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These story collections are inter-connected in some way. They will have recurring characters or portray a sense of place. Collections that have been published in novel form, such as Olive Kitteridge, would be welcome in this list.
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message 1: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Aug 20, 2022 10:34PM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) ~☆~Autumn♥♥☔ wrote: "The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories seems to be here twice. Probably a merge needs to be done."

I performed a duplicate check but the system found no duplicates ...


message 2: by ~☆~Autumn (new)

~☆~Autumn BookLovingLady wrote: "~☆~Autumn♥♥☔ wrote: "The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories seems to be here twice. Probably a merge needs to be done."

I performed a duplicate check but the system found ..."


Thanks! The covers are different but it is the same book.


message 3: by ~☆~Autumn (last edited Aug 21, 2022 02:49AM) (new)

~☆~Autumn Number 175 The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories and number 31 The Country of the Pointed Firs. Computer froze up on me!


BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) Ah .... The difference is the 'other stories' 😉 (which is why it didn't 'merge' in the duplicate check)


message 5: by NancyJ (new)

NancyJ Are so called “decimal” collections OK? book:Stars Above|25689074] by Marissa Meyer is a collection of the short stories written in between (e.g. 1.5j long books in the Lunar series. All the characters are linked to the series.

I also added a short story collection by Ann Patchett that is also tagged as a memoir.


message 6: by Elizabeth (Alaska) (last edited Sep 20, 2024 07:25AM) (new)

Elizabeth (Alaska) NancyJ wrote: "Are so called “decimal” collections OK? book:Stars Above|25689074] by Marissa Meyer is a collection of the short stories written in between (e.g. 1.5j long books in the Lunar series. All the charac..."

Sounds perfect!


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