MAY: SHORT STORY MONTH 2016 30.4.16

~ Which short stories and short story collections are up next for your MAY reading pleasure? ~ Agatha Christie's THREE BLIND MICE is now in my reading lineup audio version via Hoopla Digital online.

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Many more Agatha collection choices for mystery buffs. ~*~

~ Plus much more in a wide range of genres.  ~*~ What short story choices will be next for you....? From your TBR?  What genres ? Are you reading any ARCs ?  Re-reading favs? Want to buy? A collection you'd recommend? * Or ... Are you writing short stories?
Here's the home for Short Story Month writing if you're looking to join others and share support.
~ Care to share your May short story reads and recommendations? We love to hear from you! HAPpY MAY !!

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SHORT STORY MONTH : MAY 2015

 

~ Have you been enjoying the pleasure of  short stories this month? Perfect reads for those in between moments.  The perfect read when I'm not ready to begin a new novel or have a few minutes where I can fill the time with a quick read. Also a great way to meet and try out a new to you author!
~ Here's what I've read so far : ~

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~ Free and absorbing preview of the full novel is available at goodreads link. ~

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~ This one, an audio listen, was ideal at 1 hr 43 min. ~

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~ Continuing the collected short stories of LM Montgomery in ~

~ Also a great month to wade my way through all the ebook short story downloads waiting for their reading moment.  And I 'm pretty sure it's not just me! ~

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Fun book contest win that introduced me to a new series - Wildflower BandB Romances Book 2 Island Dreams, releases this summer 2015.  Thanks to author, Kimberly Rose Johnson. ~

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Gifted by author, Alexis A Goring  -  3 shorts in a hope filled happily ever after vein.
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~ Short stories Karen writes intending as prompts for full length novels.
This collection includes :  The Silver Lining - In the End - Just Desserts -Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder - Joy - A True Friend - The Silent Type - Regrets All stories themed of Life and Love. ~

~ Looking forward to this Short Story conclusion to one romantic couple from Stacy Henrie's 'Of Love and War' series of WWI novels. Offered at the author's website Stacy Henrie ~

An absolute delight!

and a quick reminder of Stacy Henrie's capability in storytelling. Emotionally evocative, Hope's Promise is a short story richly satisfying in faith and familiarity of well drawn characters met earlier in Hope Rising book 2 'Of Love and War' series. I loved seeing Sergeant George Dennis in his farm home setting, struggling with his current setting while longing for commitment to a future. A future with a love of which he's unsure. Tenderly written and experienced in the reading. On both sides of the relationship, as we're privy to Nurse Alice Thornton's heart desires though being pursued for a different future than she'd desired.

Wonderfully satisfying conclusion, tears included!
Thanks, Stacy, for wrapping this one with a bow.

~ Have you taken the challenge?  What short stories have you read this month?
Share what short stories you've EnJoYed so far...
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BOOK COMMUNITY READING: RE-READATHON + BOUT OF BOOKS MAY 11-17.15

*Updating my Reading ...
Two Great Read-a-Thons offering opportunities to read together in the amazing online book community. ~

~ Bex - An Armchair By the Sea - hosting this comfy Re-Readathon May 4-10
Which books on your shelf deserve a 2nd or 3rd go round? Twitter chat is Wednesday (May 6th) evening at 9pm GMT/ 4pm CST
I've signed in, now which books would I like to reread... SIGNUPS OPEN HERE
Rethinking my month's reading list for this week long invitation, thanks to Bex . ~

~ Remembering MAY is Short Story Month might help in book choices ! I've picked 3.  One by English author, Beatrix Potter. One anthology of Irish authors. One Canadian short story collection of LM Montgomery's,
ANNE OF WINDY POPLARS which I'm starting with.
Adding: Agatha Christie re-listens to audio short story collections  for some travelling during the week.  Perfect! ~ *Reading UPDATES May 4-10
1st book I'm into re-reading is Anne of Windy Poplars I am so enjoying re-living my time in the very PEI town where Anne has taken the highschool principal's position, found accomodation in a home with 2 elderly women and a housekeeper. They offered her a room in a tower with views of ocean and woods. It's a book filled with Anne telling short stories of her life in letters to Gilbert who's away at college.  Typically Anne in content and description. Definitely NOT a book for speed reading this week with the other commitments I have, and the enjoyment I have in reading LM Montgomery.
It may be paced but certainly enjoyed! :) *

~ Both my children and YA work well for another event running the same week... ~ May 4-10 is also CHILDREN'S BOOK WEEK [ click for my giveaway] and Tressa at Wishful Endings is hosting a hop for all bloggers who'd like to promo  and support children's reading with a Giveaway.  Signups are OPEN HERE! ~

~ and...  I'm continuing my annual participation in ... ~

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Signups [I'm #145 now 143] and they just opened! and Starting lineup posts invited.  I'm into reading ARCs as posted here Clean Sweep Challenge for this month,  so I will continue with those during BoB as well. ~ Plus... Tamera Alexander's new release for May 12th will definitely be one - Can.Not.Wait. to get to this 2nd in the Belle Meade Plantation series Tamera is such an engaging and elegant writer, To Win Her Favor is much anticipated. ~

~ An Irish-born son far from home, Cullen McGrath left a once prosperous life in England because of a horse racing scandal that nearly ruined him. He’s come to Nashville for a fresh start, hoping to buy land and start a farm, all while determined to stay as far away from thoroughbred racing as possible. But starting over proves harder than he’d wagered, especially when Maggie Linden’s father makes him an offer he shouldn’t accept yet cannot possibly refuse...
~ Stunning read!  I could Not put it down.  Read through to completion with constant anticipation.
Fantastic story.  Exceptional author.

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May 11th - BoB begins as does my reading of  this anticipated newest Maisie Dobbs mystery of Jacqueline Winspear's. On a ship bound for England, Maisie realizes she isn’t ready to return. Against the wishes of the captain who warns her, “You will be alone in a most dangerous place,” she disembarks in Gibraltar. Though she is on her own, Maisie is far from alone: the British garrison town is teeming with refugees fleeing a brutal civil war across the border in Spain.  Under the suspicious eye of a British agent, Maisie is pulled deeper into political intrigue on “the Rock,”—arguably Britain’s most important strategic territory—and renews an uneasy acquaintance in the process. At a crossroads between her past and her future, Maisie must choose a direction, knowing that England is, for her, an equally dangerous place, but in quite a different way.

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~ * ~ Hoping to find you enjoying this online book community reading during  Re-Readathon and BoB.   ~ Any favs to share with us? ~ The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 11th and runs through Sunday, May 17th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 13 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team
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