First, a small confession, or at least, something you might want to know about why I read non-fiction. It’s not always to learn what the author thinks I want to know. Or at least, not to take notes on what they want me to take from the book. I read […]
It took me a while to watch the film – I thought it would be violent and superficial, but I remember enjoying it A LOT and being surprised by the quality of the acting and script. Fast forward many years later, and the book has appeared on my radar through […]
I often avoid “inspirational books” but I heard so many people I respect recommend Elizabeth Gilbert’s ‘Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear‘, that I decided to give it a go. I found Gilbert’s story fascinating, especially her reflections and experiences after writing Eat, Pray, Love (which I haven’t read by […]
I’d already read The Little Village School and so I knew I was in for a sweet read when I downloaded Over Hill and Dale by Gervase Phinn. Gervase Phinn was a school inspector and this series of books, he weaves anecdotes together to create beautiful stories that have […]
I call this type of books “cozy reading” – they’re not hard work too read, they usually don’t shake me emotionally and I know some of the characters are going to make me feel warm. And I always laugh when I read Muriel Spark and enjoy her social commentary. ‘A […]
I love crime stories, detective books and spy novels. I’ve read quite a few of Stella Rimington’s novels featuring Liz Carlyle and so it was about time that I found out more about the author herself. So here are my favourite quotes from ‘Open Secret: The Autobiography of the Former […]
The first book I read by Stephen King was his non-fiction ‘On Writing’, which is quoted in every single book on writing. (I wrote about it here.) Following that, I decided to start reading some of his fiction, to see how he applied (or not) his own advice. I’ve liked […]
Books have just been accumulating in my Kindle. I finish them, I want to recommend them, write a little bit about them and share the passages I’ve marked. But it just never happens. I finished this book such a long time ago, and it’s still sitting in my device, waiting… […]
I’m currently writing “Online Meetings that Rock”. As always, the project started as a “oh, that sounds like it could be useful to people, and there doesn’t seem to be many books on the subject”. While online meetings do appear as a chapter in most books on virtual leadership, or […]
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“It is just an accident that determines whether an artist becomes musician, painter or writer. All art is based on a desire to communicate, a love of beauty, a need to create order out of disorder.” Patricia Highsmith Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction
I’m only on chapter 4, but I am already coming across some interesting quotes in Ian McEwan’s “Nutshell”, that I’d like to share with you. The story is told in first person by, get ready, the foetus in a woman’s body, about to come into the world. The novel is […]
