[stylist] what I've been reading...

Sun Jan 15 04:44:46 UTC 2012

Dear Brad,

Very true philosophy on life. I think I'll try to remind myself of your 
words when life gets rough. (smile)

Natalie

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From: "BradDunsé" <lists at braddunsemusic.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 5:30 AM
To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [stylist] what I've been reading...

> Natalie,
>
> Wow. That is some reading there, impressive. And, take it from someone 
> who, until only recently with in the past couple years, never read much of 
> anything much less a whole book, writing  insight and ability comes 
> through osmosis by reading others works. Both as a, "Well that method 
> didn't  work," perspective as well as the, "Wow, that's a awesome style, 
> perspective, etc." It sounds to me like you  have and can continue, to 
> have  a great insight perspective and experience in writing book reviews 
> as well. Hope all is well and when I run into life issues, I like to 
> remind myself, "Each day is a new one having nothing to do with the prior 
> one, other than the lessons  and experience gained to make me all the more 
> closer to my goals today."
>
> Brad
>
> On 1/13/2012  11:06 PM Nat Barrett said...
>
>>To list,
>>
>>I e-mailed Bridgit today to compliment her on the Breath and Shadow essay, 
>>and she mentioned that I'd been quiet on the list. Lol. I've had some 
>>personal issues lately and things have been piling up.
>>
>>Anwyay, I wanted to combine comments. I've been catching up on the list 
>>from about two weeks back. Two things.
>>May I just say that I'm pretty proud of myself. For 2011 I read 174 books. 
>>That doesn't' include the ones that I read some pages and then stopped 
>>because the books just weren't that good. This year I'm challenging myself 
>>to read at least 200.
>>
>>I also started a blog last year reviewing books. My fiction writing hasn't 
>>really been taking off, so I've been trying to motivate myself to write 
>>anything. So far I've done too many romance book reviews and am trying to 
>>also challenge myself to branch out.
>>
>>Anyway, you all were also talking about speedreading audibly. I must say 
>>for myself when I first used Jaws back in 1999, I had it so very slow. But 
>>as I adjusted to the voice, I began reading faster and faster.
>>
>>I, too, will fall asleep if I'm not constantly moving around when I'm 
>>reading. I try to do chores. Laundry, dishes, sweeping. Most times I 
>>listen to books while I scan other books to submit to Bookshare. That 
>>definitely keeps my hands moving and since it's awfully, awfully boring 
>>work, it makes the scanning go a lost faster!
>>
>>Anyway, good luck to everyone in 2012 with their writing goals. (smile)
>>Natalie
>>
>>
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>>From: "Jacqueline Williams" <jackieleepoet at cox.net>
>>Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 10:31 AM
>>To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>>Subject: Re: [stylist] what I've been reading...
>>
>>>Chris,
>>>I get Choice magazine, and just got my new copy. I find it has excellent
>>>selections.
>>>Your book list is varied, and exciting. I do not know how it is possible 
>>>to
>>>be such a prolific reader to finish so many books. Are they all recorded 
>>>or
>>>digital books? That is to say do you listen? Or do you have enough sight 
>>>to
>>>read them. The reason I ask is that even if I am listening to a riveting
>>>book, I fall   asleep after forty minutes or so. How can you be a speed
>>>reader with a taped selection.
>>>Your books are exciting enough to keep most on the edge of their seats.
>>>Admiration abounds.
>>>Jackie
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>Behalf Of Chris Kuell
>>>Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2012 6:07 PM
>>>To: stylist at nfbnet.org
>>>Subject: [stylist] what I've been reading...
>>>
>>>A month or so ago it was suggested we write book reviews, but I didn't
>>>notice much interest in the group. However, I will share a little about 
>>>what
>>>I've read in the last 6 weeks.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>chris
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Books read since  November 15:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>The Reversal by Michael Connelly  (2010)
>>>
>>>The latest in the Harry Bosch series, I think the main purpose of this 
