The Best American Mystery Stories 2005 (The Best American Series)7 reviews Houghton Mifflin, 2005 Great for lovers of dark literary fiction. + Intricate mysteries + Good collection of dark mysteries This book is not for sissies! It's a collection of fantastic, dark & edgy crime stories of fine quality for those who love this type of thing. Who better than Joyce Carol Oates and Otto Penzler to deliver the most unique and provocative yarns for your consumption. If you're a fan of real writing ...             A Dixie Christmas: Holiday Stories from the South's Best Writers Algonquin Books, 2005 An Algonquin tradition continues with this third stellar collection of holiday stories by some of the South's most distinguished writers. This year's volume, with a preface by the acclaimed Fred Chappell, includes stories of families, couples, children, and those on their own, illustrating the many ways that Christmas can manifest itself: from the teacher who shows one boy how to manage the world ...             The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour: The Frontier Stories: Volume Three1 review Louis L'Amour Bantam, 2005 More Great westerns The stories are fresh and new. I was expecting many to be re-prints of some of other books. One story was very close, but still a great read. I highly recommend this volume and am eagarly waiting for volume five.             Ordinary Heroes: A Novel71 reviews Scott Turow Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005 Incredible World War 2 novel full of engaging characters + Good experience + Solid Turow Book + Turow tries something a bit different--and it works + Slow to start, powerful second half.             Christmas Stories from Georgia University Press of Mississippi, 2005 Penned by distinguished and emerging writers, the works in Christmas Stories from Georgia span over two centuries of the state's storytelling. From the Blue Ridge Mountains to the seaport Savannah, the landscapes, characters, and holiday traditions described by these writers are uniquely Georgian. Waiting to be unwrapped are scenes of Georgia Christmases past and present. Lillian Smith ...             The Rainbow Stories (Contemporary American Fiction)4 reviews William Vollmann Penguin (Non-Classics), 1992 lower extremity + I was there and this book is spto on. Yes the charactor ARE real! + Somewhere over the "Rainbow" + Skillfully and imaginatively crafted             Transgressions: Ten Brand-New Novellas10 reviews Lawrence Block, Jeffery Deaver, ... Forge Books, 2005 A smorgasbord of great reads! + A Reading Buffet + More Novellas, Please + 10 Excellent Novellas             The Brides Of Christmas: The Wise Virgin\The Vagabond Knight\The Unexpected Guest10 reviews Jo Beverley, Margaret Moore, ... HQN Books, 2005 NO END FOR THE DE BERGH SAGA!! + The Brides of Christmas, The Unexpected Guest + Three Superb Short Stories + Two great stories, and one adequate one             Where Three Roads Meet: Novellas (.)3 reviews John Barth Houghton Mifflin, 2005 The Return Of The Master + Barth surfaces with excellent mettle this time Few readers are indifferent to the works of John Barth. Most either love or hate them. For myself, I freely admit to being a Barth lover. The best of his books--"Chimera", "Giles Goat-Boy", "Lost In The Funhouse" and one or two others--are joys to read. True, he has let us down a bit lately, but in ...             Dragon Seed (Buck, Pearl S. Oriental Novels of Pearl S. Buck.)8 reviews Pearl S. Buck Moyer Bell, 1992 AN EARTH-SHAKING NOVEL; PEARL BUCK AT HER FINEST + Even Better than Good Earth! + Better Than Good Earth + Unforgettable + novel of a lifetime             Henry James: Complete Stories 1898-1910 (Library of America)1 review Henry James Library of America, 1996 Writing style unreadable IMHO This is the first two paragraphs from the last story "A Round of Visits" If you like this kind of writing then you'll like Henry James. I didn't care for it. "He had been out but once since his arrival, Mark Monteith; that was the next day after -- he had disembarked by night on the ...             A Season of the Heart: Rocky Mountain Christmas/The Christmas Gifts/The Christmas Charm (Harlequin Historical ...1 review Jillian Hart, Kate Bridges, ... Harlequin, 2005 FROM BACK COVER Three Rugged Western Men Three Courageous ladies Three Festive Tales to warm the heart this Christmas! Rocky Mountain Christmas - by Jillian Hart Summoned on a dangerous snowy night to deal with two stowaways, Sheriff Mac McKaslin discovers they are non other than a homeless you widow - ...             Selected Stories14 reviews Andre Dubus Vintage, 1995 Worth reading again and again . . . + A greater writer. + Morality, Religion, and Family + Human and humane             Classic Cowboy Stories: Eighteen Extraordinary Tales of the Old West (Classic)2 reviews Michael McCoy The Lyons Press, 2004 Enjoyable Cowboy Stories - both fiction and biography + review of classic cowboy stories Michael McCoy has compiled an enjoyable collection of eighteen cowboy tales written in the late 1800s and early 1900s. I had expected Classic Cowboy Stories to be entirely fictional short stories. However, many entries are chapters taken from novels, biographies, and travel writings. McCoy was ...             A Redbird Christmas: A Novel105 reviews Fannie Flagg Fawcett, 2005 Book Review + redbird family christmas + Fannie Flagg Fan + Very touching + Uplifting             The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty17 reviews Eudora Welty Harvest Books, 1982 Don't Neglect Eudora Welty + Wonderful reading. + Lots of Gothic Here + Mysterious Power + Buy A Large Highlighter             The Best American Nonrequired Reading 20054 reviews Houghton Mifflin, 2005 Best Nonrequired Reading So Far + Best Non-required reading + A Delightful Series + the best             The Adventure of the Missing Detective: And 19 of the Year's Finest Crime and Myster: Plus complete coverage ...2 reviews Carroll & Graf, 2005 The short story lives! A great book to take along on vacation. Enjoy interesting well written mysteries by true masters of the genre. Compilations often come off as pretentious and try to reach above what they really are, pure entertainment. The editor selected great examples, not a dud in the bunch, and 25 stories gives ...             Count Magnus and Other Ghost Stories (The Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James, Vol. 1)5 reviews M. R. James Penguin Classics, 2005 Huge fan.... + Academic and Exciting Ghost Stories + More fantastic Victorian ghost stories + Good edition -- just not enough of James' stories             Breaking the Cycle31 reviews Strebor Books, 2005 I'm glad ZANE put this one together! + WoW! + True To Life Stories I plan on choosing this book for next month's meeting of Tell Me A Story Book Club. We don't normally do short story collections, but since we made one exception this year already, I thought maybe we will try it out for 2007! It is a book that has a very good message. The stories are sad and ...