Pre-Owned The Kissing List (Hardcover) by Stephanie Reents

from nomadreader

The basics: The Kissing List is the debut short story collection by Stephanie Reents. Some of the stories are linked. My thoughts: The first story in the collection "Kissing," sets the stage for the rest of the book. Reents and the female narrators of her stories are young, brazen, fun and wise: ...

from apurdie

This collection of short stories reminded me a lot of Girls in White Dresses: a loosely connected group of college friends figure things out post-graduation. There are some interesting characters and the writing is lovely, but the collection doesn't fit well together as a whole and is ultimately ...

from lahochstetler

While there were elements of this book I liked, I didn't end up liking the product as much as I thought I would. The book is comprised of a series of short stories with connected characters. The stories vary in quality and tone. The first one is absolutely ridiculous. Thankfully, they do get bett...

from bonnieconnelly

a series of loosely connected short stories. Didn't like the first one but after that they took off. I felt the writing to be excellent. I wanted to know the characters better. I could see several spinning off to become a novel. but maybe it was the SS format that made the book work. Very au cour...

from cantinera

Told in an anecdotal, non-linear style, which I quite like.Some chapters were more connected and memorable than others, but overall I quite enjoyed it.