Now my list of “to read” is even longer. If I started now and never slept, I still wouldn’t finish the list before I died. Unless I lived to 120 and my dry eye syndrome was magically cured. Not to complain, but that, along with the attention span of a flea, are the main reasons my book reading has dwindled considerably.
So short stories are often my jam now. Here’s 5 collections I love.
Bryan, you've added three books to my TBR, damnit. I'm not a Christie fan, although I kinda liked that one, but the Bester is one of my favorite Sci-Fi books ever! It wasn't until I was in my late forties that I realized it's based on The Count of Monte Cristo, and in fact, I think it's better.
Well these are off the beaten path: I’m going to take you up on the Richard Power’s book, one of his I haven’t read. Overstory is still the most impressive book I’ve read in many years.
Now my list of “to read” is even longer. If I started now and never slept, I still wouldn’t finish the list before I died. Unless I lived to 120 and my dry eye syndrome was magically cured. Not to complain, but that, along with the attention span of a flea, are the main reasons my book reading has dwindled considerably.
So short stories are often my jam now. Here’s 5 collections I love.
George Saunders - Civilwarland in Bad Decline
Alan Heathcock - Volt
Kurt Vonnegut - Welcome to the Monkey House
Alice Munro - The Lives of Girls and Women
Mary Gaitskill - Bad Behavior
"The Deep South might be wretched, but it can howl."
B. Hannah, Captain Maximus
Bryan, you've added three books to my TBR, damnit. I'm not a Christie fan, although I kinda liked that one, but the Bester is one of my favorite Sci-Fi books ever! It wasn't until I was in my late forties that I realized it's based on The Count of Monte Cristo, and in fact, I think it's better.
Well these are off the beaten path: I’m going to take you up on the Richard Power’s book, one of his I haven’t read. Overstory is still the most impressive book I’ve read in many years.