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... those can be found both in the 50 Books group and in my library. And please don't take me seriously... seriously.
01. Stories of Anton Chekhov, Anton Chekhov
02. A Prescription for Love :P, Leeanne Marie Stephenson
03. Log of the S.S. the Mrs. Unguentine, Stanley Crawford
04. Please ... 1. Stories of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov
Chekhov is now my favorite Russian author. This book of 30 short stories cut slices of Russia and laid them bare. Though some may see them as vignettes of hopelessness I thought that most characters displayed at least a glimmer of, if not ... Nice idea! I scrolled through nearly 300 entries to get to (unbelievably) Stories by Anton Chekhov (not the touchstoned work). It's on my list in the 888 Challenge this year, so it won't be a problem to read and review.
Yet ... LTers have catalogued so many books of Chekhov stories, and ... "888 Challenge: Read 8 books in each of 8 categories during 2008." It feels big -- 64 books! -- since I’ve read only ~45 books per year in each of the last 5 years.
But this year's choices are well-screened: every book designated by "#" comes from my to-be-read shelves -- books I already own ... ... each in 8 different categories in 2008"), and included a category of short stories:
Ideas of Heaven by Joan Silber
Stories of Anton Chekhov
The Best American Short Stories 2007
The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel
The Complete Stories by Flannery O’Connor
Unaccustomed Earth ... I’m taking the 888 Challenge: "Read 8 books each in 8 different categories in 2008."
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Edited to move remainder of post to LT's 888 Challenge group.
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