My 4- to 5-star reads for April 2023. Note, some of these books may only be available from Amazon and/or as Kindle ebooks. April was a busy reading month, and I also pored over a number of yarn craft books. I posted about those on my other blog, Swatches Yarns and Frogs.
Tag: writing
Grammar for a Full Life
If you love the English language, if you do a lot of writing, or if you want to communicate on a deeper level in everything you write, then this book might interest you. Even if you don’t write that much yourself, but enjoy reading thoughtful writing in the form of essays, I recommend this.
Why We Write
Words are a human phenomenon. They’ve exploded with our population into every part of this planet, even into space. Each of us has so many words they spill over into others’ lives, more today than ever.
What I’m Reading
I just picked up a book I’ve had on my shelf for a long time but neglected to read. The Writer’s Journey, Mythic Structure for Storytellers & Screenwriters, by Christopher Vogler, provides a guide for writers to universal mythic structure, drawing on Joseph Campbell’s The Hero With A Thousand Faces.
How Is Your Commitment?
On not letting delays, obstacles, setbacks and losses keep you from writing. Meet them with flexibility.
The Da Vinci Code: Do you believe it — or any work of fiction?
On a favorite mystery list, someone asked, in relation to a discussion of The Da Vinci Code: What limits believability in a story?
For me the line isn’t drawn so much at facts as consistency. The author needs to follow the rules he’s set up for his story. I also have a tough time with author cheating, not providing the information that’s needed, trying to trick the reader by holding something back. If I sense the author is holding out on me, I’ll stop reading.
Facts that I know to be different from how they’re presented do bother me. I suppose it’s a matter of degree that determines whether they ruin the story’s believability for me.
Who Is This Shrinking Violet Person Anyway?
I live in Southern California, with my husband, in a house that is way too small for us, our pets and our hobbies. One problem with the size of this house is it doesn’t hold enough books. For us, books are a priority.