Reviews for Short & tall tales

The average rating for Short & tall tales based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-01-07 00:00:00 Lawren Perry When the "Cat Who" Series by Lilian Jackson Braun was at its height, the author was in her 70s, trying to write as many books as she could. In between them, she'd publish a few short stories to keep her fans engaged. One of those collections was "Short & Tall Tales: Moose County Legends Collected By James Mackintosh Qwilleran published in 2002. This book follows the lives of Qwill, KoKo and YumYum while they are living in Moose Country, 400 miles north of everywhere. In the approximately ten short tales, you will find fun and cute stories about various inhabitants of the town, or stories conveyed by a few folks passing thru. Most are under 15 pages and a quick way to get to know the author's style, the characters and the antics of the two cats. A few are just silly. Some are good ways to pass the time. Overall, it was helpful if you didn't like waiting a year for a book, but I'd rather have a stronger story than a collection of little ones in between. If you want to read the whole series, but not sure if you need to check this one out, don't worry... you can skip it. It's not part of the overall plot line from beginning to end.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-09-30 00:00:00 Vijeshwariee Yoganathan Throughout the "Cat Who" series of mystery novels, the protagonist, Jim Qwilleran, collects short, odd tales from the local folks in and around the town of Pickax. They are often very short (2-3 pages) and mostly concern the history of the town and the prominent families that live there. There are 27 stories here; some are sweet, and some are odd, and some leave you with a "so-what?" feeling because they really don't tell much of a story at all. None of them involve any real mysteries. Of note, all the stories here were also once included in one of the novels as well. So yes, this was an attempt to cash in on the popularity of the series by simply reprinting old material. That's OK, especially for those who haven't read all 29 novels in the main series or for those who like having them all collected in a single volume. Just be aware of what you're getting. There is a short intro to each story by Qwill that provides a tidbit of info on who told him the tale and under what circumstances.