Short Story Advent Calendar Unveiling: December 21 and 22

Here we go-only three days left after today!
This video is one of my longest yet, but I feel like I say next to nothing in it. Probably because I had no idea how to describe the science fiction story I just read in the advent calendar; it is literally out of this world! I know you’re groaning at the pun, but seriously,…
So I shot this video on vacation in a rental home, therefore the lighting is terrible and the sound is echo-ey. My bad. Oh, and Smokey isn’t with me, because my husband draws the line at taking our cats on vacation with us (sigh). I’m reviewing Terry Fallis’s latest book One Brother Shy, which I…
Recording these booktube videos is alot of fun, mainly because I’m not required to organize my thoughts in a coherent way (that I attempt to) when writing out a book review. I typically practice what I’m going to say all of once before I hit the record button, but that’s probably quite obvious with the…
This was a great story; it was by a Canadian (yay!) and it was sad, but not so sad that I regretted reading it. I also got a delicious cookies and cream flavoured chocolate in my Purdy’s advent calendar two days in a row (yay!). And the thumbnail clip of this video isn’t hideous, like…
Sometimes I don’t like a short story. Sometimes, it launches me into a rant about why I don’t like particular styles of writing. Today, is one of those days. On a happier note, at the end of this post is a video (hopefully it works!) of my first television book segment. Feel free to skip…
People who work at or attend universities seem to make numerous appearances in Amina Gautier’s collection of short stories The Loss of All Lost Things. Is this a problem? No, of course not, and it makes a lot of sense when you discover that Gautier is a professor of creative writing at the University of…
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My husband and Kitty came to watch the videos! Anne, we’ve been blog friends so long that you had a kid, made another kid, carried it for 9 months, gave birth, and now the kid is 7 months old. Hooray to friendship!
hooray!!!!
December 21, The One Who Is: So much going on in such a short story. Wonderfully rich. It conjured so many emotions. A lump in my throat, a tear to my eye. (Your baby had a lot to say about it, too :).)
haha yes it was very complex, I struggled finding an appropriate way to talk about it, which is probably obvious in the video LOL
December 22, Returning to the Problem: This story was too freakishly timely given the state of affairs in the world today. It was a difficult read, though. The author called it a “frankenstory” in his Hingston & Olsen interview (https://www.hingstonandolsen.com/2018/22/eugene-lim-returning-to-the-problem), and I think that pretty much sums it up. I can’t say I found it an entertaining read, but there were some interesting tidbits in there (and only 1 footnote). Today’s cover reminded me of a prison. Coincidence? I think not. I, too, honed in on the line you referenced.
Hmm glad i wasn’t alone in that! And I just received a Donald Trump mask in a holiday gift exchange (sigh)
I love your gold scrunchie!
These stories sound intense. Yay for epidurals!
It’s a bummer about the chocolate advent calendar. Maybe next year you should just go nuts and buy a new kind of chocolate treat for every day in December. 🙂
thanks-the scrunchie is fun right? I love it too. And yes, very intense story today :)
I think you should let Arthur review the next one! The second one sounds as if you found it really thought-provoking, which isn’t always easy in a short story. Maybe next year you should MAKE a chocolate advent calendar where you choose all your own favourite chocolates…
I was thinking I should force my husband to make me a chocolate advent calendar LOL