Cosmopolitan compared it to Bridget Jones but this book is really about loss. It isn’t about the laughs and it isn’t about finding someone to spend the rest of your life with.
I originally reviewed this book for Linear Reflections and reprinted it for Literary Fiction, BellaOnline. Read the full review.
Review by Louise E. Sawyer Are your fictional characters vivid and memorable? When I read John Grisham’s novels I am amazed at how well I get to know his major characters. I either love them or hate them and I find myself smiling or anxious. The three sections of Character & Viewpoint cover Inventing Characters,…
I’m a fan of old tomes like Becoming A Writer by Dorothea Brande, first published in 1934. This is the kind of self-help book we all wish we could write, one that so hits the mark that it endures for 75 years and is as relevant today as when it was first published. Despite the…
A Quick Review, Sort Of I have been reading Under the Dome by Stephen King (Amazon.com / Amazon.ca) for about five months. Maybe longer. In general, I tend to be a slow reader but not usually this slow. I finished reading the book! It is a huge weight off my shoulders. And my wrists. Seriously,…
Elizabeth George is best known for her psychological crime novels. She has 15 books published. This is her first short story collection. The review of I, Richard was first published at 1/5/2008 at Literary Fiction BellaOnline. The full review of this audio book can now be read at SquidLit.
My Review We are soldiers. Soldiers die. Even the most careful, even the bravest, the best. We die. This is Alan Kaufman’s first novel. His previous publications include a memoir (Jew Boy), a poetry book and a few anthologies. Kaufman admits to being a “binational, Israeli and American.” As an Israeli he did time in…
After hearing Chris Roerden’s Don’t Murder Your Mystery so highly praised on BIW, I enthusiastically dived into it with the full expectation it would verify how clever my first novel-in-progress really was. Imagine my shock when, amongst the 24 writing techniques to save your manuscript from turning up “dead on arrival,” Roerden’s cites as the…