Karishma's Interactive Standalone, Novella and Short Story Bingo

[Petrik]

Standalones:

Giles Kristian - Lancelot
Robert McCammon - Boy's Life
John Boyne - A Ladder to the Sky

[[deleted user]]

Standalone: Sadie
Novella:
Short story: the short life of Francois Macomber

[Soo]

Standalone: Shelter in Place by Nora Roberts

This was one of my random picks that I read yesterday. End of 2018! Woo! It was pretty great. A story about how a terrible event affects lives and a nice little romance.

Novella: Zero G by Dan Wells

Audible Original Children's Space Adventure Story
Fun story with great audio production.

Short Story: The Cage by A.M. Dellamonica
Read on Tor - https://www.tor.com/2010/07/28/the-cage/

A friend recommended to me because I was talking about how much I loved Conlan in Magic Triumphs. Quirky characters, shifter baby & lesbian romance.

[Diana Stormblessed]

Um... I'll say Snapshot for novella, or Emperor's Soul. Not sure if you've read those yet. And maybe Bram Stroker's Dracula, or Mary Shelly's Frankenstein for the stand alone, mostly cuz I have had those on my tbr forever and would totally read them with you.

[Karishma]

Virginie wrote: "Short story
Argh, I barely started to read short stories, and read most of them with you! 😱 Right now, I can only think of When We Were Starless by Simone Heller, published in the issue 145 of Clar..."

Thanks, as to your novella - it's pretty much a given I'm BR'ing all the shorter books on your list with you.

And I'm excited for it because I'm currently reading another novella by the same author and it's really good.

[Karishma]

Hailee wrote: "I don't know if this really counts as a short story or movella but i recommend A Cat Called Birmingham. One of the gunniest books I've read. I'm actually rereading it as my first book..."

Novella and thank you.

Haha short books for me this year - so no 1200+ page book. Will be waiting for your rec

[Karishma]

Narilka wrote: "Hmm. This is either a novella or short story, I'm not sure which. The Dispatcher by John Scalzi. It's 128 pages and I quite enjoyed it last year."

Thank you!!

[Karishma]

Angela Jr. wrote: "I don't know if you'd be interested in a novella series, but wayward children starting with Every Heart a Doorway is pretty nice.

Don't really read short stories except for sherloc..."

Thanks - I will put in book 2 from Wayward series because I have read 1 and really liked it!

[Karishma]

Kathrine wrote: "I nominate my favorite novella (I think?), which is Tolkien's Smith of Wooton Major. It's such a wonderful little tale which has stuck with me since I read it a few months ago"

I love that book too, Tolkien's stories are wonderful. Could you give me another suggestion since I have already read that one!

[Karishma]

Narilka wrote: "How about Spinning Silver for stand alone?"

I have read it last year and it and Uprooted were favourites.
Could you suggest something else?

[Karishma]

Petrik wrote: "Standalones:

Giles Kristian - Lancelot
Robert McCammon - Boy's Life
John Boyne - A Ladder to the Sky"

Thank you - these are books and authors that are absolutely new to me - I'm going to add book 1 and 3. I'm not sure about 2 since it's listed as horror.

[Karishma]

Slytherpuff wrote: "Standalone: Sadie
Novella:
Short story: the short life of Francois Macomber"

Thanks :)

[Karishma]

Soo wrote: "Standalone: Shelter in Place by Nora Roberts

This was one of my random picks that I read yesterday. End of 2018! Woo! It was pretty great. A story about how a terrible event affect..."

Thanks and I loved Conlan too!

[Karishma]

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Um... I'll say Snapshot for novella, or Emperor's Soul. Not sure if you've read those yet. And maybe Bram Stroker's Dracula, or Mary Shelly's Frankenstein for the stand alone, mostly cuz I have had..."

Okay to all 4 and the Buddy Read :D

[Karishma]

I still have two more slots for Standalones and 8 for Short Stories and Novellas please help!

[Em Lost In Books]

Karishma wrote: "Thank you - these are books and authors that are absolutely new to me - I'm going to add book 1 and 3. I'm not sure about 2 since it's listed as horror. ..."

2 is not horror. it is coming of age. horror is more of a mystery here.

[Em Lost In Books]

Since two picks are allowed I would like to recommend The Heart's Invisible Furies.

[Karishma]

Em Lost In Books wrote: "Since two picks are allowed I would like to recommend The Heart's Invisible Furies."

Thanks, my standalone is full now.

Any Novella (less than 200 pages)/short story suggestions?

