Book Review
Basic Details:
Book Title: A Trunk full of
Tales
Subtitle:
Author:
Elizabeth Grimes Brown
Genre: Short stories
Part of a series?
Order in series:
Best read after earlier
books in series?
Available: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33655928-a-trunk-full-of-tales
Overall
score:
I
scored this book 5/5
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Short
Summary of the book:
A collection of amazing and entertaining
short stories. A wide range of different genres, there certainly is something
for everyone. I loved them all.
What
I liked about the book:
A wide range of short stories that made you
want to keep turning the pages.
What
I didn’t like about the book:
I enjoyed the entire book.
My
favourite bits in the book:
The wide range of different stories, all
entertaining.
My
least favourite bits in the book:
I enjoyed the entire book.
Any
further books in the series? Any more planned by this author?
This author has written several other books
and the ones I’ve read so far have made me a fan.
What
books could this be compared to and why?
This is a great collection of short stories.
Recommendation:
In
summary, I would recommend this book for the following readers:
|
Children |
No |
|
Young
Adult |
Possibly |
|
Adult |
Yes |
If
you like short stories that tell a complete
story, this book may be the book for you.
I’m
certainly looking forward to reading more by this author.
Book
Description by Author:
A collection of stories ranging in length and
genre, but each with a tale to tell.
'An American Drive' - A romantic journey cut
short.
'The Escape' - Does the bright light spell
safety or danger?
'Time Slip' - Trapped by a change in time.
'Mind Games' - A cruel trick of nature.
'The Premonition' - Can a horoscope predict
the future?
'Eavesdropping' - Overheard on the bus 'I
found a body on the road'
'Life in a Bottom Drawer' - Life-story of
previous residents revealed through items found in a chest of drawers.
'Doppelganger' - Identity theft not always
good face value.
'Is the grass greener?' - Should she be happy
with what she's got, or pursue her colleague's dream?
'The Runaway' - Appearances can be deceiving,
just like the defiant runaway, Katy.
About
the Author:
Born
into a small parish in the Dock Road area of Liverpool in 1941 at the height of
the ‘big blitz’ I, like many children born around that time, learned to make
our own fun through escapism. Pretending or story-telling became part of our
daily lives.
After
being employed in some menial jobs, and while raising my family and working for
23 years as a bank clerk, I was always keen on being creative, be it
dressmaking, decorating or art. There were a few successes along the way: I won
a home make-over competition in a national newspaper in the year 2,000. A piece
of my art was hung in the local library as part of an exhibition, and to add to
my repertoire, at the grand age of fifty, I achieved my bronze, silver and gold
in tap-dancing, ta-da!
It
was only on retiring that I decided to enroll in a creative writing course.
After 2 years and a grade 1 and 2 accredited by Lancaster University, I applied
and gained entry to a BA Creative Writing degree at Edge Hill University.
Unfortunately, due to home and family commitments, this exercise was cut short.
I
have been treasurer of our local Writers’ Group for many years and have gained
knowledge, experience and confidence through public readings. I have had some
success with acceptance for Puffin books and short stories in a couple of
anthologies, and while taking part in a letter-writing venture for the
‘Liverpool Sea Odyssey’ to commemorate the centenary of the sinking of the
Titanic, my two letters were among the hundred selected to be fired from a
cannon at the culmination of the event.
I
have three novels and a book of short stories published with FeadAread.com, and
in addition to the paperback version, I now have all of my work available on
Amazon Kindle.
You
can follow me on my Elizabeth Grimes Brown Author page on Facebook or
elizabeth0141@twitter.com
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