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Mixed Bag III

Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales by Michael Chabon et

The Final Solution by Michael Chabon

This Telling by Cheryl Strayed

Sweet Virginia by Caroline Kepnes

Shine Pamela Shine by Kate Atkinson

Halfway to Free by Emma Donaghue

Graceful Burdens by Roxanna Gay

Bear Witness by Mark Gaitskill

The Contractors by Lisa Ko

Sun of a Beach by Mia Sosa

The Wonderful Adventure of Nils by Selma Lagerlof

April 12, 2021 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Thrilling Tales – 2/5 Stars I’ve read this book twice previously and more or less liked a lot of the stories. But this reread was pretty sour for a few reasons. The story collection is ostensibly a genre collection of adventure stories posed off of Michael Chabon’s childhood of reading such stories. There’s probably references in the introduction to Edgar Rice Burroughs and Edgar Wallace and other Edgars. And so, when I bought and read this story in college, I felt more or less that […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Caroline Kepnes, Cheryl Strayed, Emma Donaghue, Kate Atkinson, lisa ko, Mark Gaitskill, Mia Sosa, Michael Chabon, Michael Chabon et, Roxanna Gay, Selma Lagerlof

vel veeter's CBR13 Review No:172 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Caroline Kepnes, Cheryl Strayed, Emma Donaghue, Kate Atkinson, lisa ko, Mark Gaitskill, Mia Sosa, Michael Chabon, Michael Chabon et, Roxanna Gay, Selma Lagerlof ·
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