Sara's Bookshelf

Hello friends! This week we are reading The Adventure of the Engineer`s Thumb, a Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. If you enjoy the adventure with Sherlock and Doctor Watson and want to hear more, be sure to check out episodes 1, 7, 13, and 20. If you are enjoying the show, please rate and follow! It helps other people find and enjoy the show too. If you want to send me some feedbac...

Hello friends! This week we are reading the second half of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. It was written in 1922 by F. Scott Fitzgerald. If you enjoy F. Scott Fitzgerald`s work and want to hear more, check out episodes E:2A - E:2I on The Great Gatsby. If you are enjoying the show, please rate and follow! It helps other people find and enjoy the show too. If you want to send me some feedback...

Hello friends! This week we are reading the first half of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. It was written in 1922 by F. Scott Fitzgerald. If you enjoy F. Scott Fitzgerald`s work and want to hear more, check out episodes E:2A - E:2I on The Great Gatsby. If you are enjoying the show, please rate and follow! It helps other people find and enjoy the show too. If you want to send me some feedback o...

Hello friends! This week we are reading the short story called An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge, written by Ambrose Bierce in 1890. If you are enjoying the show, please rate and follow! It helps other people find and enjoy the show too. If you want to send me some feedback or suggestions for future stories, I`d love to hear from you! You can email me at: sarasbookshelf.podcast@gmail.com Thanks for...

Hello friends! This week we are reading the short story Rip Van Winkle, by Washington Irving. It was published in 1819. If you enjoy this episode and want to hear more of Washington Irving`s work, you can jump back to episodes E:18A and E:18B and listen to Sleepy Hollow. If you are enjoying the show, please rate and follow! It helps other people find and enjoy the show too. If you want to send me...

Hello friends! This week we are finishing the novella Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck. It was written in 1937. If you are enjoying the show, please rate and follow! It helps other people find and enjoy the show too. If you want to send me some feedback or suggestions for future stories, I`d love to hear from you! You can email me at: sarasbookshelf.podcast@gmail.com Thanks for listening! Sara

Hello friends! This week we are continuing the novella Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck. It was written in 1937. If you are enjoying the show, please rate and follow! It helps other people find and enjoy the show too. If you want to send me some feedback or suggestions for future stories, I`d love to hear from you! You can email me at: sarasbookshelf.podcast@gmail.com Thanks for listening! Sara

Hello friends! This week we are continuing the novella Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck. It was written in 1937. If you are enjoying the show, please rate and follow! It helps other people find and enjoy the show too. If you want to send me some feedback or suggestions for future stories, I`d love to hear from you! You can email me at: sarasbookshelf.podcast@gmail.com Thanks for listening! Sara

Hello friends! This week we are continuing the novella Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck. It was written in 1937. If you are enjoying the show, please rate and follow! It helps other people find and enjoy the show too. If you want to send me some feedback or suggestions for future stories, I`d love to hear from you! You can email me at: sarasbookshelf.podcast@gmail.com Thanks for listening! Sara

Hello friends! This week we are continuing the novella Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck. It was written in 1937. If you are enjoying the show, please rate and follow! It helps other people find and enjoy the show too. If you want to send me some feedback or suggestions for future stories, I`d love to hear from you! You can email me at: sarasbookshelf.podcast@gmail.com Thanks for listening! Sara

Happy Mothers Day friends! This week we are starting the novella Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck. It was written in 1937. If you are enjoying the show, please rate and follow! It helps other people find and enjoy the show too. If you want to send me some feedback or suggestions for future stories, I`d love to hear from you! You can email me at: sarasbookshelf.podcast@gmail.com Thanks for listen...

Hello friends! This week we are reading the original short story of The Little Mermaid, written in 1837 by Hans Christian Anderson. The original version is a bit more gruesome than the Disney version so be aware of that! If you are enjoying the show, please rate and follow! It helps other people find and enjoy the show too. If you want to send me some feedback or suggestions for future stories, I`...

