Julia at the Drive-In by Rainbow Rowell

 

OMG, this was so much fun. I pretty much never do short stories, but this was just delightful.

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A Good Person by Kirsten King

Entertaining .

Returns and Exchanges by Kayla Rae Whitaker

 

Meh.

Take Me with You by Steven Rowley

 

I usually love  Rowley, but this was disappointing.

Ms. Mebel Goes Back on the Chopping Block by Jesse Q. Sutanto

 

Decent.

Ghost-Eye by Amitav Ghosh

 

This seems like something I would hate, what with all of the magical realism and meandering, overly-detailed discursions. But for some reason I loved it. Maybe it was partially the narrator?

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The Lowe Job by Grace Alexander

 

I didn't love this because it seemed like it was neither fish nor fowl: it couldn't quite decide what genre, tone, or register it wanted to be. That said, I do think there would be a lot here for book groups to discuss.

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The Burning Library by Gilly MacMillan

 

Meh