"(Th)ings and (Th)oughts" by Alla Gorbunova

Translated from Russian into English by Elina Alter. This is a collection of very, very short stories. If I counted correctly, there were 62 short stories. All of them were shorter than five pages. This was a wild variety of stories. Many were philosophical, even more were funny, some were spooky, while others made me stare into the distance in confusion. A few challenged me to look at something in life in a different way, several fell flat and made me quite bored. The most fun thing about reading this collection was seeing how many different ideas the author could come up with. Very creative. Although these stories were enjoyable, they quickly became overwhelming reading them back-to-back. So I read about one or two a day and then put the book away again. If you're someone who isn't convinced about the short story format, I'd skip this one. I think it can be frustrating to have a collection of that many odd stories. There are better places to start your journey of becoming a short…