Book Review: WORDSMITHY by Douglas Wilson
Of the making of many writing books there is no end, Ecclesiastes almost says. And the Preacher would have been correct in this assessment if he had made it. There are approximately eighteen squajillion...
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Book Review: SAVE THE CAT! WRITES A NOVEL by Jessica Brody
Based on Blake Snyder’s famous (and very useful) SAVE THE CAT! books, Jessica Brody does for novelists what Snyder did for screenwriters. Just as Snyder identified a number of “beats” that every good movie...
Book Review: FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK by Barbara Poelle
Written in the style of an “Agony Aunt” or “Dear Abby” column, FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK tackles common questions writers have about writing and publishing. Topics include whether to post teasers of your first...
Book Review: GOD, GREED, AND THE (PROSPERITY) GOSPEL by Costi W. Hinn
If you are at all familiar with American televangelists, Word-Faith, and “prosperity” preachers, the author’s last name might ring a bell. Costi Hinn is, in fact, the nephew of the (in)famous health-and-wealth preacher Benny...
Book Review: ONE OF US HAS TO GO by Katja Schulz
Drawn together as young classmates, Finja and Sonja fast became soulmates. They provide each other with a safe haven when everyone else hurts them or lets them down. Whether its parents, friends, or life...
Book Review: THE BEATLES: TUNE IN (ALL THESE YEARS, VOL. 1) (Extended Special Edition) by Mark Lewisohn
Yet another book about The Beatles? There are literally hundreds of books, maybe thousands, about the Fab Four. What’s so special about this one? I think that’s a perfectly legitimate question, and one that...
Book Review: S./SHIP OF THESEUS by J. J. Abrams, Doug Dorst, and V. M. Straka
SHIP OF THESEUS tells the story of “S,” a man with amnesia trying to discover his identity and becoming embroiled in a much larger plot along the way. He meets a woman in a...
Book Review: WRITING WITHOUT RULES by Jeff Somers
It has to be said, I’m fairly picky when it comes to “craft” books–and I’m not talking about books on witchcraft, or swordcraft. I mean books about writing. I’ve read a few of the...
Book Review: FOREST OF A THOUSAND LANTERNS by Julie C. Dao
Xifeng lives the life of a peasant with her seamstress aunt, practicing the family trade. Though poor, she has her natural beauty, a place in her world, and the love of Wei, one of...
Book Review: THE LAKE by Lotte and Søren Hammer
The skeleton of a young woman is discovered, tied to a stone, in a lake deep in the Danish countryside. The woman’s identity is a mystery; no one matching her description has been reported...
