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4/5🌟
This is actually four stories from a larger work called The Decameron. The first story had had me giggling, the second both made me laugh and made me angry, the third was just like 😬, and the last was horrifying. Really, really attention grabbing. I gave it four stars just because that third story was so bawdy that it made me uncomfortable, lol.

I wasn't going to read anything until my library hold became available, but here we are. I mean, what else am I supposed to do while I drink tea?

🌟🌟🌟🌟/5

4 stars feels a bit dramatic, but 3 1/2 seemed too little. A collection of amusing tales of doomed loves and risky affairs. A fun read with some strong willed women (for the time period), and comic heroes and villains to boot. A good little read ☺🧡

Decided it was about time I catch up on my reviews because I almost always forget at the time 😉

Brandon and I went thrift shopping yesterday for my birthday in Fort Wayne! We were going through our haul today and I pulled this slip of paper out of a book we bought! 😲 Is this cool or creepy? Or both?

#bookhaul #birthdayhaul

From the back cover: "Bawdy tales of pimps, cuckolds, lovers, and clever women." I had already read one of these four stories (Patient Griselda) but the rest were new to me. It makes me want to read the rest of the Decameron.

Following the advice of @smccallum we got the whole set 😁

I was not expecting this collection to be as fun as it was! Really enjoyed the stories that were often very witty and cheeky and will be adding Decameron to my TBR

Decided to work through one or two of these a week, really enjoying this one so far!

Finally making a start on this beautiful collection...I actually really enjoyed these short stories. They were much funnier than I was expecting (which probably says more about my knowledge of 14th century literature than the book itself) The Decameron is going on my to read list so It's a thumbs up!

Several short stories. #penguinlittleblackclassics#1

This was a strange collection of short stories full of daring escapes out of coffins, ever patient wives and priests who just want to get laid. Yeah. It was fun but I wasn't going crazy over it.