The Fiction Class Book Review

Advantages: A Great Book For Writing Tips.
Disadvantages: The Story Itself isn't That Strong.

...Is it a novel or a book of writing tips? It's both actually, if you want it to be. On her website, the author says it came out of "discussions I had with my mother". So it is about a writer and her mother, but also about a creative writing class. Since Breen herself has taught such a class, parts of it are autobiographical, although she declares there is a lot of fiction woven in. The story is...

PinkyPurple246 02.05.2013 16:17 · Read review
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Review of The Fiction Class - Susan Breen

Wonderful Book About Lewis Hamilton

Advantages: Really well told story
Disadvantages: None

...My Other Half bought me the book called Lewis Hamilton, The Full Story for my birthday as I am a big Formula One fan and Lewis is my favourite driver. The book is by Mark Hughes who is a sports journalist who writes about Formula One for Motor Sport magazine (or he did when he wrote the book about Lewis). I found the book very informative and it told me lots about Lewis and the way he got...

harveydog52 11.12.2011 09:43 (11.12.2011 09:44) · Read review
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Mammoth Book of 20th Century Science Fiction

Advantages: Some real gems
Disadvantages: Some dross

...The book, The Mammoth Book of 20th Century Science Fiction is edited by David G. Hartwell. It boasts on the front cover: that it is: "The biggest and best science Fiction Anthology Ever Published". And there, as they say, is the rub. Is it? Although I acknowledge that there are a great many good science fiction stories in this anthology, I would have to argue against it being the best. And as...

Martinscholes 12.11.2005 00:10 · Read review
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