the stories were really interesting. Most of the dogs were ones I'd never heard of.
Excellent choice for any dog/animal lover.
Copy received for review
A collection of short little... not stories, really. Well, yes stories. Articles? Whatever.
Anyway.
Little tidbits about various dogs, from town mascots to movie dogs to presidential pets.
An entertaining quick read. Some of the stories were really interesting. Most of the dogs were ones I'd never heard of.
Excellent choice for any dog/animal lover.
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Notes of a Tourist on Planet Earth by JD Smith
Copy received for review
3 stars
R-4
This one was actually hard to rate. It's a little book made up of poems, essays, stories, etc... and some totally deserve 5 stars... and others I didn't get.
And I didn't read the one on bestiality.
So yeah, definitely a lot of "adult content" though the one about visiting a dominatrix was actually a) not really dirty and b) really kind of interesting.
The section of stories people have told him in his travels felt confusing because there's no context. And they're written in the first person. So that just threw me off a bit.
My favorite page, hands down, was "Rejected Menu Item Proposals for Disney World". Hilarious.
And what were the proposals? you ask.
Crab Sebastian
Hakuna Frittata (I LOVE that one. Too funny.)
Jasmine Rice
Pocahummus (I also really love that one.)
Mickey Mousse (They should totally name a dessert Mickey Mousse!)
The other odd thing about this little volume-- I actually had to look up words. I never have to look up words.
Granted one that I looked up also had dictionary.com stumped, so I still don't quite know what that was all about.
Overall, it was a mixed bag for me.
3 stars
R-4
This one was actually hard to rate. It's a little book made up of poems, essays, stories, etc... and some totally deserve 5 stars... and others I didn't get.
And I didn't read the one on bestiality.
So yeah, definitely a lot of "adult content" though the one about visiting a dominatrix was actually a) not really dirty and b) really kind of interesting.
The section of stories people have told him in his travels felt confusing because there's no context. And they're written in the first person. So that just threw me off a bit.
My favorite page, hands down, was "Rejected Menu Item Proposals for Disney World". Hilarious.
And what were the proposals? you ask.
Crab Sebastian
Hakuna Frittata (I LOVE that one. Too funny.)
Jasmine Rice
Pocahummus (I also really love that one.)
Mickey Mousse (They should totally name a dessert Mickey Mousse!)
The other odd thing about this little volume-- I actually had to look up words. I never have to look up words.
Granted one that I looked up also had dictionary.com stumped, so I still don't quite know what that was all about.
Overall, it was a mixed bag for me.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
What do Fish have to do with Anything? by Avi
3 stars
yf short stories
I do not love short stories. I just don't.
I always feel short-changed. There's just not enough to most of them to feel like they really stand alone well.
And for the most part, that's what I found here. I felt like 2, maybe 3, of the 7 had enough to them and I only really really enjoyed one of them. I didn't hate the others... but I'm just not sure I could say I liked them all that much.
Which is probably really just me. And my not loving short stories.
Teacher Tamer was my favorite.
yf short stories
I do not love short stories. I just don't.
I always feel short-changed. There's just not enough to most of them to feel like they really stand alone well.
And for the most part, that's what I found here. I felt like 2, maybe 3, of the 7 had enough to them and I only really really enjoyed one of them. I didn't hate the others... but I'm just not sure I could say I liked them all that much.
Which is probably really just me. And my not loving short stories.
Teacher Tamer was my favorite.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Book of Enchantments by Patricia C Wrede
4 stars
I always love Patricia Wrede's books, but I had forgotten how little this volume of short stories is actually connected to the Enchanted Forest series. I really wish they'd done a volume entirely of Enchanted Forest stories, but only 2 of the 10 in here are connected and only 1 has familiar characters.
While I enjoy the other stories, I had a much harder time with several of them this time. They're not all the same age level thematically or in tone. A good 6 of them are fairly dark. Which is fine, except I was reading this with Boo, to kind of "finish up" reading the Enchanted Forest series. We skipped 6 stories because they'd have been either boring or scary or both. (And I had to slightly edit a 7th as we read it.)
(I read all of them... it'd been years since I'd read them and I was trying to figure out which ones I felt comfortable reading to Boo.)
I wish they'd done a book of Enchanted Forest stories and put the others in a different collection for an older audience.
I always love Patricia Wrede's books, but I had forgotten how little this volume of short stories is actually connected to the Enchanted Forest series. I really wish they'd done a volume entirely of Enchanted Forest stories, but only 2 of the 10 in here are connected and only 1 has familiar characters.
While I enjoy the other stories, I had a much harder time with several of them this time. They're not all the same age level thematically or in tone. A good 6 of them are fairly dark. Which is fine, except I was reading this with Boo, to kind of "finish up" reading the Enchanted Forest series. We skipped 6 stories because they'd have been either boring or scary or both. (And I had to slightly edit a 7th as we read it.)
(I read all of them... it'd been years since I'd read them and I was trying to figure out which ones I felt comfortable reading to Boo.)
I wish they'd done a book of Enchanted Forest stories and put the others in a different collection for an older audience.
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