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Shotgun Christmas: Two Christmas Tales
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- Vandal
- 12-06-18
Shotgun Christmas what a blast!
Having listened to Steve Vernons short story The Forever Long Road of Olan Walker I was exited to hear Shotgun Christmas. He did a great job on the previous short story so I knew I would be in for some fun.
The first story is about why a neighbor is shooting up a Christmas tree. The second story that I enjoyed far more focuses on two young boys wondering what the noise coming from downstairs on Christmas eve is. They believe there grandpa is scalping Santa downstairs. This is a fantastic telling of the wild imagination of youth. Both tales have good dark humor in them and are a fun listen. All the characters are well written and JK Carpenter does a good job on narration and brings the characters to life.
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- meyerovb
- 05-24-18
Enjoyable way to spend a commute
Listened to this in May, still nice two stories even outside of the holidays. The writing was impressive, wasn’t expecting it to be so nice. The narration was superb actually, just enjoyable to listen to really. Great narrator and recording quality, no ambient noise, smooth voice. Good way to spend a half hour. #BetterThanIThought #GiveItATry #QuickListen #tagsgiving #sweepstakes
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- Michael Richardson
- 12-06-18
I enjoyed it.
Another good Steve Vernon book. this is the second book that I have had the chance listen to by Steve Vernon and I have to say I am really starting to enjoy his work. they are short stories but well worth the a listen/reading.
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- R. MCRACKAN
- 12-05-18
Christmas surprises, lessons... and dad jokes
These 2 warm and unpretentious folksy stories were charming. I was surprised by how many unexpected things happened in such a short time. It feels autobiographical and real because the tiny twists are too little to be lied about. There's nothing grand; it's the way real life flows when you aren't following a lazy template.
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- 05-27-18
Elf on a shelf had better look out!
If I have learned anything about Steve Vernon it is that 1) He can craft a story and 2) You never know what you are going to get from him. Sometimes it can be terrifying, and other times it will be pure hilarity. For example, you could read Dead man's Salute or Uncle Bob's Red Flannel Bible Camp and get two very different stories. He seems unbound by genre, and that is pretty impressive, either way we, as readers, win. I am particularly fond of his horror stories, but I must admit an affinity toward's Uncle Bob.
One thing Vernon always manages to provide is humor. Sometimes it is incredibly dark, and other times it is as light and fluffy as some tasty pancakes. Still, the humor is usually there, and is the heart of his writing. I think that when you boil everything else away the core of his stories is something twistedly dark and humorous. He has a skewed eye, and now he's turned that peeper onto a great Christmas story.
If you were to ask me why I might throw a perfectly good Christmas tree through a window and begin to pump it full buckshot I would have to answer squirrel. I can totally see blowing away a perfectly good tree if it were infested with those furry varmints. Vernon, however, has a different take, and the reason Hank Macabee pulled a gun on his tinsel hanger is something only he could come up with.
I must say, I love the cover to the book, it says everything you need to know about the main story, and is done with class and style. It is simplistic, but conveys its message with aplomb. It also serves to pull you in, as the minute I looked at it I said, OK, I have to see what Vernon has come up with now! Good choice!!
JK Carpenter does a fine job narrating, and some how channels Gene Shepherd's spirit as he goes along. I have expected Macabee to field dress his fully dress tree once he was done killing it. That is because of Carpenter's delivery, it's almost like deadpan with a wink. But it's not deadpan at all. He just speaks so naturally that you get the impression he is telling you some stories right out of his life. The characters are well played, and the story vocalized in a satisfactory manner. You will hate to hear it end.
I do not recap stories, but I will say that this is a perfect set of X-mas stories, so I'm going to have to have Christmas in July when I relisten to this book in a month or so. Even though I did receive a promo code for this review it in no way influenced my considerations of the material, and honestly, inspired me to be more honest. In fact, getting a code generally makes me harsher as a reviewer as I am more often concerned what someone like Me will decide based on my review.
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- Caleb
- 05-23-18
Short and Entertaining
As the title suggests this is a pair of short, light hearted Christmas stories. The first one is alright, although somewhat simplistic. The second one was the best in my opinion. I mean with a title like "Scalping Santa" what's not to like? It very much reminded me of 'A Christmas Story' in it's wacky holiday fun from a kids perspective. I laughed out loud more than once. JK Carpenter's narration was good, although not my favorite.
I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
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