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The Curiosities From acclaimed YA authors Maggie Stiefvater, Tessa Gratton, and Brenna Yovanoff comes The Curiosities: A Collection of Stories. A vampire locked in a cage in the basement, for good luck. Bad guys, clever girls, and the various reasons why the guys have to stop breathing. These are but a few of the curiosities collected in this volume of short stories by three acclaimed practitioners of paranormal ... Full description
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Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
We have three very different YA authors, with three very different styles and that's what so surprising about this book. It's like the present that keeps on giving. The hard back books is a thing of beauty and its large structure is magic.
By Ine H
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This is great. Not only were the stories beautiful and very different, the comments and remarks the authors made in the sidelines are fun to read. The stories are the same ones as you can find on the Merry Fates website, so if you like those or one of the authors, you'll love this.
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4.4 out of 5 stars
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Delightful Short Stories with Lots of Twists
3 Aug 2012
By Book Sake
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
After having reading works by each of the authors and visiting the Merry Sisters of Fate website, I was excited to see this book come out. Each short story features a little intro by the author of that story along with another one of the writers and their view on the story.
All of the stories have handwritten notes from the authors in the margins. Often they talk about what they liked and what worked and how they got to that point in their writing process (and maybe even what one author wishes she would be able to write as well as the others). I'm not certain if the finished book will state whose comments are whose, but in the ARC it didn't show that - so unfortunately I couldn't tell who was saying what. It would have been nice to know if it was the author commenting on her own work or if it was one of the other two making comments.
Mixed in between the stories are a few extra handwritten things from the authors. The usual - hand drawn diagrams of what subject matter makes up their brain, what their office space looks like, lists of what goes into their stories. I think that the handwritten bits are the best part of this book, especially for writers.
The stories vary in length from a couple of pages to 20ish (at least via a digital book). There are a number of standouts from each other, as well as a number that just went on and on and seemed to get lost. That was expected though, as what they have done on their website is new and different, clever and quirky.
Any fans of any of these writers will find something to delight them. If you haven't read one, two, or any of the writers - then this is a great anthology to get to know them and find which ones writing style you like best. While they are all very different, I think most that like one author will probably be fond of each of them.
ARC reviewed by Jessica for Book Sake.
All of the stories have handwritten notes from the authors in the margins. Often they talk about what they liked and what worked and how they got to that point in their writing process (and maybe even what one author wishes she would be able to write as well as the others). I'm not certain if the finished book will state whose comments are whose, but in the ARC it didn't show that - so unfortunately I couldn't tell who was saying what. It would have been nice to know if it was the author commenting on her own work or if it was one of the other two making comments.
Mixed in between the stories are a few extra handwritten things from the authors. The usual - hand drawn diagrams of what subject matter makes up their brain, what their office space looks like, lists of what goes into their stories. I think that the handwritten bits are the best part of this book, especially for writers.
The stories vary in length from a couple of pages to 20ish (at least via a digital book). There are a number of standouts from each other, as well as a number that just went on and on and seemed to get lost. That was expected though, as what they have done on their website is new and different, clever and quirky.
Any fans of any of these writers will find something to delight them. If you haven't read one, two, or any of the writers - then this is a great anthology to get to know them and find which ones writing style you like best. While they are all very different, I think most that like one author will probably be fond of each of them.
ARC reviewed by Jessica for Book Sake.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good for aspiring YA writers
28 April 2013
By Krista Cubicleblindness
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
The Curiosities is not only a collection of some of the short stories that these authors have put together. It also contains drawings, comments and moments of interest that each author finds in the others' work.
The commentary that is put within the pages of the book are helpful hints for what works in a story and what doesn't. The book not only contains stories that are entertaining and interesting. The points of interest for me lays within the notes between the lines. Readers who are particularly interested in writing may find some of these techniques offered within the pages useful in their own practices.
With experiments like writing a story with no dialogue. To perspective and length, as well as what qualifies as an ending to a story.
Each story varies from author, and length, subject and technique. But always there is a constant communication between the authors and their critiques and comments on each others work, What they love about each writing style, and how something works well (or doesn't) Also fun drawings throughout of things like their own personal writing spaces to outlining what is important to each of them in a story.
I recommend this book for those readers that not only enjoy the author's novels. But for those interested in writing as a past time or profession. The topics are interesting and I surprised myself in finding inspiration within these pages. A good text for writing prompts and inspiration for your own fictional writing.
The commentary that is put within the pages of the book are helpful hints for what works in a story and what doesn't. The book not only contains stories that are entertaining and interesting. The points of interest for me lays within the notes between the lines. Readers who are particularly interested in writing may find some of these techniques offered within the pages useful in their own practices.
With experiments like writing a story with no dialogue. To perspective and length, as well as what qualifies as an ending to a story.
Each story varies from author, and length, subject and technique. But always there is a constant communication between the authors and their critiques and comments on each others work, What they love about each writing style, and how something works well (or doesn't) Also fun drawings throughout of things like their own personal writing spaces to outlining what is important to each of them in a story.
I recommend this book for those readers that not only enjoy the author's novels. But for those interested in writing as a past time or profession. The topics are interesting and I surprised myself in finding inspiration within these pages. A good text for writing prompts and inspiration for your own fictional writing.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Weird and wonderful!
13 April 2013
By Heidi G
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
As I am not a fan of short stories, this book was an unexpected pleasure. The three writers offer very short stories of which many had been published on the Merry Mates blog. The paranormal element will appeal to many teens (and adults) and the story lines always seemed to catch me off-guard and definitely wanting more. A superb story element was the notes in the margins by the three authors, each "written" in a different font. As an educator, it reminded me of the notes written on student work to advise/question/comment. What a great strategy to employ for student review of other students' work. A teacher in my school is almost finished reading the book and loves it! I anticipate a long hold list for this book.
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