I am thankful for these wonderful short stories-short enough to enjoy one during lunch hour or waiting at the doctor's office. It's also one of my favorite forms to read, because I find it a true literary art to craft a brilliant story in only a handful of pages. Last year's guest editor was Stephen King and he was inspired to write his own set of short stories after his work on the 2007 Best of Short Stories. I also took a moment to leaf through his new book, Just After Sunset and hopefully I'll get to read those stories in the near future.
I also hopped over to Goodwill, looking for stuffed animal turkeys. My teacher lunch bunch are avid Goodwill shoppers and encourage me to stop and look. Not only did I find two turkeys (for music class game songs), but I also found a Joyce Carol Oates book for $1.99 as well as The Memory Keeper's Daughter for 99 cents, both in nice condition. Other treasures included a Lightning McQueen puzzle for Connor for 70 cents and a very cute shelf for Ian when we repaint for only $3.00. I was very happy with my finds-especially the books-and Connor, having a rough day of running a fever, calmed down when we opened his new puzzle.
This book is one that I discovered at Barnes and Noble the other evening and immediately placed on my Christmas list for myself. I thumbed through, wishing I had my laptop or a notebook to work on some of the exercises. Sometimes I think my blog could be, might be and probably will be a large part of my memoir, so it couldn't hurt my blog writing either. The only thing is I don't know if I can wait until Christmas for this one!I also want to highlight a stellar new writing website called Publexicon, which is a blog production of Billy from Chapter and Verse. His evocative poetry is great inspiration and his Publexicon is a terrific source for a fledgling writer-want-to-be like me.
Feel free to share books you are reading in the comments!
5 comments:
wow all the Goodwill stuff sounds amazing. I have to see if there is one around me.
The wife is a huge fan of thrifting/goodwill. Half of our winter clothes are probably off the back of other folks this year. I should visit myself since there are books to select (my wife would get me some if she only knew what to get).
On a complete aside, you may want to check out www.nanowrimo.org- something I've been spending my time on recently. You have to basically write a novel in a month- 50K words. It's more about the quantity of writing than the quality. You polish afterwards. A little late for you to start, but something to take a peek at for the next one.
That book sounds great! I am currently reading a book sent to me by an online friend. It's hysterical! It's called, "We Thought You Would Be Prettier." She also sent one by Alice Hoffman that I will be starting shortly. I just love my online friends! I wish we all lived closer though!
Sounds like a bunch of great finds at Goodwill. Diana gave me a wonderful Salmon Rushdie story called HAROUN AND THE SEA OF STORIES. I highly recommend it. The short story really is a wonderful genre.
Great bargins- I am sure Michael is very proud of your frugalness :)
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