On my shelf this week:
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, by Ransom Riggs
Motherhood Comes Naturally (and Other Vicious Lies), by Jill Smokler
Create Your Writer Platform, by Chuck Sambuchino
The Happiness Project, by Gretchen Rubin
The first is a book club read, and it’s fantastic. Ransom Riggs has himself a new fan. Great writing, great story and great characters (even if they are a little creepy). I don’t usually read horror, but after this one, I might have to get into it! I know I’ll at least read the rest of the Home for Peculiar Children books. I’m also reading another from Jill Smokler (creator of Scary Mommy), another business book from Chuck Sambuchino and a book that’s been on my shelf for a very long time (The Happiness Project). Gretchen Rubin has a new book out, and if it’s anything like this one, I’m sure it will be on my shelf in the coming weeks.
Best quotes so far:
“If you don’t have a proven ability to promote your work and sell books, editors won’t even consider your idea, no matter how clever or timely it may be. If you want to write a nonfiction book, you must have a platform in order for editors to consider your work. If you’re writing fiction or memoir, a platform isn’t mandatory, but it will certainly help your chances (especially with memoir)—and it translates to more book sales and money for you once your title is released.”
Chuck Sambuchino
“Although we presume that we act because of the way we feel, in fact we often feel because of the way we act.
Gretchen Rubin
Read any of these? Tell us what you thought.
