Review: Pure fun in these short stories
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 25, 2011
These stories sounded funny and like a good time in reading, so I downloaded them and they were just what I thought they were.  Pure fun abounds as Barbara Marr tries to tame the Hulk in her in the first story, "Taming the Hulk."  Her veins are starting to get green as she has one child late for ballet, another who needs help with homework, and about a dozen other things going on at once. Barbara finds the sweetest way to calm the waters that are about to do tsunami and to take control of her inner Incredible Hulk before he goes full force.In the second story, "Top Lawn" Barbara notices that the grass is getting awfully high in their yard and her husband just hasn't had time to mow it this week.  Barbara's afraid that if it doesn't get mowed, search and rescue is going to have to come in to find her family, the grass is that high.  Ever the go-getter, Barbara decided she'll mow the grass.  She does it but it turns out to be a disaster.  She needs a lawnmowing school and fast.In "The Road to Shangri-La" Barbara, ever the mother and family woman decides that the whole family needs a day off to visit Washington to see the cherry blossoms.  She's ready bright and early at 6:30 a.m. so that they get a good place to park in order to get on the Metro into D.C. Her husband wants no parts of riding the Metro. They get a late start. They're the only car left waiting to get in at the Metro parking lot and the gate comes down in front of them because the lot is full.  Will Barb's family see the cherry blossoms or will they make a day of it just picnicking and going home?There are two bonus stories, "Missing Impossible" and "The Recollections of Rosabelle Raines" which are both good short stories.  I read a lot in the other reviews about "Take the Monkey and Run" that I purchased and downloaded it.  If it's anything like these stories, then it'll be good.  I recommend these short stories for anyone who wants to put a smile and some laughs in their day.