MK’s Book Reviews: Stephen King’s It

Okay. I am not a horror fan, not a violence fan, and definitely not a clown fan. Why did I read this book?

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MK’s Book Reviews: All The Light We Cannot See

You’ve likely heard of this book, as it was everywhere this summer. It also won a highly coveted prize. Is it worth the hype?

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MK’s Book Reviews: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

I’m back after a long, amazing weekend at Lake Sacandaga in upstate New York. I missed a few days due to no wifi at all (which can be quite nice) but now I’m back and it’s Tuesday which means it’s time for a book review. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe is one […]

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Learning from the Masters: Voice

So I’ve written a lot about what we can learn from the masterful writers who’ve come before us, focusing mainly on the first 250 words of the manuscript. Today I want to focus on something else: voice.

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Good Reads Lately

Been a little while since I updated you all on my reading list. Here are some recent good reads (and incidentally, you can follow my other good reads on Goodreads).

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Friday Things

After an amazing wedding weekend (my boyfriend’s sister’s) it was hard to return to real life this week.

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MK’s Book Reviews: Chaos Walking

I’ve been reading up a storm lately, barely pausing to update my Goodreads, much less write a review. But I recently read a trilogy of books that merits one. The Chaos Walking Trilogy by Patrick Ness merits a lot more than that.  “Without a filter, a man is just chaos walking.”

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A Magician or a Workman?

I came across this article yesterday. It’s brilliant. Read it, then return to me.

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Good Reads Lately

The newspaper isn’t one of them January is a great month for reading. (Then again, what month isn’t?) If you need some recos, here are some good ones I’ve read lately:

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My Books of 2014

These are all the new books I read last year!

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