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

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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