The Shell Collector: Stories | 
pickThis short story collection that explores themes of the natural world was hit or miss for me. The ones with elements of fantasy just didn‘t work for me at all. But The Caretaker, one about a man fleeing the Liberian civil war who finds himself in Oregon unable to move on, is one of the best individual stories I‘ve read this year. The title story was great, too. A worthy #BorrowNotBuy.
pickThe short story, Mkondo, I will think about forever.
so-soThis arvos walk home from work. Off to yin yoga tonight with the step daughters too. Keeping up with goals to a certain extent. May have gone over the wine limit last night. @wanderinglynn
bailedArgh! My first bailed book for 2019. 😩 I got through a third of this audiobook & found it incredibly boring. I don‘t think the narrator helped either. I picked it because I wanted something to listen to & I thought All The Light We Cannot See was OKAY.
I don‘t think the book is entirely to blame. I‘ve been too busy to read this week, so I‘m quite behind on my goals. Any free time I‘ve had I‘ve been too tired to read! 😴
“You spend your life avoiding these things; you end up seeking them out.”
Taking a break from Tristram to delve into these short stories.
pickThere must not be much profit in short stories because I don't see a ton of them out there on the market. But the form is so satisfying when well done, which AD did beautifully with this anthology imo. #shortstories #mentalescapes
so-soI don‘t know if I was in the right mood for this. These stories are quiet and contemplative; the writing is beautiful at times but I just kept getting distracted. I did love the title story and So Many Chances, though.
More than one shell collector in this household.
I mostly picked up this book because I like the rhythm of Doerr‘s writing style and wanted a hiatus from a Holocaust book. It‘s a collection of short stories, each one with, not exactly a moral , but a tale or yarn with many layers of complexity. The language is beautiful, I don‘t always love the stories.
pickOnly took me 8 months to finish! I tend to take breaks between short stories but I think this was even better because I dragged it out. Favorites were "The Hunter's Wife", "The Caretaker", and "Mkondo".
Now, moving on to this... I'm choosing to read this because it's a collection of stories that I think I can easily detach from (as I need to make a lot of time for studying and school work) as opposed to a novel that I would probably become too emotionally invested in, and have a hard time breaking away from. I loved All the Light We Cannot See by Doerr, so I'm hoping this is great in its own way 😊.
Short stories paired with a cortadito while waiting for court to be in session. ☕
As I've mentioned, I'm busily tearing out articles, book reviews, essays, etc from seemingly every publication known to man. Most get categorized and donated to the local Biblioteca, so naturally I keep "a few" for myself! Note to self: you have to pack these all home along with all the books and shoes you bought! #blameitonlitsy #somethingforsept #septphotochallenge
These books just arrived, and I have another 4 coming next week. I'm not sure when I plan to do all this recreational reading when I just started my 18 unit school semester 🤔 #letshopeforamiracle
so-soIt took me forever to finish this one. My favorite stories were The Caretaker and Mkondo.
pickIf you loved Al the Light We Cannot See, and enjoy short stories, you have to read this. Doerr steeps his characters in specialness. I cannot stop thinking about them.
pickFabulous short story collection from the author of All the Light We Cannot See. It's a gem!
It's National readathon day hosted by ALA and Penguin Randomhouse. What are you reading? #readathon2016
