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Scott Westerfeld is one of my absolute favorite authors of all time. The "Uglies" series is one of my favorite series ever (and honestly is due for a reread), so when this book came out I knew I had to grab it. This book is actually two books in one. We meet Darcy, who is very young and has just sold her first novel and is moving to the big city to work on her second and her edits. We also get her novel, in alternating chapters about her life.
I was really amazed by the way Westerfeld was able to write two distinctly different styles. I really enjoyed the chapters that were written in his "regular" style and didn't really enjoy the novel within the novel, which is why this is four stars. It was amazing to see a kind of raw style that seemed unfinished and young from him, however, and it was done extremely well. I enjoyed watching Darcy find herself, and discover her sexuality and how being an author isn't as easy as it may appear to be. Overall, I would recommend this book because I will always recommend Scott, but I would also make sure people know that there are two distinct writing styles here.
Scott Westerfeld is one of my absolute favorite authors of all time. The "Uglies" series is one of my favorite series ever (and honestly is due for a reread), so when this book came out I knew I had to grab it. This book is actually two books in one. We meet Darcy, who is very young and has just sold her first novel and is moving to the big city to work on her second and her edits. We also get her novel, in alternating chapters about her life.
I was really amazed by the way Westerfeld was able to write two distinctly different styles. I really enjoyed the chapters that were written in his "regular" style and didn't really enjoy the novel within the novel, which is why this is four stars. It was amazing to see a kind of raw style that seemed unfinished and young from him, however, and it was done extremely well. I enjoyed watching Darcy find herself, and discover her sexuality and how being an author isn't as easy as it may appear to be. Overall, I would recommend this book because I will always recommend Scott, but I would also make sure people know that there are two distinct writing styles here.
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Possible Read Harder 2020 Prompts: Audiobook of Poetry
Possible Pop Sugar 2020 Prompts: 4-star GoodReads rating, birthday month (October)
I recently have really enjoyed poetry and discovering new poets. There was a book I read last year called "Today Means Amen" that I absolutely loved, and I'd seen people raving over this collection and audiobook. I'm gonna be honest...I didn't get it. I tend to be very hit or miss with poetry and this one just left me feeling kind of confused and not smart enough to get it. It's not bad, per say, just not much for me.
Possible Read Harder 2020 Prompts: Audiobook of Poetry
Possible Pop Sugar 2020 Prompts: 4-star GoodReads rating, birthday month (October)
I recently have really enjoyed poetry and discovering new poets. There was a book I read last year called "Today Means Amen" that I absolutely loved, and I'd seen people raving over this collection and audiobook. I'm gonna be honest...I didn't get it. I tend to be very hit or miss with poetry and this one just left me feeling kind of confused and not smart enough to get it. It's not bad, per say, just not much for me.
slow-paced
I read this for my Senior English class in May 2009 and I loved this book. I feel like I probably read ahead, which I did with all the books I liked, or I was expressly told NOT to read ahead so I didn't, either way, this book introduced me to Paulo Coelho and now that I speak Portuguese, I want to read it in the native tongue. I loved this book, my brother loved it more, but the ending ruined it for me. Like I've said in other reviews, maybe now that I am older and wiser I will appreciate the ending more, but in my class it seemed to be hit or miss honestly.
Coelho is phenomenal though, and I follow him everywhere, and love when he writes in Portuguese. This is another I should reread.
(Please note: I am going through all of my read books with an attempt to star and review, at some point, all of these books will have a decent review, I promise.)
Coelho is phenomenal though, and I follow him everywhere, and love when he writes in Portuguese. This is another I should reread.
(Please note: I am going through all of my read books with an attempt to star and review, at some point, all of these books will have a decent review, I promise.)
Bendis at his best. Better than the show.
