Socks

by Stephanie Bibb, Stephanie Flint

970 words. Two teens chose to save a library instead of escape into bunkers when their city was attacked. Now they try to stay together and find the device necessary to read the files they saved.


Written by Stephanie Flint (formerly published under her maiden name, Stephanie Bibb).

ebook

First published April 21, 2012

About the author

My name is Stephanie Flint, formerly Stephanie Bibb. (You can find the 1000 Word short stories under both names). I primarily write science fiction and fantasy, and I also do book cover design-- which is the main thing my blog focuses on.

My 1000 Words short story project encompasses both fields of interest-- I wrote ten 1000-word stories and created book covers for them to start my portfolio.

Right now I'm working on a series of novels with my husband, along with my own set of fantasy novellas, and those are listed under my married name. :-)

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How I Rate Books On Goodreads

I saw another profile sharing how they rate books on Goodreads, and decided to do the same. I like reviewing the books I finish reading and saying what I liked or didn't like about them, but I want to clarify how I rate books. I base the rating off of the Goodreads scale, and I rate higher or lower on how I personally enjoyed the book in order to have a better chance of finding similar books I'll enjoy per the Goodreads recommendations list.

So even if I rate something lower than five stars, it doesn't mean the book is bad-- just that it may not suit my personal tastes. If I rate something low, I usually try to leave a review as to why I rated it low, that way other potential readers will have an idea of its something they may actually enjoy. :-)

5 Stars - I absolutely adored this book. It was exactly what I wanted to read, it kept my attention, and I'll definitly think back to this book again and may eventually reread it.

4 Stars - I enjoyed this book. Every once in a while I'll probably reread select passages.

3 Stars - I liked the book. It wasn't bad, but I'm not as enthusiastic about this book as others.

2 Stars - This book is okay. I enjoyed reading the story, but it didn't quite resonate with me the way other stories do. It has its drawbacks that kept me from fully enjoying the story, but other readers will probably enjoy this more than I did.

1 Star - I did not like this book. The book isn't necessarily bad. Most likely, this book was not in a genre I enjoyed or it simply did not click.

Reviews

[Marcia Carrington · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an intriguing short story which deftly creates its narrative world with sound descriptions, these defining a picture of the sounds and sights very well. The only drawback is that it is too short - it would definitely benefit from lengthening, to thereby explore the elements it briefly alludes to in more detail.

[Chris The Story Reading Ape · Rating 5 out of 5]

Is this a timely lesson in this electronic and highly uncertain age?

Books are knowledge and it is written, a child shall lead them.