Stefan Dziemianowicz

Got this book to read Nina's story but I'll pick out some more. Most of these are really, really, really old stories. I have a hard time with old dialect so I often stick to stories from 1970 unless something convinces me to break that rule like a good recommendation or a familiar name.

Read:
~Nina Kiriki Hoffman - Coming Home 1990 - 2* - This author must have had something bad happen to her as a kid :/ This one stayed with me a bit after reading. The ghost was her 9 year old self. She "died" after an incident when she was 9. As an adult she moves back into the house where it happened. That is where the ghost is. :(

~Fred Chappell - Miss Prue 1981 1* I got to the end but I don't really get it.

~Alan Brennert - Ghost Story 1977 DNF disjointed, not a story

~Steve Rasnic Tem (3)
1. Daddy 1986 2*,
2. Her New Parents 1988 2* unreliable narrator I think,
3. Shadows in the Grass 1983 2*

~William F. Nolan - Gibbler's Ghost 1974 - 3* - haha the irony. He solves his first problem just to have it happen again.

~Jessica Amanda Salmonson Harmless Ghosts 1990 3*

~August W. Derleth (2)
1. The Metronome 1934 3*,
2. Pacific 421 1944 4*

~M.R. James - Rats 1929 - 2* - I did struggle with the dialect. I didn't really understand the ending and all the reviews on GRs don't tell you the ending. Instead they say "read it for yourself". So I found this http://literature.wikia.com/wiki/Rats which puts it in modern English. That was helpful and brought the story up to a 2*.

~The Night Wire (1926) by Henry Ferris (AKA H. F. Arnold) - ppl seem to highly recommend but I didn't enjoy. - 1* - A classic "weird tale". I'm sure in the 1920s it was great but at this point I'm at saturation and ready to move on. A bit of the Orson Wells aliens are landing combined with a Twilight Zone ending.… (meer)

This is a 613 page anthology of very short mystery stories, all featuring cats in one way or another. Cats being mysteries themselves are very good at solving mysteries created by we imperfect humans:) Each of the 100 little stories here, by different authors, take only minutes to read and all feature cats either as the good guys… or in some cases the bad. Of course everyone who is, or has ever been, owned by a cat knows that there is no such thing as a “bad” cat...simply misunderstood. Some of the stories are deadly serious while others are absolutely hilarious. Even if you are a “dog” person you will find these little stories delightfully entertaining…and for “cat” people…they are diffidently recommended by your cat.… (meer)