Probably due to the reader, not the writer, there were times when I struggled with this short book on writing fiction, times when I just didn’t get it and times ... Read more
“A long-lost book reappears, mysteriously connecting an old man searching for his son and a girl seeking a cure for her widowed mother’s loneliness. Leo Gursky is just about surviving, ... Read more
I finished reading Lolita last week. It took me a while because originally I started reading it for my writer’s book group and didn’t finish it on time. After our ... Read more
I picked The 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women up on a whim for 50% off what are already delightfully low book prices at Goodwill. This is not the sort ... Read more
The only part I didn’t like? The very ending. And that’s my fault. It makes me uncomfortable when people get too mushy and the very ending was definitely a syrupy ... Read more
“Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life” by Anne Lamott “Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get ... Read more
I am lucky enough to be a part of a book group for writers and occasionally we choose a book on craft to read alongside whatever novels we are reading. ... Read more
The reading didn’t happen. I went to my first Gray Skies Reading Series with a marked-up copy of The Chronology of Water in hand only to find that there had ... Read more
The book I want to review is The Chronology of Water by Lidia Yuknavitch, but I haven’t finished it yet. I know I want to write a review on this ... Read more
I think we can agree that reading is essential. If you’re like me (and I’ll bet you are), certain books you read and the impact they had propelled you to ... Read more