A Book by Linwood Barclay
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A Book by Linwood Barclay

“Too Close To Home” came to me under rather odd circumstances, and it turned out to be a mystery as to where the mystery book had come from.

I love when authors make you seek justice, and make you turn the page to get it, adding layer upon layer of stress for the hero. Barclay created an interesting, layered, and believable world.

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Valentine’s Day… a true love story…
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Valentine’s Day… a true love story…

February 14th

As Valentine’s Day quickly approaches, and all the men are trying to figure out how to please their significant other, at least just enough so that they can hold onto them, or at least won’t have to hear about how they should have tried harder, all while trying not to break the bank…

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A Book by Donna Tartt
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A Book by Donna Tartt

How do you even start a book review of The Goldfinch?

I barely knew how to start reading the book, and I’ll explain that in further detail in a moment. Should you even write a book review of The Goldfinch? I don’t mean to start by blowing so much smoke up the book’s, or Donna Tartt’s backside, but when you read a book like that I think you go through some sort of change, and maybe even a large one if you’re paying close enough attention.

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Writing Funny…and Not so Funny
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Writing Funny…and Not so Funny

It is not an easy thing to do, in a way.

If you’ve read articles about successful writers, and probably many articles by non-successful writers, you may have ingested something along the lines of, “Don’t write out of your genre… ever.” And really, I think all of us writer people want to have some success at what we do. Hopefully, make a living off the writing itself, quit our day jobs, all of that. So that’s sitting there in the back of your mind as you contemplate stepping out of your lane… from a moving car… on the autobahn… doing one-twenty… into gravel… and broken glass… wearing a salt suit.

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