Shorty September: A Pile of Short Possibilities! |

[@pastorytime2683]

Ooo i like the look of that Dorothy Parker! Thanks so much for joining us!! ❤❤ Siân

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Thanks Siân, so excited for all the short books! 💛

[@StephanieJCohen]

Great possibilities. Of Mice & Men is quite powerful.

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Thanks Stephanie. I’m looking forward to reading it. 😊📚

[@jimsbooksreadingandstuff]

Shorty September sounds like a great way I can catch up with my Goodreads Target, I am currently trailing 3 books behind. The Midwich Cuckoos is a great read, there is a movie Village of the Damned from back in 1960, which is also very good. Enjoy your September reads.

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Excellent way to catch up! Thanks for the film info too, I may try and see if I can find that one to watch. 😊📚

[@harmonyln7]

Think I might just have to reread "Of Mice and Men". I also plan to read the first Sherlock Holmes book, since it's only 160 pages. Not sure if it comes into any prompts though. Did you see my video comparing the book and play of "Kidnapped"? That's also a film, so you could use that if it's short enough.

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Oh Kidnapped is a good one. I would have thought it’s short enough. I love the Sherlock Holmes books, though my favourites are the short stories and The Hound of the Baskervilles. 😊📚

[@clarepotter7584]

'Of Mice and Men' is still being studied, I did it for GCSE as did two of my children. It's worth reading in terms of the concept of the American dream. Shorty September seems like a good excuse to reduce the TBR pile.

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

I’m looking forward to it, as I feel I missed out by not getting to study it when I know so many do. It’s a great excuse to reduce the TBR and I’m all for it! 😊📚

[@ameliabarlowbooks]

I did some extra credit work around Of Mice and Men when I was in Year 7 because I was just such a massive nerd, it’s a great one to get stuck into! enjoy Shorty Seps 💖

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Thanks Amelia, that sounds promising. I loved English at school. 😊📚

[@GemofBooks]

Of Mice and Men!! That is one of the most amazing books. A masterclass in how to write a short book! I didn’t realise Women Talking was so short!! Now I want to add it to my already unachievable TBR! I reckon you’ll read 4/12 😂

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

You know how I love a small but perfectly formed book. Cannot wait to read it. 4 would be a solid effort taking into account all my other crazy plans! 😜

[@bookssongsandothermagic]

Watching this inspired me to definitely do it this year. Love the video and love the mention of The Word for World is Forest. It’s not very violent, it’s more philosophical and I’m sure you’ll love it. I think Becky Chambers is a fan of Le Guin. Really glad you picked it up.

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Yay! You should. It seems a good way to knock a few off my TBR. Thanks for influencing my buying of The Word for World is Forest, I’m looking forward to reading it! 😊📚

[@LeanneRose]

I might casually jump on board with Shorty September - I need to get my TBR down and an excuse to plough through some short books might help!

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Do! I’m definitely viewing it as an opportunity to reduce the TBR a bit. 😊📚

[@AnaMoShoshin]

So many good options for Sept! Good luck and have fun with all your reading!

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Thank you! I hope you pick up something enjoyable in September too. 😊📚

[@jenniferlovesbooks]

I'm reading a Celia Fremlin book at the moment - Uncle Paul- and thoroughly enjoying it!

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

That’s great to hear. I’ll look forward to that one. 😊📚

[@BookishAdventuresInWellbeing]

Women Talking was made into a film last year so would work for half and half shorts.

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Thanks, I thought of that one while editing. Might watch that after reading. 😊

[@blixem59]

I really enjoyed Women Talking - both the book & the film.

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Good to hear, I’m very intrigued to read it. 😊📚

[@YourTrueShelf]

I've also got Ursula K Leguin and Dorothy Parker on my shorty tbr! Both different books though. I'm really excited to read just short books and hopefully reduce my tbr by 12 too!

