Harables by Haidji

I have been slacking. I thought the holidays were gonna give me more time to read read read and then throw in a review or two......NOPE!! Too busy with holiday drama...financial crap...screaming kids...house cleaning...screaming kids...being sick with a cough for the second time in a month..gift shopping and then wrapping....oh and did I mention screaming kids??!! I pop open a book only to have to stop and close it again 2 pages in. I am ready for the holidays to be over with so I can go back to being the lazy reading bum that I am while the kids are in school. But I'm here because I have a review...not a vent. Moving on to the review...I managed to breeze through this read that took about a day to get through.

so that's the book....but what do you think of my random house penguin my daughter made me??!!

A couple of months ago I read the book Life Into Mist by Haidji and I loved it. Beautiful and poetic..unlike anything I had ever read. Then I had the opportunity to read another book by the very artistic and unique Haidji..Harables: Short Stories 1. I am glad that I did. True to Haidji form this book is odd and beautiful and poetic...I think I kinda enjoy reading her work even though at the moment I am not the biggest fan of poetry (I totally use to be when I was younger...lately nothing seems to stick). Again this is unlike anything I typically read and I think that is what intrigues me so much about Haidji and the beautiful stories that she puts out for the world.

A collection of short stories each one so poetically written..each one odd in such a beautiful way. I won't even begin to get into any synopsis or summaries of them because it's difficult to really describe her stories in a way that would do them justice. I will say this..it's refreshing to read something from someone that is not afraid to be different. There is no drag to her work..no overly descriptive unnecessary paragraphs...she does not get deep into character description. Sometimes that is what is needed in other books but not in Haidji's. She makes each collection of stories into a piece of poetry...sentences flowing gracefully...and the reading time in them is quick but perfectly so. It feels like you just read lyrics to a song and not a book.

Again, just like in Life into Mist, Harables delivers in that same way. If you love poetry...if you love abstract...heck, even if you don't but are not afraid to try something different then I recommend this book. I don't typically buy poetry books although I do enjoy some poetry from time to time...so I am never sure what to attempt to read...Haidji's books are the perfect fit because I am reading fiction.. great stories, but I also feel like I am getting my poetry fix. Get the book...and HAPPY READINGS!!(at least you should be happy when you are reading..if you're not then I don't know what the hell is wrong with you and your reading skills)

Oh yeah...I received my free copy of this book thanks to Haidji and giveaway in exchange for an honest review to which I gladly and voluntarily gave!!