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One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories
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So many stories packed into one book!
Normally, I try to write a little blurb or two about each short story in a collection but I have to draw the line somewhere. There's like 50 of them in here and I need to hold onto whatever sanity I have left.
Here are the most memorable ones:
The rematch -- Everyone knows the story of the tortoise and the hare, but not everyone knows about the aftermath. The hare was mocked relentlessly but swore that one day, there would be a rematch...
Dark matter -- An extremely distracted Millennial goes to a planetarium on the weekend. He discovers the truth behind Dark Matter but the explanation is so boring that he ends up tuning out.
No one goes to heaven to see Dan Fogelberg -- Well, everyone is finally dead and it's time to visit Grandma in heaven...only Grandma doesn't have time for the family anymore.
Romance, chapter one -- Incredibly short yet infinitely amusing. Here it is in full:
Julie and the warlord -- Hilarious. Julie goes on a blind date with a warlord. She just wants suss out his personality, he just wants to win a few battles.
The Something by John Grisham -- John Grisham, incredibly famous author, publishes his newest novel...only to realize that the incompetent intern forgot to wait for the title before sending it to the public. And what's worse? Everyone loves it.
The girl who gave great advice -- hilarious and read by Katy Perry. This girl gives the absolute best advice.
All you have to do -- One guy in a red shirt has really figured out the dating game.
The ambulance driver -- Torn between civic duty and a whimsical dream, one ambulance driver has a great and terrible decision.
The impatient billionaire and the mirror for Earth -- Self explanatory from the title. Amusing and ridiculous.
Missed connection: grocery spill at 21st and 6th 2:30 pm on Wednesday -- The return of the Red Shirt Guy. Love how this circles back to an earlier story.
Sophia -- A sex robot falls in love. Don't worry, it's definitely not going the way you think it will.
The Comedy Central roast of Nelson Mandela -- The transcription of the a comedy central roast. Surprisingly interesting - comedians poke fun at Mandela and he fires back a few zingers of his own.
They kept driving faster and outran the rain -- Title says it all.
The man who invented the calendar -- An extremely comical take on a false history. Every quirk about the calendar was thoroughly explained.
The beautiful girl in the bookstore -- short. sweet. adorable. Mildly stalkerish.
Kellogg's (or: the last wholesome fantasy of the middle-school boy) -- A poor kid learns he's adopted in the most hilarious way. I love how the name-brand vs off-brand played out!
The man who posted pictures of everything he ate -- Another extremely accurately titled essay.
Closure -- Narrated by Mindy Kaling and she channels her inner Kelly for this one. She wants closure but cannot stop thinking about a very, very permanent way of doing this.
Being young was her thing -- Slightly sad but still rather good.
The vague restaurant critic -- This one was pretty good. It poked (mostly) good-natured fun at all those YELP reviews that never actually make a point.
Wikipedia Brown and the case of the missing bicycle -- Encyclopedia Brown in the modern era
Chris Hansen at the Justin Bieber concert -- HA! Chris Hansen (TV personality known for finding pedophiles) finds himself being absolutely begged by his daughter to attend a Justin Bieber concert. He does his best to get out of it...
Great writers steal -- A couple of writes-turned-thieves in a pretty good misadventure.
The best thing in the world awards -- An award show that revealed that the best thing in the world...was nothing? Is that even allowed??
The literalist's love poem -- LOL. Yes. I need this.
J. C. Audetat, translator of Don Quixote -- This one was pretty good too. A translator amasses fame and fortune - only it's not what everyone thinks.
Audiobook Commetns
Hearing Jenna, Rainn and Mindy's voices delighted me throughout the book. There was such a variety in the short stories - some were funny and sweet, some were over in less than five minutes and some didn't seem quite right (like the heaven one). Stories like that prevented me from wanting to buy my own copy.
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Normally, I try to write a little blurb or two about each short story in a collection but I have to draw the line somewhere. There's like 50 of them in here and I need to hold onto whatever sanity I have left.
Here are the most memorable ones:
The rematch -- Everyone knows the story of the tortoise and the hare, but not everyone knows about the aftermath. The hare was mocked relentlessly but swore that one day, there would be a rematch...
Dark matter -- An extremely distracted Millennial goes to a planetarium on the weekend. He discovers the truth behind Dark Matter but the explanation is so boring that he ends up tuning out.
