"I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us." Franz Kafka
For any author who would like his/her book to be reviewed, contact me. Poetry books too are solicited for reviewing. However, there are some genres I tend to avoid. Feel free to ask me.
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I must mention here that I read at my own pace and depending on my mood. Don't ask me to hurry.
Which authors have you been lucky enough to discover at the very beginning of their careers? And, if you’ve never had that chance, which author do you WISH you’d been able to discover at the very beginning?
I have read a lot of debut novels. Some of those are so good that one does not feel written by a first time writer. Some have become very popular. I don't really want to specify any author as such.
To answer the second question, I will go back to Charles Dickens. I wish I had been there when he wrote his novels...
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Ha... I had the same thought about Charles Dickens! ;)
here's mine http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2011/02/booking-through-thursday_10.html
I haven't really gotten on the ground floor for many authors (although I am starting to get requests now). Here's my answer: http://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2011/02/booking-through-thursday-ground-floor.html
Oh, yes, Charles Dickens would have been a great one to discover!!! Mine is here: http://shirley-mybookshelf.blogspot.com/2011/02/book-tour-sudden-moves-by-kelli-sue.html
For me, best example would be R. Scott Bakker. Only *had* to read his first book to be utterly hooked. Brilliant writer. I certainly understand that whole "doesn't feel like a first time writer" sensation. For the second question, though, I'd probably say either Camus or Dostoevsky. To be able to pick the brains of either of those two men? Astounding...
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