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Both authors I’m so excited to try for the first time! I hope we both reduce our TBRs a bit! 😊📚

[@spreadbookjoy]

I have also not read Of Mice and Men. I like the sound of lots of these! I guess three or four will be read! Frighteningly, I think anything set in the eighties or nineties is now considered historical fiction 😬

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Wow I’m surprised I’m not the only one who hasn’t read Of Mice and Men. I hope it’s as good as I have heard. 😊📚

[@tyghe_bright]

The movie for Women Talking is *brilliant*

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

That’s great to hear, I’ll look forward to that. 😊📚

[@RovingReader]

Have the best time! I’m participating too! 🎉

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Yay! Happy Shorty reading! 😊📚

[@roderickohanlon1361]

There are at least two film versions of The Midwich Cuckooos, the earlier one called I think The Village of the Damned is my preferred version, there is also a TV Series of the book.

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Excellent, thanks for the recommendation! 😊

[@punitavisvanathan]

I think you should try and get to the Steinbeck, you will love it. East of Eden is my favourite of his books. There was an old tv adaptation with Jane Seymour, was shocked at her character's cruelty, sheltered teen that I was😂. Read the book and loved it. I have no doubt that you will get to most of the books 👍. Happy Reading!

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Thanks for the the recommendation and the confidence in my reading! 😊📚

[@BookwormAdventureGirl]

Looooove Of Mice and Men. I have Women Talking and must get to it. Yay for a Canadian author. Looking forward to all of your thoughts on what you do get to. 😊💙

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Thanks Jolene. Looking forward to all of them! 😊📚

[@zachreads]

My translated book will be A Doll House by Henrik Ibsen, it's a turn of the century Norwegian book that sounds super interesting for it's time

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Oh you have me intrigued now. Definitely looking in to that one. 😊📚

[@jorjastonej]

My favorite length of a book is about 300 pages. These days, many books longer than 300 pages suffer from poor editing. With that said, I have and do enjoy many longer works. The Great Circle is one example. I loved short Foster by Claire Keegan and recently read two short works, one based in Japan and one based in China. Happy Shorty September very soon!

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

I do agree, I love a book that is small but perfectly formed and very often when I read longer books I feel like they could have lost 100 pages and been better for the edit. You are right on Great Circle, that’s an example of a book telling its story in the amount of pages needed, no detail is wasted! 😊📚

[@bjminton2698]

My favorite length for a mystery is around 200 pages. For me, current publications are just too long. After AC, my favorite books are mysteries from the 80s, 90s, and 2000s. Back then, paperbacks were less than $5. I predict you will read 4 of these shorties next month. The Steinbeck should definitely be one of them! 🙂

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

I do think 200 pages is a perfect mystery length, well between 200-300, not more. Definitely agree that current writers crime books have got too long. One of my favs from the 80s is Dick Francis but I don’t have any left that were under 250, all over 300 now I think. I hope I do read 4, I might start with Steinbeck! 😊📚

[@CharlieBrookReads]

I guess you will read 8. Of Mice & Men and Women Talking are really good books. I hope you love them too!! ❤ I hope you enjoy everything you get to!!

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Ooh 8, I hope I do! Those are probably the two I most want to get to! 💛

[@WhatVictoriaRead]

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[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Thanks Victoria! 💛

[@sherrirabinowitz4618]

Of the Mary Westmacott books that I have read, (3) Absent In The Spring is my favorite. Did you read about that book in her autobiography? She wrote really quickly and yet she says it is her favorite, she was very proud of it.

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

I did, I very much enjoyed Christie’s autobiography. It’s always interesting to me to read a book the author was particularly pleased with. 😊📚

[@sherrirabinowitz4618]

@@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf I agree, after reading that the book is the one she was most satisfied with I had to read it.😊📖

[@glendaw5221]

I think the shortest book I’ve read might be 84 Charing Cross Road. I usually like nonfiction shorties. 😂

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

I really want to read that one one day Glenda. I couldn’t find any non fiction shorties on my shelf. 😊📚

[@charlottemolloy]

Hope you enjoy women talking!

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Thanks Charlotte, looking forward to it.