by Sally Hanan (Author), Fire Drinkers Publishing (Publisher), Virtual Voice (Narrator)

An audiobook

(This is the first audiobook I’ve listened to, where the Narrator is “Computer-generated” and not an actual human reader.  I was surprisingly impressed. It was hard to catch any “weirdness” at all.)

In the opening of this collection of VERY short stories (750 words or fewer) by Sally Hanan, all 30 or so titles are read out, as if you were perusing the Index of a print book.  It serves to make you hungry, or at least eager, for the stories to begin.  And when they do, you better pay attention, because – although you’ve been told – you don’t actually realize how fast they finish and the next one begins.

Brief and punchy, causing a tiny burst of laughter, amazement, or soft shock.  (“Ha!” “Whoa!” “What?” “No!” “Gasp!”)  Yes, each story will get some little response from the reader. (You may want to re-listen or re-read one now and then.)

The stories in JOY IN A BOX are clean and Christian inspirational, suitable for teenage girls and women. Some are true, some are purely fiction, and a few are written in a poetic style.  A very few, containing an actual miracle or two, can be checked out on websites that the author includes!

This book finished far too soon for me.  I loved having my brain tickled and prodded … and that lovely feel-good, yes, JOY after reading.