Lisa @ANZ LitLovers is hosting the inaugural Short Story September where we are encouraged to ‘discover short story collections that are good to read.’ In more recent times I have been reading short story collections very, very slowly as I try to savour each individual story, but the focus of this month is on the collection … Continue reading Short Story September| This Reading Life
Last month, when Marcie, Bill and I read Gooseberries for our George Saunders Swim in a Pond in the Rain project, we discovered that the Anton Chekhov story was actually part of a trilogy of stories. When I dug a little deeper (Wikipedia) I found that Chekhov in fact had even bigger plans. On 29th … Continue reading The Little Trilogy | Anton Chekhov| This Reading Life
I turned the 6 into an 8. And the 1 into a 9. In a matter of seconds, my world was transformed. I clicked the cap back on the red felt-tip pen. The 61 I earned on my English test was now an 89. In What You Are Looking For is in the Library, Michiko Aoyama … Continue reading The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park | Michiko Aoyama| This Reading Life