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book review

The Real Truth on the Craft: “On Writing” by Stephen King

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“On Writing” was my first read on Stephen King. I put three other books aside to blaze through it in a week. It was that good.

In a way, it’s similar to my first read by the fabulous Michael Crichton. I read “Travels”, Crichton’s brilliant memoirs, first then went on to reading several of his books and falling in love with his writing and himself as an author and personality.

And I think that’s important. If you want to learn from them, then you must at least like the people whose work inspire you, and Stephen King was easy to like. In fact, he was easy to freaking adore when it came to [Read more…] about The Real Truth on the Craft: “On Writing” by Stephen King

Tiny Buddha, Big Wisdom: Asking Life’s Deep Questions

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Tiny Buddha book cover

I’m not a huge fan of vague, flowery, New Age jargon, so I’ve gone to great effort to keep this book practical and rooted in reality.
~ Tiny Buddha

I absolutely loved and heartily recommend that you too devour Lori Deschene’s Tiny Buddha. I loved it precisely because Lori means what she says above. The New Age jargon is just that; it may feel good to read but the impact is far from deep or lasting.

Not so the case for Tiny Buddha. [Read more…] about Tiny Buddha, Big Wisdom: Asking Life’s Deep Questions

Unforgettable Stories: “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett

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How much of our character is shaped by the time and the era into which we are born? Can we truly think for ourselves without being outcast from the society in which we live or is our only choice to comply with the current times if we want a normal, happy life?

There are far too many periods and places in history that would turn any bright sunny day into a cloud of darkness and despair, if we had the misfortune of living in one. The 1940s in Germany during the unspeakable horrors against humanity for one. The 1790s in France during the horrific period of the French Revolution for another. The 1980s in Tehran at the height of the Iranian Revolution and a reality of my own childhood, for yet another.

And the era in which Kathryn Stockett’s brilliant novel is set: Mississippi, USA, the 1960s, for yet another. [Read more…] about Unforgettable Stories: “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett

Best 18 Quotes From Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest”

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Reading on the iPad in Berlin

You want to write well and never run out of ideas? You want to be inspired, entertained, left in awe and wonder of beauty and learn something at the same time? You want to improve your vocabulary and enhance the use of your English (or other) language? You want to keep your mind sharp and active?

Read a timeless classic!

There is a reason that a classic endures beyond the life of the author and past the turn of century after century. There is a reason that a classic will never go “out of style” and every generation will still be able to pick it up, and appreciate it to some level, whatever their education level may be. [Read more…] about Best 18 Quotes From Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest”

An Unforgettable Tale of Faith in Yann Martel’s “Life of Pi”

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If it weren’t for my curiosity to find out about the real life whereabouts of Pi, Yann Martel‘s primary character in Life of Pi, I would gone on believing that this shocking tale of survival and courage, of unshakeable faith and conviction, of true desperation and uncanny desire to hold on to dear life, was real, that indeed it took place somewhere on the vastly infinite Pacific.

But the moment that I read Pi had survived 227 days as a castaway on a boat with a 450-pound Bengalese tiger, I could not go on reading without knowing more about this person. Except it turns out [Read more…] about An Unforgettable Tale of Faith in Yann Martel’s “Life of Pi”

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