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Jan 09, 2015 07:01PM
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These are more "essays" than "short stories" but I'm counting it anyway...Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned" by Lena Dunham
Just finished The Best American Mystery Stories 2013
I found it interesting that most of the stories in this collection I wouldn't have thought of as mysteries, at least not in the classic sense.
I expected to like more of the stories, given that it was a "Best of" collection. My two favorite were "So Near Any Time Always" by Joyce Carol Oates and "When They Are Done With Us" by Patricia Smith.
There were a couple others that were OK; the rest didn't really speak to me.
So it looks like this is the topic that won the poll for a group read! WOOOO I will have another poll up either Monday or Tuesday so we can vote on which short story collection we want to read :)
Just finished Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures by Vincent Lam, as part of a personal challenge to read all of the Giller winners in order, and it fit this category as well!
Books mentioned in this topic
Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures (other topics)The Best American Mystery Stories 2013 (other topics)
Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned" (other topics)

