On Writing

On Writing

Author: Stephen King

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I have a thing for writing books, and when I was younger I was quite the fan of Stephen King’s novels, but it wasn’t until Wil Wheaton quoted some of this book in his blog, that I decided it was worth checking out.

It isn’t the best writing book I’ve ever read, but it was one of the most engaging, and direct. Reading it feels like a conversation with an older and wiser friend.

I definitely recommend it.

In Her Shoes

In Her Shoes : A Novel

Author: Jennifer Weiner

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While I really enjoyed Weiner’s other novel, Good in Bed, this one frustrated me – for the bulk of the book everyone’s following their own agenda, and all three main characters are leading completely separate lives. Then, with little subtlety, and far too little substance, a happy ending is engineered, just in time to meet the required page-count for a chick-lit novel.

Chick-lit can be delicious escapist reading. In Her Shoes, is not it.