Book ReviewsA well-made learner's dictionary whose value depends entirely on who you are. For ESL writers, the usage focus and plain definitions are genuinely useful; for native-speaker professionals it is largely redundant, outclassed for nuance by a full dictionary and for…
Book ReviewsSeven books in one box, a triumph of long-form popular storytelling whose planned arc deepens in darkness alongside its readers. A high point in Prisoner of Azkaban and not one weak entry. A master class in long-game plotting and sustaining…
Book ReviewsOpen it to any page and you will see something no other writing book contains: full-color illustrations that teach story concepts prose cannot. The most visually inventive craft book ever made, and the best on imaginative fiction specifically. Diffuse, large,…
Book ReviewsAn astronaut is stranded alone on Mars, presumed dead, with a fraction of the food he needs to survive until rescue. The whole thriller rides on voice: Watney is funny, profane, and practical enough to turn technical problems into a…
Book ReviewsA blunt, funny, fearless argument for personal accountability in a voice that refuses to coddle. I rate it a ten because it earned it with me, real impact during hard times, cutting through where gentler books failed. Not for the…
Book ReviewsMost writers fail not for lack of talent but because they cannot sit down and write on the days they don't feel like it. Atomic Habits is the best-organized book I know for that: systems over goals, habits that compound,…
Book ReviewsOne of mine, in the sense that matters most to a ghostwriter: I wrote it, for an author who trusted me with something precious. Gators in the Soup follows Gate, a small but mighty alligator, on a magical adventure where…
Book ReviewsFoley's second memoir, and one of the best examples of the form I know, hand it to clients as a model. Its strength is a fully authentic, self-written voice, no ghostwriter, plus candid insider access. A master class in how…
Book ReviewsSchwarzenegger's autobiography rides an extraordinary, almost unbelievable life: a poor Austrian village to bodybuilding champion to Hollywood star to governor. I will be honest that I skimmed instead of fully read it, so this is a personal impression, and the…
Book ReviewsOn a jungle planet swallowed by a single globe-spanning forest, Foster builds world-building among the best in SF and an ecological theme years ahead of the famous stories that share its premise. It holds at a seven mainly on pacing,…
Book ReviewsBuilt on one of SF's great high-concept premises: every human who ever lived resurrected along an endless river, with real figures like Burton and Twain interacting across the ages. Strong openers despite slow spots and a protagonist who never quite…
Book ReviewsA vividly realized alien artifact carries the whole book on pure wonder, with great pacing and, strikingly, no antagonist at all, just the adventure into the unknown. The founding Big Dumb Object novel, and a model of how mystery and…
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