tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14973093.post7484861588758668595..comments2024-02-12T11:17:41.537+01:00Comments on Ore's Notes: Book Review: All the Pretty HorsesOrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10230896381942258816noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14973093.post-46970732597242662262012-03-27T22:33:09.799+01:002012-03-27T22:33:09.799+01:00LOL, Fifi! I guessed as much. I've downloaded ...LOL, Fifi! I guessed as much. I've downloaded the chapter and will read it and share my thoughts.<br /><br />Kudos to you! Writing is not a day's job!Orehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10230896381942258816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14973093.post-45693694727190071572012-03-26T03:58:54.117+01:002012-03-26T03:58:54.117+01:00Oh, what a blunder! Very sorry, Ore, as you may ha...Oh, what a blunder! Very sorry, Ore, as you may have guessed, I'm a new author shopping for badly-needed reviews.<br /><br />Apologies!Efioanwanhttp://www.authorbrokenportraits.blog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14973093.post-51280274559975869122012-03-26T03:53:39.909+01:002012-03-26T03:53:39.909+01:00Hi Amy,
You have a nice blog and your reviews see...Hi Amy,<br /><br />You have a nice blog and your reviews seem simple and quite honest and I applaud you. Would you be interested in reading Literary Fiction, which I have written? <br /><br />I am a Nigerian and this would be my first book. The theme is loneliness. It is written in the first person and my narrator is a male Nigerian student in a fictitious South African University College, though I am a woman.<br /><br />Following Deji's and your own comments on<br />All the Pretty Horses, I would love to know what you guys think about my work and especially, if I have handled a man's viewpoint and emotions well in this book.<br /><br /><br />Here is a link to a chapter, which I have put up for preview at CS https://www.createspace.com/Preview/1097916<br /><br /><br />If you would like to read more, I'd be happy to send you a PDF (I am still going through the process of ordering a proof copy/getting a US account for my royalties so it's not quite ready for print, else I'd send you the book). Please let me know if you are interested. <br /><br /><br />Thank you for your time,<br /><br />FifiEfioanwanhttp://www.authorbrokenportraits.blog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14973093.post-88897972202127520492012-03-12T00:46:43.940+01:002012-03-12T00:46:43.940+01:00Hi Deji,
You're right about most books having...Hi Deji,<br /><br />You're right about most books having masculine themes, which is what makes writing by women for women such a wonderful and comfortable thing. I think that people tend to be drawn to writing by authors of their sex, as their subjects are familiar. However, I also am not a big fan of the romantic and chick-lit genre, though I do indulge from time to time.<br /><br />I love Westerns (films), so will check out Lonesome Dove. But first, I'm going to read Blood Meridian, which is another new McCarthy acquisition.<br /><br />You should have a blog, if you don't already.Orehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10230896381942258816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14973093.post-6549521138145781702012-03-10T04:22:50.948+01:002012-03-10T04:22:50.948+01:00Ore,that was quite succinct as reviews go.WE ALL H...Ore,that was quite succinct as reviews go.WE ALL HAVE OUR predilections/biases as far as authors are concerned.But then most books are about masculine themes.To be truthful,am always drawn towards male writers...Hate the so called romantic novels,especially the kind of nonsense like waiting to exhale.Maybe am from the school of what Nigel Hawthorne infamously called"damned scribbling women".<br />Actually,am not as piggish as that.One of my favourite books was the Shipping News by Annie Prouix. Close range and accordion crimes were fantastic as well.<br />Joyce carol Oates is another great writer.She writes beautifully.A master of prose.Her essay on boxing was one of the greatest writing on that brutal sport.<br />A widow's story: a tribute to her husband was quite moving.One can literally feel her pain and grief.<br />Can I recommend 'Lonesome Dove' by Larry Mcmurtry..it is unashamedly male...a western.(cowboys and indians)hence violent.It is also very funny full of great characters.It is unputdownable!!!<br />It was a best seller.<br />Anyway,do take care of yourself.am sure all will be revealed in time!dejinoreply@blogger.com