Sample Saturday is when I wade through the eleventy billion samples I have downloaded on my Kindle. I’m slowly chipping away and deciding whether it’s buy or bye.

This week, all three books (and all are novellas) were mentioned in this interview with author Austin Duffy (whose book, The Night Interns, I enjoyed).

A Meal in Winter by Hubert Mingarelli

Summary: Three German soldiers, dispatched to capture a Jewish man for execution, take shelter in an abandoned house, where they consider the moral implications of their murderous mission.

I’m thinking: Maybe.

The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante

Summary: Story of a woman’s descent into devastating emptiness after being abandoned by her husband with two young children to care for.

I’m thinking: Yes.

Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor

Summary: The ‘witch’ is dead. And the discovery of her corpse – by a group of children playing near the irrigation canals – propels the whole village into an investigation of how and why this murder occurred.

I’m thinking: Yes.