The Best American Short Stories of the Eighties
I inherited this book from my mom-in-law. I doubt she read it herself because the pages look as if they had never been turned . But are the stories inside this book really America's best short stories in the eighties? If so, why doesn't my local library have a copy of this book? Just how do libraries decide what books to put in their collection? I'm curious because my local library seems to have a lot of very useless and boring books on the shelves. Just who gets to decide what books our local libraries carry? Does anyone know? Anyway, I'm going to keep this book on my bookshelf for now because I think any books that my local library doesn't have are keepers. Stories included in this book: Helping by Robert Stones The Emerald by Donald Barthelme

I really enjoyed reading this book. This book really encouraged me to do more than just being a housewife. After all, I'm living in the 21st century, not in the 1950s. I was so inspired that I created this blog so that I can break my same-old everyday routines of being an involuntary housewife. I was inspired to do something helpful to myself and also to others. As a first step, I need to get my book shelves organized. I highly recommend this book to anyone who needs to find motivation to start a new project, to pursue a new passion or to just read a book to escape from the daily stress. To me, this book also had great resale value because I was able to sell it when I was done reading; at a price that I literally paid nothing to read it.
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