the vonnegut collection 1. player piano 2. the sirens of titan 3. mother night 4. 2BR02B 5. cat's cradle 6. canary in the cat house or welcome to the monkey house (i owed the latter and it had majority of the short stories featured in the former) 7. god bless you, mr. rosewater 8. slaughterhouse-five 9. happy birthday, wanda june 10. between time and timbuktu 11. breakfast of champions 12. wampeters, foma and granfalloons 13. slapstick, or lonesome no more! 14. jailbird 15. sun, moon, star 16. palm sunday 17. deadeye dick 18. fates worse then death 19. galapagos 20. bluebeard 21. hocus pocus 22. timequake 23. god bless you, dr. kevorkian 24. bogombo snuff box 25. like shaking hands with god 26. kurt vonnegut on mark twain, lincoln, imperialist wars and the weather 27. a man without a country 28. armageddon in retrospect 29. look at the birdie 30. while mortals sleep 31. sucker's portfolio 32. letters 33. we are what we pretend to be 34. if this isn't nice, what is? 35. complete stories 36. love, kurt: the vonnegut love letters, 1941-1975 ...more
attempting to fill the void in my heart after finishing cemetery of forgotten books series
blanca and the departure is blanca’s dad the author that wentattempting to fill the void in my heart after finishing cemetery of forgotten books series
blanca and the departure is blanca’s dad the author that went mad in the mansion david ends up living in or am i delulu
nameless david deserves so much better and reading this just hurts
a young lady from barcelona am I supposed to remember who laia is bc ngl I kinda forgot
rose of fire of course it’s all connected. am I even surprised anymore ?!?
the prince of parnassus is this my sign to read don quixote
a christmas tale love me a spoopy christmas story!!!
i'm going to honest i read these short stories at a point in my life where i could not escape the shadow hunter verse
⥷city of bones ⥷city of ashes ⥷cityi'm going to honest i read these short stories at a point in my life where i could not escape the shadow hunter verse
I was indeed disturbed by this short story of a family that decides to wish upon a monkey's paw. The end result was chilling to the bone and I would cI was indeed disturbed by this short story of a family that decides to wish upon a monkey's paw. The end result was chilling to the bone and I would certainly recommend this one for a quick spooky read!...more
I was disappointing by how much I did not like this short story, due to its lack-lusterless and disturbing subject matter in a non-spooky way. Unless I was disappointing by how much I did not like this short story, due to its lack-lusterless and disturbing subject matter in a non-spooky way. Unless you are a devout Edgar fan, I might skip this one. ...more
I read this so long ago, I no longer remember why I hated this so much. Trusting past-me though, I'm keeping this at one star. I read this so long ago, I no longer remember why I hated this so much. Trusting past-me though, I'm keeping this at one star. ...more
Overall this collection of short stories was alright. For someone that doesn't have a strong connection to any of these authors, I am purely rating thOverall this collection of short stories was alright. For someone that doesn't have a strong connection to any of these authors, I am purely rating these solely on my opinion of the stories with disregard to who wrote them and what else they wrote. Some stories were just average so I don't have a good opinion about them. I will instead focus on the ones I enjoyed and hated.
melted my icy heart
❅Midnights by Rainbow Rowell This was a cute read with little time jumps surrounded on NYE. My only dislike was having the repeat of the last NYE and the beginning and end of the story.
❅It's a Yuletide Miracle, Charlie Brown by Stephanie Perkins You don't understand THIS ONE WAS SO FUCKING CUTE. I was giddy like a girl with her first crush.
❅Welcome To Christmas, CA by Kiersten White i need to eat here immediately.
all you get is a lump of coal
❅Your Temporary Santa by David Levithan If I was a parent and woke up in the middle of the night to see a high school boy I don't know in my home, I would attack.
❅Krampuslauf by Holly Black Really fucking weird. I did not like this one at all.
❅The Girl That Woke The Dreamer by Laini Taylor Truth be told I hated the writing style so much, I only made it one page before giving up. Terrible way to finish the collection. ...more