so-soSteven Rowley is always weird for me. I often have a hard time getting into his books but start liking them around the middle. With this novella, I got into it in the beginning, got a little bored in the middle, and liked the end. It really doesn‘t have a plot; it‘s a character study of a man trying to find himself after a divorce.I liked this cover. I read the ebook; Neil Patrick Harris reads the audio.
pickI recommend this as a good 15-minute Christmas story!!
4/5 ⭐️
pickSo this was so unexpected. The ending of the first tale shocked me and I wasn‘t prepared for it. This elderly woman really is up to no good. I‘m not actually sure how I feel about it. It‘s definitely dark but I‘m not sure if it‘s dark humor or just dark. But I was hooked on reading the next story and wouldn‘t mind revisiting Maud. It‘s a short book, so give it a try and see what you make of it.
I love Rebecca Dew! Now I want to re-read Windy Poplars!
Today‘s #KindredSpiritsChristmas story is “Katherine Brooke Comes to Green Gables,” which is in the “Christmas with Anne” collection. The story is an excerpt from Anne of Windy Poplars (2nd Year, chs. 5-6), and the full text of the book is available here: https://www.fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid=20100608
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I colored this picture and wrote this #haiku about it.
#haikuhive #haikuaday
#haikuhive #haikuaday
A fun “long“ short story by the indomitable Agatha Christie. I adored teaching this to my freshmen as their first introduction to Ms. Christie.
Stolen rubies hide
inside the Christmas pudding––
Poirot's on the case.
so-so109/100 This is one of the most frustrating books I've read in a long time. I enjoyed the stories, of old gods and monsters, of weird kids and strange phenomena, but I found the stories endings to be very unsatisfying. I wanted more information, I felt like they had more to tell and we (the reader) were left hanging. For an analogy, it's like watching one episode of a TV drama, and then trying to figure out the whole series. Very annoying.
pickShort stories including the inspiration for the film “The Arrival” as well as others that juggle big ideas w/a philosophical approach. So much of his work is looking at the world around him & wondering “what if”. Some impacted me more than others, but each story made me feel like I was stretching my understanding. My only complaint is that his writing is driven by cerebral quandaries, not the heart, so they felt a bit disconnected from emotion.
