Good Bones

This is a collection of pieces, at times humorous, on many aspects of life. The subject matter ranges from men and women, to the future, death and fantasy. Not my usual fare, back to something more satisfying. ( )

This is a collection of very short fiction by Margaret Atwood. It is mostly a collection centered on ideas rather than on characters. Ms. Atwood re-tells fairy tales and other stories from the perspective of a single character, explores the portrayal of women in stories and talks about how to make a man. Great fun. Light read, but thought-provoking...the kind of thing that will play around in your mind after you've read it. ( )

A collection of short (VERY short) fiction, mainly exploring the female consciousness, mostly through the retelling of children's stories. ( )

This is the UK edition and doesn't contain "Simple Murders" My Michigan bookstore carried many UK editions (because of the Canadian connection donchaknow) and so i picked this one up first when the other came out other than the additional story things were completely rearranged and seemed different somehow (plus i liked the cover a little better so what the hell--nothing wrong with that) A superb collection. ( )

This is an eclectic collection of short pieces (a little too short and non-narrative to be called short stories) on topics such as Chicken Little, the importance of dumb women in literature, Hamlet from Gertrude's perspectives, war, death, birth and more. There is no doubting, reading this, that Atwood has a feminist bent, but don't let that you scare you off - it is definitely not a ram-down-your-throat version of feminism. Rather, it is a funny, smart and insightful perspective.
I would not recommend this as an introduction to Atwood - a first time reader would probably be better suited to reading one of her novels such as The Blind Assassin or The Handmaid's Tale first. But I think that for readers that have encountered Atwood before, this collection will give you an insight into a fascinating and wryly humourous writer. ( )