Journal Entry 1 by cats-eye from Bishop Auckland, County Durham United Kingdom on Wednesday, May 17, 2006

From the Back Cover:

Take your partners, please.

Suburban witches, defiant old ladies, ageing monsters, suicidal Lottery winners, wolf men, dolphin women and middle-aged manufacturers of erotic leatherwear. In these twenty-two short stories from the author of HOLY FOOLS and FIVE QUARTERS OF THE ORANGE, the miraculous goes hand-in-hand with the mundane, the sour with the sweet, and the beautiful, the grotesque, the seductive and the disturbing are never more than one step away.

JIGS & REELS is Joanne Harris' first collection of short stories. As she says in her Foreword, a good short story can startle, ignite, and illuminate...giving you vivid, anarchic glimpses into different world, different people. Here, she proves she is as good as her word by creating an eclectic selection of tales for our times that will delight, surprise, entertain and horrify in equal measure. Sly, funny, sometimes provocative but always personal, JIGS & REELS shows a side to Joanne Harris you have never seen before. So go on, be tempted. After all, it's only dancing.  

Journal Entry 2 by alsgal from Lewes, Delaware USA on Friday, May 26, 2006

Received from cats-eye tonight when we met up for dinner. Sorry I had to bail on you early Jenn. I just finished packing and checking e-mail & calling DH so I thought I would journal my books before heading off to bed. Thanks so much for meeting up with me! 

Journal Entry 3 by alsgal from Lewes, Delaware USA on Monday, September 10, 2007

I wasn't very impressed by this collection of short stories. I enjoyed a few od the stories, especially The Last Train to Dogtown, but the rest just left me flat.

I totally forgot that I got this book from cats-eye. It brings back memories of our mini-meetup. I hope everything is going well for you cats-eye. 

Journal Entry 4 by alsgal at Panera Bread, 401 Vista Village Dr. (OBCZ) in Vista, California USA on Sunday, September 16, 2007

Released 4 yrs ago (9/16/2007 UTC) at Panera Bread, 401 Vista Village Dr. (OBCZ) in Vista, California USA

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Left in the OBCZ during our meetup today