No one goes to heaven to see Dan Fogelberg -- Well, everyone is finally dead and it's time to visit Grandma in heaven...only Grandma doesn't have time for the family anymore.
Romance, chapter one -- Incredibly short yet infinitely amusing. Here it is in full:
“The cute one?”
“No, the other cute one.”
“Oh, she’s cute too.”
Julie and the warlord -- Hilarious. Julie goes on a blind date with a warlord. She just wants suss out his personality, he just wants to win a few battles.
The Something by John Grisham -- John Grisham, incredibly famous author, publishes his newest novel...only to realize that the incompetent intern forgot to wait for the title before sending it to the public. And what's worse? Everyone loves it.
The girl who gave great advice -- hilarious and read by Katy Perry. This girl gives the absolute best advice.
All you have to do -- One guy in a red shirt has really figured out the dating game.
The ambulance driver -- Torn between civic duty and a whimsical dream, one ambulance driver has a great and terrible decision.
The impatient billionaire and the mirror for Earth -- Self explanatory from the title. Amusing and ridiculous.
Missed connection: grocery spill at 21st and 6th 2:30 pm on Wednesday -- The return of the Red Shirt Guy. Love how this circles back to an earlier story.
Sophia -- A sex robot falls in love. Don't worry, it's definitely not going the way you think it will.
The Comedy Central roast of Nelson Mandela -- The transcription of the a comedy central roast. Surprisingly interesting - comedians poke fun at Mandela and he fires back a few zingers of his own.
They kept driving faster and outran the rain -- Title says it all.
The man who invented the calendar -- An extremely comical take on a false history. Every quirk about the calendar was thoroughly explained.
The beautiful girl in the bookstore -- short. sweet. adorable. Mildly stalkerish.
Kellogg's (or: the last wholesome fantasy of the middle-school boy) -- A poor kid learns he's adopted in the most hilarious way. I love how the name-brand vs off-brand played out!
The man who posted pictures of everything he ate -- Another extremely accurately titled essay.
Closure -- Narrated by Mindy Kaling and she channels her inner Kelly for this one. She wants closure but cannot stop thinking about a very, very permanent way of doing this.
Being young was her thing -- Slightly sad but still rather good.
The vague restaurant critic -- This one was pretty good. It poked (mostly) good-natured fun at all those YELP reviews that never actually make a point.
Wikipedia Brown and the case of the missing bicycle -- Encyclopedia Brown in the modern era
Chris Hansen at the Justin Bieber concert -- HA! Chris Hansen (TV personality known for finding pedophiles) finds himself being absolutely begged by his daughter to attend a Justin Bieber concert. He does his best to get out of it...
Great writers steal -- A couple of writes-turned-thieves in a pretty good misadventure.
The best thing in the world awards -- An award show that revealed that the best thing in the world...was nothing? Is that even allowed??
The literalist's love poem -- LOL. Yes. I need this.
J. C. Audetat, translator of Don Quixote -- This one was pretty good too. A translator amasses fame and fortune - only it's not what everyone thinks.
Audiobook Commetns
Hearing Jenna, Rainn and Mindy's voices delighted me throughout the book. There was such a variety in the short stories - some were funny and sweet, some were over in less than five minutes and some didn't seem quite right (like the heaven one). Stories like that prevented me from wanting to buy my own copy.
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Mar 20, 2018 06:31AM
Those blurbs were awesome!
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Tom wrote: "Those blurbs were awesome!"Thank you :)
For the most part, your review seems to be a positive one. Why the two-star rating?
Sean wrote: "For the most part, your review seems to be a positive one. Why the two-star rating?"Hmm.... maybe i should bump it to 3? But there were a lot of stories that just didn't make sense, felt abrasive or were too short to have an impact.
What did you make of "One of These Days, We Have to Do Something About Willie?" I kept thinking he must have left a paragraph out. I too gave it two stars, but it seems you enjoyed the whole book more than I did.
I don't understand, good review but bad rating?
This seems like a fairly positive review; why is it only rated 2 stars?
Hi Miranda, I feel the same about the quantity and that some of the stories did not seem quite right (like the heaven one). Helpful review. Ebba
My favorite was “The Best Thing in the World.”
