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Ballygowan rated Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear: 5 stars

Elizabeth Gilbert: Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert

Readers of all ages and walks of life have drawn inspiration and empowerment from Elizabeth Gilbert’s books for years. Now …

Ballygowan rated Bachelor Earl: 3 stars

No cover — Darcy Burke: Bachelor Earl (2021, Zealous Quill Press)

Bachelor Earl by Darcy Burke

Ballygowan rated If he had been with me: 4 stars

Laura Nowlin: If he had been with me (2013, Sourcebooks Fire)

If he had been with me by Laura Nowlin

A love story spanning the history of two teenagers' lives and all the moments when if one little thing had …

Ballygowan reviewed How to Write Short Stories And Use Them to Further Your Writing Career by James Scott Bell

James Scott Bell: How to Write Short Stories And Use Them to Further Your Writing Career (Paperback, 2016, Compendium Press)

Review of 'How to Write Short Stories And Use Them to Further Your Writing Career' on 'Goodreads'

1 star

I’m very disappointed in this book. I expected more on the craft of actually writing short stories, but his one useful point - that all short stories need a “shattering moment” - could have been put in a blog post. Also a good chunk of the book is about how to use KDP, which I didn't sign up for. The second half the book is the republishing of five examples of short stories, one being the author’s own, and all being quite old, because they were free to use, I guess.

Ballygowan rated Fifty Shades of Grey: 3 stars

E. L. James: Fifty Shades of Grey (2011)

Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James (Fifty Shades Trilogy, #1)

When literature student Anastasia Steele goes to interview young entrepreneur Christian Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, …

Ballygowan reviewed Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score

Review of 'Things We Never Got Over' on 'Goodreads'

1 star

If you are into tattooed, bearded über-macho men who are hopeless at expressing their feelings in any other way than anger and violence, you'll probably enjoy this book. I'm not, so I didn't get knocked out by Knox. Also, I didn't much care for the co-dependent personality of Naomi either. This novel way too many clichés, stereotypes and drama for my liking. I read the first 240 pages or so, and then skipped to the end.