I went back to some of the stories and enjoyed them again
348099
Interesting book especially for someone who enjoys a quick read. The book should have been longer as I was sorry to turn the last page. I went back to some of the stories and enjoyed them again.
3499381
I love this series, so I was most gratified to find a few stories I hadn't read, collected along with a few I was glad to read again.

There did seem to be some minor inconsistencies between the young Mary's diary entries for the weeks and months after the death of her family and the way the adult Mary describes the experiences of that time in some of the novels.

I may have missed, the first time around, the delightful if fleeting mention of Lord Peter Wimsey and his reformed burglar friend in "The Marriage of Mary Russell."
933133
Whatever she writes I read; sometimes I read her books more than once. This is one of those to go back to.
3604653
It's been awhile since I've read a collection of short stories. I used to buy annual anthologies of such, but it's probably been at least 10 years since I've purchased any.
As such, it was a really nice pleasure to come back to the genre...and with such good writing too.  The stories are all about life in a small town in the rust belt of PA.  Having grown up in suburban Detroit, I could relate to a town having once been prosperous, and now struggling...and how that affects it's inhabitants.  What I really enjoyed the most was that so many of the stories gave voice to women.  Granted, the author is a woman, but it seems like when it comes to stories, so often, the narrator is male.

I picked this up thinking I'd just read one while my son took a nap.  Well, I became so engrossed in the lives of the people of Bakerton, that I kept reading.  Still, short stories are great for Moms who want a little escape of "me" time, but can't commit to a whole novel.  I really hope that the author will continue with stories of Bakerton.  I thoroughly enjoyed them.
352147
Brought memories but also reminded me of stories my mom would tell.
2451174
I don't remember the story too much but I remember enjoying it because I didn't mark it as terrible so I think I am going to give it another shot.
3722561
I have read these books before and really enjoyed them
I was so glad that I could find them again and am enjoying them all over again and at such a small cost
2699255
The stories I read were interesting and I enjoyed reading most of them. I especially liked the story about the jilted bride and also the first story in the series. I don't have my Kindle in front of me and can't remember the names of these.
Short stories don't take much time to read and they keep a person entertained.
4419762
I really enjoyed the stories. As the case with short stories it seems they ended to quickly but were worth the read.
3711375
It has been long enough ago since I saw the series that it seems to be all new again.  I enjoy the stories and the cast very much.
2016005
Centuries ago, humankind left earth.  Ten thousand starships transported passengers to destinations throughout the galaxy.  They took their literature with them, but much of this literature was lost in the period before the creation of the Galactic Commonwealth.  While some stories, once known as the Arabian Nights survived, those stories have changed over the centuries.  Different versions of these stories have become folklore on barbarian worlds: the stories have been transformed or transmuted, corrupted or enhanced by the changing worlds they are told in.  And now, they have been rediscovered.

In these thirteen stories, we read of the war between Men and Jinn, of Hafwen (sometimes Halfwen) and her story, of Nouredan and Nesjella, of Elgelt of Gloune, and Aubwoo.  We learn (with Hekaib) that it is best not to be early for some appointments.

The stories vary in length, some stand alone, others are interwoven.  Some characters we meet but once, while others appear in different stories.  While my favourite is the story of Halfwen (or Hafwen), the story of Nouredan and Nesjella is the centrepiece of the collection.  Definitely echoes of the Arabian Nights and I was also reminded at times of some of Herodotuss descriptions of peoples in The Histories.

I enjoyed reading this collection of stories, and am likely to reread at least some of them.  In many ways, these are traditional stories in an alternative world setting.  Is it science fiction?  Not really, its more fantasy: the distant galactic future provides some (as yet) unknown possibilities, but these are secondary to the stories being recounted.  If you enjoy short stories, if you enjoyed the Arabian Nights, you may well enjoy 1,001 Lightyears Entertainments.  I did.

He never again left the city, though on occasion he wondered what parts of his life were memories and what parts were dreams.

Note: I was offered, and accepted, a copy of this book for review purposes.

Jennifer Cameron-Smith
1436400
On the whole this was a pretty decent collection, with lots of little magical tidbits from a wide variety of authors.

This was an open approval on NetGalley, and seeing some of my favorite big name UF authors in this collection I jumped in, only to discover what others have mentioned - all of these stories are previously published some as early as 2002.

Turns out that I'd read the stories from the authors that lured me into this collection, and liked them when I read them, but there actually were a fair number of stories here that I'd never read before and that I liked, and only a few oddball ones that I didn't.
4514415
This is a second read of the series and I am finding things that I missed when read it back when it was first released.
1924706
I actually enjoyed this book of interesting stories. It took me back in time and gave me an opportunity to experience vicariously events on the seas.
1030419
A nice collection of Stories - with varied subjects that kept me amused for hours
Likely to make me want to search out some other works by some of these authors
3012874
I like stories like this. I enjoyed it a lot
4322608
These stories are filled with decrepit mansions, Spanish moss, ghosts and shifters, and fried chicken. I loved most of the stories. My favorites were the beguiling and deeply weird Sweet the Sting by Dianne Sylvan, Wylde Magic by Erin Kellison, Return to Me by Elle Jasper, and Savage Rescue by Shelli Stevens.