Status Updates From Selected Stories by O. Henr...

"The Social Triangle" is a great story about those who we look up to and who they look up to. The twist was slightly obvious, but how O.Henry got there was great

Whoever said money can't buy love hasn't paid $3000 to create a false traffic jam in NYC so that his son can propose to some random.lady he kind of knows.

3 stories left, some of these are great, some are just meh, but they are all a good way to pass the time

Just read Tobin's Palm
My new favorite story in this collection
It genuinely made me smile at the end

4 stories left to finish

cool little tale of a boxer turned bronco for today

The Cabellero's story was a good one

The Broker's Romance is the weakest I've read so far in this collection

back at it, I found the book!!

"The Love-Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein" is short and to the point. Ikey, educated pharmacist is well respected, but shy. He is friends with a man who loves the woman he also loves. His friend asks for a "love potion," an Ikey pretends to oblige while sabotaging his friend's plan. Hilarity, and a heartwarming character change, ensues.

"The Gift of the Magi" is one of my favorite short stories ever, and rereading it brought a smile. Dipping into this book at random times has been great

„statistics, the lowest grade of information that exists „

„statistics, the lowest grade of information that exists „

“[…]; nor do I assume to master the thoughts of any human heart; […]” uuuuh but you do, Mr O. Henry

Interestingly, this collection starts with one of my least favorite O. Henry stories. I picked this up because I remember that I loved the stories I read by him when I was younger, but "The Plutonian Fire" did not work for me.

A Retrieved Reformation

The Gift of the Magi

The Last Leaf

I love O. Henry’s surprise endings! I was already familiar with The Gift of the Magi, but found many other gems in this volume!

This reminds me of one of those pretentious high school students (which could have been me, 50 years ago) who think impressive writing is about using multi-syllable words he just scoured from the dictionary. And where would he publish? In the Reader's Digest, of course. 😄

Still it is occasionally amusing and the cleverness, in a limited kind of way, is apparent.

Slowly but surely I’m getting through it

Short stories with unexpected twists at the end of each one, and doesn't require a ton of concentration which is great for me when I'm tired.

"Whenever he is called upon, pointedly, for a story, he will maintain that his life has been as devoid of incident as the longest of Trollope's novels. But lured, he will divulge."

Quite relatable!

While the Auto Waits was a great story. I anticipated one twist, but got two!

The Ransom of Mack had me stunned; it made me go back and read the story again.

I've decided it. The Count and the Wedding Guest has overwritten After 20 Years as the best story.

So far, After 20 Years is my most favorite.

An Unfinished Story, By Courier, The Buyer From Cactus City and The Foreign Policy of Company - each put a smile on my face.