[Em Lost In Books]

Karishma wrote: "I still have two more slots for Standalones and 8 for Short Stories and Novellas please help!"

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

[Kathrine]

Karishma wrote: "I love that book too, Tolkien's stories are wonderful. Could you give me another suggestion since I have already read that one!"

Yeah sure!

What about Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales? The Ugly Duckling or The Little Match Girl?

[Anni]

I think you switched Laura's and my name... I recommended the seventh Bride, but not the neverending Story ;)

[Karishma]

Sir Anni wrote: "I think you switched Laura's and my name... I recommended the seventh Bride, but not the neverending Story ;)"

Sorry about The Seventh Bride and for Never Ending Story - I added it because you said that it's your favourite childhood story on Laura's challenge and remember I asked you to recommend it here - I added it anyway :P

[Karishma]

Em Lost In Books wrote: "Karishma wrote: "I still have two more slots for Standalones and 8 for Short Stories and Novellas please help!"

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine"

Standalones is full now - will keep this as reserve thanks!

[Karishma]

Kathrine wrote: "Karishma wrote: "I love that book too, Tolkien's stories are wonderful. Could you give me another suggestion since I have already read that one!"

Yeah sure!

What about Hans Christian Andersen's ..."

Thanks :)

[Angela Jr.]

some more novella suggestions!
we are currently budding reading these: Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies, Short Stories from Hogwarts of Power, Politics and Pesky Poltergeists, Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide

some more HP related ones:
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Quidditch Through the Ages, Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination, The Tales of Beedle the Bard

then some others i've read and liked:
We Should All Be Feminists, In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It, Make Good Art, Animal Farm, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Tiny Wife, Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness, The Great Gatsby, Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops (has a part two as well), Frankenstein, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, Persuasion, The Encyclopedia of Early Earth (graphic novel), The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Outsiders

that's everything short that i have on my shelves! i'm sure you'll find something you like in there :)

[Angela Jr.]

ooooh, i forgot Language Myths, Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? and The Five People You Meet in Heaven!

[Mayim]

If you are still taking suggestions:

Standalone: Guns fo the Dawn - Tchaikovsky
Novella: Last Unicorn - Beagle

Both were 5 star reads for me.

[Hailee]

I had come here to recommend Dark Matter but since that category is full I recommend Animal Farm since that was one of the few books I read at school that I remember enjoying and one of the few books I've ever read that is short enough to be a novella.

[Zaara]

Ah luv, it looks like your novel and novella noms are full up so I'm happy to third A Boy's Life...looks like Manu plans to reread this one this year. This book will steal your heart. Make it a BR. Mebbe Sauron will stop by that one since I'm planning to recommend it there too.

For the novella, I'll third The Emperor's Soul...I haven't read this one but Sendai (Melissa of the Raiders who joined FBR a few hours after me) recommended it to me the very first day I was here and I've never forgetten. You are a Sanderson noob a la Mayim, no?

For the short...I'll give you an easy...choose from the originals of Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid or read The Nightingale and the Rose, depending on your mood. Even IF you've (of course) read them before. Are re-reads allowed on such challenges? I hope so. The market is saturated with retellings but nothing beats the originals, no? The Thorn Birds (that book made me uncomfortable in ways I can't describe) one of Australia's most celebrated (cult) epic family saga-y novels was inspired by the Nightingale and the Rose.

There is also an NK Jemisin urban short on Tor called The City Born Great if she is on your radar. Best of luck. Sorry I haven't put in the links and stuff but its a wonder I am able to connect at all and I dont want to piss off The Internet.

:D ARE YOU ABLE TO SEE THIS POST, K? Page is spooling buffering? loading? what is the word? since forever so I got impatient and am editing and resubmitting the comment.....

[Zaara]

Thanks for the list Ange Jr...
@Kari...novella suggestions....when you get time read LM Montgomery's the Blue Castle...
*sigh*
A dreamy nature book abt long walks in Canadian forests, a non sugary love story, an old fashioned family drama (but not too much) all in one...
And that too was ripped off by Colleen McCullough and made into the somewhat inferior but still very enjoyable The Ladies of Missalonghi.

[Anni]

I'm not K, but I can see it :)

[Zaara]

Boy's Life isn't horror AT ALL. Dont worry I'm custard when it comes to freak factor. Please don't miss readign it...

[Em Lost In Books]

Zaara wrote: "looks like Manu plans to reread this one this year. ...."

I am!! and Lonesome Dove too. :D