Book Talk - Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

[KrfNYC2]

Now if you want a novel...I suggest "A Fine Balance" by Rohinton Mistry.

[charlottepoet]

@KrfNYC2 thanks for the novel suggestion. And ya know some people really like to do laundry :)

[KrfNYC2]

My review...well written...about as comeplling as watching someone doing laundry.

[ghostwritten87]

This book sounds good - I like novels that are made up of short stories :)

[charlottepoet]

I think you would find it pretty interesting. The crafting of the stories is impressive and the variety of views points she uses to tell the stories is amazing :)

i didn't intend to read short story collections back to back but i just started another one!

[Nicatroubadour]

a most stimulating review, sounds interesting, what kind of stories are they, where are some of them set and when? I personally always look foreward to the book reviews in the daily mail every friday and i felt tip anything that appeals, takes about nearly an hour lol, i say this as it may be available on line and it may be the bag your into.

[charlottepoet]

i don't know how to describe what "kind" of stories they are but they are set in the US state of Maine in a small town called Crosby.

i used to read a lot of reviews but now i prefer blogger comments and video reviews because they tend to be less - i like this - and more what the actual book is about.

a lot of the stories in this collection have a sense of longing for a different life, love and are just interesting because they are just simple people with regular lives :)

[Nicatroubadour]

thanks, i get what you mean style wise