![]() ![]() Newbies preferred, I suppose, but I loved every minute of Lamott’s ranting and raving, her acerbic advice, her seriously acidic outlook and messy life. This book is not an A to Z, but more of a single writing class meant for students who have already decided that writing is for them. There really is almost as much about how to live life in this book as there is about writing, and despite that she uses much of the same material here that she used to teach years and years of students, it’s not comprehensive. It is important that the “life” is left in there, because Lamott just couldn’t help herself. A nonfiction book (which most of Lamott’s are), the subtitle is Some Instructions on Writing and Life. I can hardly express how much I loved it. This time I read the whole thing, cross my heart. Norrell-because of how much I am reading.) (It is also a season of balking at especially long books-like Jonathan Strange and Mr. Right now, I’m in the read-200 books in a year season. Hmm… So, I liked the book a whole lot, but I was in a season where I might put down a book and forget to ever pick it up again? I have definitely had those seasons. I was a little surprised, then, when I pulled it off the shelf to do a re-read and a review and my notes and markings stopped about two-thirds of the way through. I have often recommended the book Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott and thought of it warmly. ![]()
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