Task 3: A Collection of Short Stories

[Book Riot]

This thread is for dropping ideas, questions, resources, comments, and discussion about Task 3: A Collection of Short Stories (either by one person or an anthology by many people).

Here are a few resources to get you started:

http://bookriot.com/2014/05/27/great-...

http://bookriot.com/2013/10/08/116-fa...

https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

[Jenny]

I'm planning on The Empathy Exams: Essays, but I've been wanting to get into short stories more for a while. Can't wait to see what other people are reading!

[Rita]

This totally gives me an excuse to buy Almost Famous Women: Stories I've been dying to read this since Rebecca first mentioned it months ago!

[Melissa]

Deciding between Redeployment by Phil Klay and Thunderstruck by Elizabeth McCracken, which could not be at further ends of the funny/depressing spectrum. Guess it will depend on what kind of mood I'm in when I get to this task :)

[Lauren Henderson]

Margaret Atwood just released her first short story collection in several years, Stone Mattress: Nine Tales. I've had Atwood on my radar for a long time but never actually read anything by her, so this will be a good way to get into her books.

[Malvina]

Complete Short story collection by flannery oconnor has been tragically sitting on my tbr shelf for years.

[Kathryn]

I've owned a copy of The Stories of John Cheever for decades and never read it. No more excuses.

[Malvina]

Kathryn wrote: "I've owned a copy of The Stories of John Cheever for decades and never read it. No more excuses."

Eek me too. I have it in the giant orange hardback. It keeps staring at me from my bookshelves.

[Kathryn]

Malvina wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "I've owned a copy of The Stories of John Cheever for decades and never read it. No more excuses."

Eek me too. I have it in the giant orange hardback. It keeps staring ..."

I have the mass market, equally orange and teeny tiny print. o.O

[Shelby]

Just got a couple collections of F. Scott Fitzgerald's short stories, so either Flappers and Philosophers or Tales of the Jazz Age

[Karin]

Melissa wrote: "Deciding between Redeployment by Phil Klay and Thunderstruck by Elizabeth McCracken, which could not be at further ends of the funny/depressing spectrum. Guess it will depend on what kind of mood ..."

I read both this year and you can't go wrong with either.

[Sarah]

The Adventures and the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. It's been standing on my shelf for months - I can't believe I haven't read it yet!

[Kelli]

I'm reading The Collected Stories by Eudora Welty which has been on my shelf for awhile.

[Rachel]

I plan to read FAMILY FURNISHINGS by Alice Munro. I loved DEAR LIFE and have wanted to read more of her work.

[Rainey]

I plan on reading hateship,frienship, courtship,loveship by Alice Munro, or Tenth of December by George Saunders. I am trying to read all of the challenges from my TBR pile, and it appears I can. Wow - I have way too many books.

[Michele]

don't we all. Maybe you can find the last 4 at the library and then it will be a no spend win, too. Well. except for all the others you can't resist buying LOL

[Mindy]

Stone Mattress for me, too. Love Margaret Atwood.

[Lisa]

I recently acquired Adaptions: From Short Story to Big Screen (35 great stories that have inspired great films). Its a long one, but I'm going to go for it.

[Amii]

Tenth of December-George Saunders

[Samantha]

Planning on reading Sherlock Holmes vol 1. It's been on my bed side table for over a year.

[Natasha]

I'm planning on reading Cat Stories as my first challenge (I'm not doing them in order), as soon as I finish Hogfather :)

[☕Laura]

I'm planning to read The Beautiful Indifference: Stories.

[Aurora]

It's not out until February, but I'm very excited to read Making Nice.

[Natasha]

Sigh.. I could absolutely not wait to start reading some of my Christmas/birthday presents (lots of bookish delights!), so I just started Cat Stories as my pick for this category. Looking good so far :)

[Melissa]

My Father's Tears by John Updike

[Lily]

This will be the first task I'll do. I'll read Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri. I haven't read a short story collection in a really long time, so I'm excited to see how this goes.

[Pierre]

The Decline of Pigeons Downers Grove, IL author. There is a playlist associated with this for any interested.

[Brianna Graham]

I shall take on Dubliners by James Joyce. I am of Irish descent and will be going to Dublin on my honeymoon in May so this seemed like an appropriate choice.

[Clémence]

I'm planning to read Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders by Neil Gaiman because I already own a copy.

[Brianna Graham]

Clémence wrote: "I'm planning to read Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders by Neil Gaiman because I already own a copy."

I love Neil Gaiman but have not read any short stories by him. This one is going on my TBR.

[Clémence]

Brianna wrote: "I love Neil Gaiman but have not read any short stories b..."

You can also try Smoke and Mirrors, I already read it, it's awesome ! I actually discovered Neil Gaiman with it.

[Sally]

The Cleverness of Ladies - Alexander McCall-Smith

Small cheat as I did start this before Christmas and forgot about it until I started checking my bookshelves to see what I have already got for this challenge

[Vauna]

I just fell into completing this one. I borrowed Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys from the library at Christmas but only started it today. I love it when books I want to read make completing a task easier than I thought it was going to be.

[Kelly]

I've spent the day reading. Great first day of the year! Read my book for this task. Homeland And Other Stories by Barbara Kingsolver, who is one of my favorite authors.

[Patricia]

Anton Chekhov, About Love and Other Stories

[Melissa]

Finishing the DRC galley of Almost Famous Women: Stories - definitely recommend it! (and it's not very long!)

[Bailey]

J D Salinger - For Esme - With Love and Squalor (Nine Stories)
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[Brianna Graham]

Clémence wrote: "Brianna wrote: "I love Neil Gaiman but have not read any short stories b..."

You can also try Smoke and Mirrors, I already read it, it's awesome ! I actually discovered Neil Gaiman wi..."

It is on my TBR list now. Thanks!

[Elisabeth]

On Jan 1 I read The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher - I had only read her novels before (Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies) - I really enjoyed these short stories. She is a wonderfully polished writer who never uses a superfluous word or phrase - yet is a master of the telling detail.

[Lydia]

loved my ARC of Get in Trouble by Kelly Link!!

[Joanne]

Finally getting to read Jhumpa Lahiri! Going to start with Unaccustomed Earth.

[Katie]

Would a book of short essays, true stories, qualify or does this need to be fiction? I'm thinking about reading Bad Feminist.

[Pat]

My mother she killed me,my father he ate me. Retold fairy stories edited by Kate Bernheimer.Some of the stories a bit too edgy even for me and I read LOTS of horror.pb.

[Missy]

Oh, dear. I am one story away from finishing "Bark" by Lorrie Moore, and I am not enjoying it. I'm going to try another short story collection: "This Is How You Lose Her" by Junot Diaz

[Soscha]

I was going to read "Babylon Revisited" for this category but decided to go with Nam Le's "The Boat". Just visited tonight; highly recommended. He's such a vivid, lyrical writer.

[Brandyn]

Would "Olive Kitteridge" count for this category? It sounds like it's several short stories wound around the same character?

[Sonnie]

I'm thinking or

[Pam]

Here is something a little different, if you like the fantasy genre - with stories selected by Neil Gaiman.

[Kathy]

I'm starting The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes for this challenge.

[Heidi]

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