Finished "Jersey Girl, Poetry by Norma Paul" by my mom, with cover art by Lee Bourdot. The book is grouped into topics, with several poems in each topic. Topics run from youth through ageism; cover marriage, 2020, and COVID. Oh, and coffee - lots of coffee. The poems themselves are diverse, from the whimsical The Whistler, to the more introspective Autumn (my favorite). I proudly admit my bias and say, "Get this book."
Thursday, July 15, 2021
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
The Terror of Vestfold - reading
Finished "The Terror of Vestfold" by John E. Stump. This was listed as the favorite book of a coworker, so I decided to pick it up. What I found was a pretty smart story that was not at all what I expected based on the description on the cover. The author wrote about Norway in the year 873 AD, with some fantasy (I hope?) elements.
It did take me a while to get through it thanks in part to travel and losing the book in the bottom of my backpack for a couple days. I would also say the book could really use an editor, or a new editor if it had one to start with. I found only a half dozen obvious typos, but where the book could really use a new set of eyes is in "showing, not telling" throughout. If I used star ratings, I'd give this one 3/5.
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