>>>novel
>>>was to make Harry's half-brother, Mickey Haller, a defense attorney, more
>>>prominent. It sets up the next Bosch novel, and perhaps a series for the
>>>brother?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Sixty-One Hours by Lee Child  (2010)
>>>
>>>Perhaps the best of the Jack Reacher novels. It's an action packed 
>>>adventure
>>>about a Mexican drug lord, tons of methamphetamine and a small town 
>>>police
>>>force in South Dakota.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>The Unnamed by Joshua Ferris (2010)
>>>
>>>Ferris's writing is terse and takes a little getting used to, but once 
>>>you
>>>do, you'll be drawn into this gut-wrenching novel about a man's attempt 
>>>to
>>>deal with mental illness. He loses his job, his wife and daughter, but 
>>>still
>>>does the best he can.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Working in the Shadows: A Year Doing the Jobs Most American's Won't do by
>>>Gabriel Thompson  (2010)
>>>
>>>An excellent non-fiction book, the writer goes 'undercover' working in a
>>>lettuce field, in a chicken processing plant and at various crappy jobs 
>>>in
>>>NYC, and experiences how immigrants are treated and paid (or often, not).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Scorpion in the Sea by P.T.Deutermann   (1992)
>>>
>>>A Naval based action-adventure novel, I'll give it a 3 out of 5.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>In Our Nature: Stories of Wildness edited by Donna Seaman  (2000)
>>>
>>>A series of short stories that loosely deal with nature-the great 
>>>outdoors,
>>>our sexual nature, our power struggles, etc.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Rogue Warrior: Green Team by Richard Marshenko and John Weissman  (1995)
>>>
>>>Marshenko was a navy seal, and is narcissistic enough to write novels 
>>>based
>>>on himself as the baddest bad-ass of them all. What's really interesting
>>>about this particular book are his views on Islamic fundamentalists and 
>>>his
>>>predictions of the terrorist havoc they would unleash across the globe.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>The Good Soldiers by David Finkle  (2009)
>>>
>>>This Pulitzer-prize winner spends 14 months with a group of soldiers 
>>>during
>>>the 2007 'surge' in Iraq. Unlike the previous Marshenko novel, where war 
>>>is
>>>glorified, this is bone-chilling, horrible, and real. He describes real 
>>>men
>>>(boys? The age of the average American soldier is 20) being maimed and/or
>>>killed in what are essentially useless battles in Iraq. After a year of
>>>fighting, trying to rebuild a destroyed city's sewer, power and water
>>>systems-Iraqi insurgents blow it all up so they are back at point 0.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger (1961)
>>>
>>>A very interesting novella, this originally was published as 2 short 
>>>stories
>>>in the New Yorker in the late 50s. Franny is a disillusioned college 
>>>girl,
>>>and Zooey is her older brother trying to set her straight regarding the
>>>'Jesus prayer'.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>The Best American Science Writing 2010, edited by Jerome Groopman
>>>
>>>These articles, which were primarily medical in nature, were quite
>>>fascinating, if a touch dated. I took notes on 2 of the pieces as 
>>>research
>>>information for future stories some day.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Rizzo's War by Lou Manfredo  (2009)
>>>
>>>A former Brooklyn cop writing a story about. Brooklyn cops. And 
>>>corruption
>>>and walking the fine line of what's right, what's wrong, and what just 
>>>is.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>The Trial by Franz Kafka  (1925)
>>>
>>>Kafka asked that all of his work be burned after his death, and to be
>>>honest, I think I can see why. I know this is a critically acclaimed 
>>>novel,
>>>it's been made into a movie 3 times, but I found it strange, not very
>>>interesting, and except for it being a bizarre statement about Prague's
>>>judicial system in the early 20th century, I don't much get the point.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>The Best American Short Stories 2010, edited by Richard Russo
>>>
>>>This is a fantastic series, and I thoroughly enjoyed each of the 20 or so
>>>stories in this anthology. For the Choice Magazine readers out there, 3
>>>stories in this anthology will be familiar.
>>>
>>>
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