Long and Short of It

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Which do you prefer? Short stories? Or full-length novels?


Don’t forget to leave a link to your actual response (so people don’t have to go searching for it) in the comments—or if you prefer, leave your answers in the comments themselves!

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59 responses

  1. tahliaN

    I prefer full length novels. I like to get my teeth into something that can be fully fleshed out, to live in another world for a while, but I can enjoy and appreciate a good short story too.

  2. Novroz

    It’s depend. Although I prefer long novel but I also like to read short stories from time to time

  3. BooksPlease

    My reply is here

    http://www.booksplease.org/2010/06/03/long-and-short-of-it-booking-through-thursday/

  4. Carina

    I prefer full length novels too.
    I like to experience how the chracters develop with the story and I don’t think it’s possible to construct tension in a short story.

  5. Amber

    Here is my Booking Through Thursday!

  6. DawnTreader

    Short answer: I usually prefer full-length novels.
    But precisely because of that, I chose in my blogpost to focus on the short stories instead.
    http://islandofvoices.blogspot.com/2010/06/btt-long-and-short-of-it.html

  7. Rachel

    My answers pretty short for this week.
    here it is

  8. Lindsay_Reviews

    Good mroning all! My reply can be found here.

  9. Kathy Martin

    Full-length, please! My response is here.

  10. bookeywookey

    I kept my answer under short story length.
    http://bookeywookey.blogspot.com/2010/06/my-drug-of-choice.html

  11. MizB

    Full-length novels for me…
    http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/2010/06/03/btt-long-vs-short/

    ~MizB

  12. The Literary Omnivore

    Here’s my answer!

  13. Carol

    My post is up. Happy BTT everyone!

  14. Cheryl Masciarelli

    My answer is posted here
    CMash

  15. darkangelny

    I prefer full length novels as short stories kind of go by too fast. I want something that takes longer than an hour to read. I will post this on my blog http://www.communitybookstop.com

  16. Kelly

    You can find my answer here. 😉

  17. Li

    Here’s my response: http://www.rulethewaves.net/blog/?p=1547 🙂

  18. gautami tripathy

    Here is my response:

    http://readbookswritepoetry.blogspot.com/2010/06/which-do-you-prefer-short-stories-or.html

  19. gautami tripathy

    Here is what I do:

    http://readbookswritepoetry.blogspot.com/2010/06/which-do-you-prefer-short-stories-or.html

  20. mervih

    Both for me, please:

    Long and Short of It

  21. bibliophilist

    BTT – Long And Short Of It

  22. Amused

    Novels! http://amusedbybooks.blogspot.com/2010/06/long-and-short-of-it.html

  23. Alayne

    Overall I definitely prefer full-lenth novels. But I have read short stories by Edith Wharton and Nathaniel Hawthorne that I absolutely adore. 🙂

    Alayne
    The Crowded Leaf

  24. theexile

    Here’s mine:

    Booking Through Thursday: The Long and Short of It

  25. Lynda

    Love both ;0)
    http://lyndasbookblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/thursday.html

  26. Kimberly

    It depends on my mood. Full answer here:
    http://lectitans.livejournal.com/96544.html

  27. Josette

    Love the question! Here’s my answer:
    http://booksloveme.blogspot.com/2010/06/btt-long-and-short-of-it_03.html

  28. Melanie

    I didn’t think I’d have much to say when I saw this topic at first, but once I got started writing, I ended up rambling on about it for a little bit. Thanks for getting me thinking!

    My slightly long-winded answer is here: http://www.reclusivebibliophile.com/booking-through-thursday-long-and-short-of-it

  29. Chase

    Here’s my answer!

    http://the-bibliophiles-lounge.blogspot.com/2010/06/booking-through-thursday-14.html

  30. Vicki

    Here’s Mine:
    http://www.readingatthebeach.com/2010/06/tell-truth-booking-through.html

  31. Michael

    As always, it depends…

    Booking Through Thursday: Length

  32. Lindsey

    Mine’s “a href=”http://talentinborders.blogspot.com/2010/06/booking-through-thursday.html”>UP.

  33. JLS Hall (Joy's Blog)

    Ah, good one. My answer:

    http://jlshall.blogspot.com/2010/06/booking-through-thursday-long-and-short.html

  34. Lindsey

    Mine’s UP.

  35. gentle reader

    Good question!

    Here’s my answer:
    http://tiny.cc/8z83x

  36. Rose City Reader

    I am interested to know what other people said. please stop by and leave a link.

    http://www.rosecityreader.com/2010/06/long-and-short-of-it.html

  37. pandabox33

    A big fat novel please. http://wp.me/pyb9Y-Da

  38. Nancy

    I like full-length better. I enjoy getting cosy w/ the characters.

  39. Amanda

    Mine is HERE. 😀

  40. Mish

    I usually have bookmarks in both at the same time.

    http://stageandcanvas.wordpress.com/2010/06/03/long-and-short-of-it/

  41. Sheery

    http://sheeryhall.blogspot.com/2010/06/long-vs-short.html

  42. vampira2468

    http://vampira2468.wordpress.com/

    And my new blog is here
    http://dementedreading.blogspot.com/

  43. Scobberlotcher

    I prefer full length novels as well, but I do like to read the annual Best American Short Stories collection each year. And I do enjoy novels in linked stories like OLIVE KITTEREDGE and LET THE GREAT WORLD SPIN.

  44. Katherine

    Here’s my entry; the question was especially appropriate considering I’m currently reading a full-length novel in which at one point two characters discuss short stories:

    http://agirlwalksintoabookstore.blogspot.com/2010/06/booking-through-thursday-short-stories.html

  45. Ashley

    Here’s mine! I like both but I prefer full-length novels.

    http://ashleyslibrary.blogspot.com/2010/06/booking-through-thursday-long-and-short.html

  46. Lori

    Sorry for the delay in post. I prefer the long novel.
    Here’s mine.

  47. Unruly Reader

    Short answer about long books:

    http://unrulyreader.blogspot.com/2010/06/booking-through-thursday-long-and-short.html

  48. beastmomma

    Posted: http://beastmomma.squarespace.com/from-shelf-to-hand/2010/6/3/booking-through-thursday-long-and-short-of-it.html

  49. sara

    FULL LENGTH NOVELS! The longer the better!!

    http://readandbead.blogspot.com/2010/06/booking-through-thursday-short-or.html

  50. Jennie

    http://lifeisshort-readfast.blogspot.com/2010/06/booking-through-thursday-june-3-2010.html

  51. Literary Feline

    You can find my response here.

  52. Elsi

    I posted a response to my blog but forgot to drop by here and post the link. So, if anyone wants to see what I had to say about liking long books and detesting short stories, drop by Reading in Texas.

  53. anneplaza

    My confuzzled answer: http://thoughtsbrewed.blogspot.com/2010/06/btt-long-short-of-it.html

  54. Shelley

    I see another Texan is here! What I write is a weird combination of novel, short story, and something else, so I guess I like the combo meal. But for a long-term relationship, I think nothing beats the length.

    Novel.

  55. pinaymama

    i’m on short!

    http://thefishgate.blogspot.com/2010/06/long-and-short-of-it.html

  56. pseudorealist

    I prefer short stories. Novels seem to lack the precise language and brevity found in short stories. Writers pay more attention to their language and voice in short stories. Short stories are less driven by plot and more driven by emotion, character, language, style, and voice. There are things you can do with short stories that are just unachievable through novels.

    To those that said short stories cannot display tension: Try reading Hemingway’s The Killers and then try not paying attention to the tension.

    I do enjoy novels but the majority of the time, I will buy a collection of short stories over anything else.

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