Names I Call My Sister: Stories
by Mary Castillo (Goodreads author!), Berta Platas, Lynda Sandoval
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Women with sisters or friends they wish were their sisters!
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Read in November, 2007
Names I Call My Sister had two strikes against it when I picked it up for review. First, it isn't a novel, it's four novellas, and I am notoriously impatient when it comes to short fiction, and secondly, the cover is a little dull. Which is a real shame, because the quick-fire, funny reads inside are anything but.
The novellas are linked by the theme of sisterhood, and cover topics such as sharing secrets, running away from your husband (briefly), and S&M (not as naughty as it sounds, appar...more
The novellas are linked by the theme of sisterhood, and cover topics such as sharing secrets, running away from your husband (briefly), and S&M (not as naughty as it sounds, appar...more
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I was disappointed with this book. From the title and the cover I didn't think it was just going to be sex stories. I don't have anything against this kind of fiction, but it's not my cup of tea.
The writing isn't great, and some of the stories just aren't interesting or are completely predictable (the first two especially). This is just quick read mass-market junk.
I wish I wasn't the type of person who has to finish what they start reading.
The writing isn't great, and some of the stories just aren't interesting or are completely predictable (the first two especially). This is just quick read mass-market junk.
I wish I wasn't the type of person who has to finish what they start reading.
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Read in July, 2007
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Chick or Chica Lit readers
This was ok. I think part of my problem with the book is that I don't really like short story anthologies because just when I start to get attached to the characters, the story ends. The authors are all gifted writers, I just wish there were more story.
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I only read half of the short stories because although they were interesting, the end of each story was disappointing.
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I enjoyed this book. There was only one story that I felt I could have one with out.
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