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I just finished the latest by Dorothea Benton Frank. OMG what a TERRIBLE author she is!!!! There's no excuse for bad writing. I think some authors just get published because they have a following based on one or more previous books. I mean, this one was BAD - so badly written that I'm not even going to put the title of the book in this post because I don't want you to read it.
The book did have a good, and even important, moral message. But that doesn't excuse stinky bad writing!!! Avoid this one.
Hah, not surprised! A librarian once recommended one of Benton Franks' books to me and I remember practically gagging over the outrageously awful writing. Can't imagine she's improved over time. I truly don't understand how some authors have such a following.
I have a flap too, so maybe I'll do that. Right now, though, I have to put Cancer Ward aside and read a memoir that a friend wrote about an interesting -- albeit horrible -- slice of his life. I promised him some feedback. The editor's cap is always on.
Saved by the arrival of a memoir -- sounds like a plot beginning -- and a great escape!
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I just finished the latest by Dorothea Benton Frank. OMG what a TERRIBLE author she is!!!! There's no excuse for bad writing. I think some authors just get published because they have a following based on one or more previous books. I mean, this one was BAD - so badly written that I'm not even going to put the title of the book in this post because I don't want you to read it.
The book did have a good, and even important, moral message. But that doesn't excuse stinky bad writing!!! Avoid this one.
I read her "Pawley's Island" years ago and liked it. I've meant to go back and read more but other more interesting titles have pushed her out. Must be I was lucky to find a diamond in a heap of rough.
I listened to Louise Penny's "Still Life" on my dog walk this morning and it suddenly occurred to me that in theme her works are comparative to those of Ruth Rendell's Inspector Wexford series, but Penny actually delivers real live characters that I could sit and visit with, have a cup of tea or a drink, where I cannot even relate to Rendell's. Funny I never noticed the similarities before.
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Saved by the arrival of a memoir -- sounds like a plot beginning -- and a great escape!
Oh, the saving and escaping goes even deeper than that! I spoke to him when I was partway through it and gave him some initial feedback. When I finish reading it (to get the whole picture), he'd like for me to fully edit it, with my "red pen" (okay, fine, with Tracking set on in Microsoft Word). It's a PROJECT. I'm actually looking forward to it, though, so -- yeah -- it looks like Cancer Ward is getting put on the back burner and that, by the time I get back to it, I'll have to start it again. AGAIN.
Somebody, please read All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr so we can talk about it!!!
It's on my list, but as slow as I am y'all will have read it, digested it and discussed it at length by the time I get to it. Still, I'm looking forward to it.
I have heard it said that the third time is a charm. OR was that the second?
It took me 4 tries to read The Name of the Rose and on the last attempt it was easy and I loved it. I've never understood that.
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