by Connie Willis
Rating: 2* of fiveThe Book Description: Connie Willis loves Christmas. "I even like the parts most people hate--shopping in crowded malls and reading Christmas newsletters and seeing relatives and standing in baggage check-in lines at the airport. Okay, I lied. Nobody likes standing in baggage check...
It's hard to give a overall rating to a book of short stories. Some included where worth 4 or even 5 stars, and many were only 2.My favourite was The Pony, followed in no particular order by In Coppelius's Toyshop, Cat's Paw and Epiphany. The first story, Miracle, was particularly disappointing. Sti...
I'm getting into the holiday spirit and thought I'd read this thematic collection. I have to admit to a bit of trepidation, but this was actually a pretty good collection.• Miracle. 1991I'm guessing this one was Willis' favorite, as it's first, longest, and the title story, but I thought it was the ...
Makes me like Christmas more than I usually do.
It may well be that no human possesses as much humanity as Willis. In "Inn" is the single best use of the biblical Christmas story in relation to modern life, but all of them capture some aspect of the spirit of goodwill and generosity toward other people that Dickens was on to.
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