Lazy Sunday Book
The
Death Catcher – by Robert S Wilson.
The
only bad thing I have to say about this book, is that it is a
short-story.
It's
got a brilliant concept to the story-line, and the writing style is
excellent. Had me gripped from page one.
As
I've said, it's short but worth downloading, even though it won't
take long to read.
My
next choice as the first is so short – is an old classic – Bram
Stoker's ---
Dracula
–
It's
the 1897 edition, which I think is appropriate, considering next Saturday
is Halloween.
We
all know the story of the blood thirsty Count D, so I won't go into
detail.
The
reason I have chosen this particular book is because of the edition
age, it is free. Why pay money for a new version when you can have
the original for no cost at all?
I
would hate you all to think I'm a cheapskate, I'm not – but hey
struggling authors are not rich, and we do so love to read books as
well as write them.
Having
scrolled through the Dracula copies on Amazon that have a cost
attached to them, I see nothing different apart from a snazzy cover.
The prose is exactly the same.
Okay,
you might say the writing is old fashioned – but then so is
Shakespeare or Jane Austin or any of the Classics, and they are all
still worth reading. In fact I think, if you want to write good books, reading classic literature is essential.
If
you want to write good literature, you have to read great literature.
As
usual, I have given you both the UK and the USA links for the books featured on -
The
Lazy Sunday Review.
Book
status - free as of Sunday morning - 25th October 2015.
have
a great weekend everyone and thanks for reading this post...
The
Riotous Writer
background and review picture courtesy of 'Stuart Miles' FreeDigitalPhotos,net
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