A Good and Useful Hurt
by Aric Davis
My Recent Reads
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In “Quit Your Day Job”, author H. P. Mallory spills the goods on how to make your book a success. The focus in on self-published ebooks, but there is plenty of information vital to all writers with a book for sale, especially the…
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“Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” by Harriet Ann Jacobs is the autobiography of a slave struggling to build a life for herself and her children. Obviously, since this book was written in 1858, the era of the Fugitive Slave …
“Organized Simplicity” by Tsh Oxenreider has common sense information about organizing your schedule and essentially spring cleaning your home. The first section was a little wordy for me, going on about how most families waste t…
I’m a big fan of Dean Koontz so it’s not surprising that I really liked his latest novel, “77 Shadow Street”. The story is horror at its finest, with a sci-fi slant.A Victorian mansion converted into a luxury apartment c…
“The Awakening” by Kate Chopin is the story of a woman in the 1890s who felt that, due to the social and moral restrictions of her era, she would never be free to live her life the way she wanted. Chopin’s prose is beautiful, wit…
“The Thorn and the Blossom” by Theodora Goss was a quick weekend read, which I enjoyed. Part of the charm of this book is in the way it’s bound, double-sided accordion style. Open it one way to read Evelyn’s point of view, then …
“The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to The Classical Education You Never Had”, by Susan Wise Bauer is a must read for the avid reader, and for anyone who would like to broaden their scope of literary knowledge.The best asp…
“Carry Yourself Back to Me” by Deborah Reed was an okay book. I just didn’t connect to the characters.Annie Walsh is a washed up divorced country singer. When her brother is arrested for murder, she flashes back to t…
January 6th, 2010 at 9:19 pm
Sounds like Horns made quite an impression. I don’t read horror so I’ll miss the opportunity of scaring myself half to death.
January 7th, 2010 at 3:08 pm
The latest Niffeneggar is on my TBR list.
Can’t say the Horns one appeals, but the whole fantasy horror thing never works for me.
Corra
from the desk of a writer
January 7th, 2010 at 7:20 pm
Thanks for checking out my reading page, yall.
Corra, “Her Fearful Symmetry” is quite a bit different from Niffeneggar’s other best seller, but I think you’ll like it.