Hello friends! I must apologize, I have not been able to post an episode in a few weeks. But we are back to normal episodes and finishing where we left off. This week we are finishing the novella The Little Prince, written originally in French by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. It was published in 1937. If you are enjoying the show, please rate and follow! It helps other people find and enjoy the show t...

Hello friends! This week we are reading the first half of The novella The Little Prince, written originally in French by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. It was published in 1937. If you are enjoying the show, please rate and follow! It helps other people find and enjoy the show too. If you want to send me some feedback or suggestions for future stories, I`d love to hear from you! You can email me at: sa...

Hello friends! This week we are finishin the novella Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka. This story was written in 1915 and is an interesting commentary on the effects of isolation. If you are enjoying the show, please rate and follow! It helps other people find and enjoy the show too. If you want to send me some feedback or suggestions for future stories, I`d love to hear from you! You can email me at...

Hello friends! This week we are continuing the novella Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka. This story was written in 1915 and is an interesting commentary on the effects of isolation. If you are enjoying the show, please rate and follow! It helps other people find and enjoy the show too. If you want to send me some feedback or suggestions for future stories, I`d love to hear from you! You can email me...

Hello friends! This week we begin the novella Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka. This story was written in 1915 and is an interesting commentary on the effects of isolation. If you are enjoying the show, please rate and follow! It helps other people find and enjoy the show too. If you want to send me some feedback or suggestions for future stories, I`d love to hear from you! You can email me at sarasb...

Hey friends! Today`s story is The Emperor's New Clothes. This story was published in 1837 by Hans Christian Anderson alongside the infamous story The Little Mermaid (which is much more gruesome and terrible than Disney would have us believe!) You can find a PDF version of this story here: file:///C:/Users/gatem/Downloads/fairy-tales-and-other-traditional-stories-035-the-emperors-new-clothes%20...

Hello friends! Today we are reading The Five Orange Pips, a story from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Collection written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This particular story was published in 1892. If you are enjoying the show, please rate and follow! It helps other people find and enjoy the show too. If you want to send me some feedback or suggestions for future stories, I`d love to hear from you!...

Happy Sunday friends! Today we are reading a short story thriller called The Most Dangerous Game. It was written by Richard Connell in 1924. It has also been published under the name "The Hounds of Zaroff". This is one of my personal favourite short stories. You can find a PDF version of this story here: https://www.btboces.org/Downloads/1_The%20Most%20Dangerous%20Game%20by%20Richard%20C...

Hello everyone! This week we finish the classic tale of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, a short story written in 1820 by Washington Irving. This is a story that lots of us have probabaly never directly read for ourselves but that we would all recognize references to. (Most people have heard of the Headless Horseman at some point in time!) If you didn`t listen to last week`s episode yet I recommend yo...

Hello everyone! This week we start the classic tale of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, a short story written in 1820 by Washington Irving. This is a story that lots of us have probabaly never directly read for ourselves but that we would all recognize references too. (Most people have heard of the Headless Horseman at some point in time!) You can find a PDF version of this story here: https://www.ibi...

Hello friends! This week`s story is The Monkey`s Paw. It is a short and grim story written by W.W. Jacobs in 1902. It has a sad and hard lesson about wishes gone wrong. If you are enjoying the show, please rate and follow! It helps other people find and enjoy the show too. If you want to send me some feedback or suggestions for future stories, I`d love to hear from you! You can email me at sarasbo...

Hello friends! This week our story is The GIft of the Magi by author O. Henry. You can easily fin a PDF version online if you`d like to follow along. If you are enjoying the show, please rate and follow! It helps other people find and enjoy the show too. If you want to send me some feedback or suggestions for future stories, I`d love to hear from you! You can email me at sarasbookshelf.podcast@gma...

Merry Christmas friends! I have put together a small Christmas episode for today. There are three poems with stories of Christmas traditions from different parts of the world! The Yule Cat - by Johannes Kotlam, is a popular story from Icelandic folklore. The Christmas Spider - I have chosen a version written by Stephanie Herbek. This story is popular in Eastern European and Ukrainian folklore. The...