Category Archives: Fiction – short story anthologies

Final Thoughts (for now) on The Best of McSweeney’s (by Jill)

Posted on February 28, 2015 by badkitty1016

I just checked to see how long it took me to finish this book and essentially I spent the entire month of February with this lovely anthology. I was surprised; because usually when I spend this long on one book … Continue reading →

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The Best of McSweeney’s, Progress Report #2 (by Jill)

Posted on February 19, 2015 by badkitty1016

  Have I mentioned before how long this book is? And how heavy? And how the cover without is dust jacket (which I always take off when I’m reading because I find them to be somewhat cumbersome and I need … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on selections from The Best of McSweeney’s, the first 25% (by Jill)

Posted on February 9, 2015 by badkitty1016

Why I decided to start reading this book three days before I’m going to be living out of a suitcase in a hotel room in Anaheim for four days, I have no idea, because it’s big and heavy and not … Continue reading →

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Once again I dip into the Ecco Anthology of Contemporary American Short Fiction

Posted on March 27, 2014 by badkitty1016

I was so excited about today.  I was going to sleep in, spend the day reading enough of the book I’m currently reading to actually do a proper post about it, exercise, have a sensible dinner, and then go to … Continue reading →

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First in a series: Thoughts on The Ecco Anthology of Contemporary American Short Fiction, Joyce Carol Oates and Christopher R. Beha, editors

Posted on February 13, 2014 by badkitty1016

I read this one months ago.  I didn’t ever get around to blogging about it at the time because it was a loaner from my boss, who in turn got it from a friend of hers.  So I couldn’t keep … Continue reading →

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A Review (or Sort of a Pre-Review, Really) of Raymond Carver and Tom Jenks’ American Short Story Masterpieces

Posted on February 7, 2014 by lfpbe

It’s hard to review a collection of short stories – in fact, I don’t think I’ve reviewed a single one since we started this blog in May of 2012. I’ve read several and wanted to review them, but where would … Continue reading →

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