Olathe Public Library- GoodReads Branch discussion

War Dances After listening to an audiobook of Alexie's prize-winning young adult book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, I wanted to read more of Alexie's work. This collection includes both poems and stories. Most offer an enjoyable read, I especially liked "The Senator's Son" and the title story, "War Dances." Many of his other books received better reviews, and I plan to seek those out, but this provided a taste of the writer's strengths and weaknesses.

I love listening to Sherman Alexie read his own work. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is one of my all-time favorite audiobooks. I've read he is working on a sequel to that book. I sure hope that is true. My favorite story in this collection was "War Dances."

I'm adding this to my list!

Gregg wrote: "I love listening to Sherman Alexie read his own work. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is one of my all-time favorite audiobooks. I've read he is working on a sequel to that book. ..."

I hadn't heard about the sequel. My son, Martin, listened to The Absolutely True Diary... as well, though it was a little too old for him.

When I was reading War Dances, I didn't realize the book won the 2010 Pen/Faulkner Award for fiction.