Selected American Short Stories Audiobook (Unabridged)

" I only had to skip 3 of these, the rest were all very good reads. "

" There are some great stories in this collection. "

" Miracle Polish by Steven Millhauser was so creative and original and a different twist on a house of mirrors. "

" Best American Short Stories 2012 was my book group's January selection. While I immensely enjoy short stories, I don't like reading the stories one on top of the other. "

" A couple real gems in here. "

" The 2012 edition had more engaging stories than the 2011 edition, but it paled compared to the O'Henry Prize Stories of 2012. I'll have to start getting the O'Henry series every year... "

" Out of all the stories in this anthology Julie Otsuka's Diem Perdidi was by far my favorite, although it was heartbreaking. "

" I love short stories. This book fit in well with my hectic January schedule. "

" Really, a 3.5. Interesting collection overall. Could really see Perrotta here... "

" Loved every one, especially "Tenth of December" by George Saunders, "North Country" by Roxane Gay and "The Sex Lives of African Girls" by Taiye Salasi. "

" I read this collection every year. This year, a graduate student trying to develop an algorithm to predict which short stories a reader will like had me read and rate stories in the order he selected. It was fun! I hope he does well with his project. "

" Most of the stories were good and a couple were wonderful, but there was a depressing sameness of tone for almost all of them. None of the pleasure of discovering a new voice or new way of viewing the world. "

" There's a couple of duds (the Lawrence Osborne, the Julie Otsuka) but overall surprisingly good. "

" Some of these stories were amazing, others did not grab me, but on the whole this is a solid collection. "

" My favorite annual anthology. It never disappoints. "

" Like my friend Grace.... read most, skipped around....stopped... too many other better books to read. "

" Not one of the best volumes of Best American Short Stories I've read. Most of the stories are worth reading, but editor Tom Perotta's final selections are not terribly diverse in tone and substance, and much of the collection feels of the same vein. "

" I did not enjoy this quite as much as I have enjoyed other volumes in this annual series. The opening story, by Carol Anshaw, was my favorite. "

" A couple I loved, most were good, a couple I just didn't connect with. "

" This series is always worth reading! Great stories! "

" Underwhelming. 2-4 that are actually somewhat memorable. The rest were unspectacular. "

" An amazing set of short stories. Two that were breathtaking to me were "What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank" by Nathan Englander and "The Sex Lives of African Girls" by Taiye Salasi. But each story in this collection well done. "