2013-09-22

This week I finally published my thoughts on War & Peace by Leo Tolstoy. It was a long time coming, not only did it take me a long time to read the novel, but I went through the effort for writing a synopsis of every "book" within the novel. It is a satisfying novel which gives the reader much to think about, Tolstoy certainly doesn't hide his opinions.

Please read my post and let me know what you think.



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Thoughts on: The United States Constitution: A Round Table Comic Graphic Adaptation by Nadja Baer… tinyurl.com/834prtu#BookReview

J.K. Rowling wants to help poor single moms — she was one, toolatimes.com/books/jacketco…

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Jeff Smith on Comic Books & Self Publishingmediabistro.com/galleycat/jeff… via @GalleyCat

Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam is The Hunger Games for Grown-Upstor.com/blogs/2013/09/…

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Bookish Beer — Raven Special Lagertinyurl.com/oc8lyug #BookReview

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A new #BookReview: #Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Edgar Rice Burroughsmanoflabook.com/wp/?p=9913

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Guest Review: The Man in the Picture by Susan Hill tinyurl.com/9tvod8j #BookReview

Miami Book Fair International 2013: Dan Brown And 15 Other Authors You Can't Miss (PHOTOS) huff.to/1gztslQ via @HuffPostBooks

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A new #BookReview: Morgan Kane: Without Mercy by Louis Mastersonmanoflabook.com/wp/?p=9914

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Book Review: The Hunt for Hitler's Warship by Patrick Bishop tinyurl.com/lyf3pdq#BookReview

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Nonfiction Query That Survived 75 Submissionsmediabistro.com/galleycat/nonf… via @GalleyCat

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RT @elizabethscraig: "Why I'm Not Writing YA (though I often wish I was)": dld.bz/cPPqd@KameronHurley

Thoughts on: Snow by Nigel West and Madoc Roberts tinyurl.com/7uycawz #BookReview

RT @OrnaRoss: Ernest Hemingway’s Favorite Hamburger Recipe buff.ly/19dTZBb

Exclusive: The National Book Awards Longlist for Nonfiction thebea.st/1dorQeY via @thedailybeast

Please file under "who cares?" — Daniel Radcliffe won't appear in J.K. Rowling's Fantastic Beasts saga pwne.ws/152xcwx

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Meryl Streep’s 10 Best Literary Rolesbookriot.com/2013/09/16/mer…

6 Moments When an Author Broke My Heartbarnesandnoble.com/blog/6-moments…

7 Craft Lessons Every Writer Must Learnhuff.to/1gaqnsf via @HuffPostBooks

Fun Facts Friday: Joseph Brodskytinyurl.com/98yubjb #BookReview

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Guest Review: Children of the Jedi (Star Wars) by Barbara Hambly tinyurl.com/lqgjue2#BookReview

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Fun Facts Friday: The Invisible Mantinyurl.com/cbnbv8p #BookReview

A new #Giveaway: 1 set — False Memory and False Sight by Dan Krokos #FreeBooks #Win

Books for Boys and Books for Girls: Problems with Gendered Reading huff.to/1aF0osg via @HuffPostBooks

Tightwad Tuesday — Free or Affordable eBooks — Mysteries tinyurl.com/9x5vm6s#BookReview

Why Americans Should Stay Out of the Booker Contest theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/…

Writing with Dyslexiabooksbywomen.org/writing-with-d…

Estate still seeing red over rejected Hemingway storypagesix.com/2013/09/17/est…

Via @nprbooks: National Book Awards Look To Raise Profile … And It's Not The First Timen.pr/150Xnhy

The day Laurence Olivier got stage frightgu.com/p/3tzhh/tw via @guardian

'Bleeding Edge' By Thomas Pynchon: The Book We're Talking About huff.to/1gpfZNw via @HuffPostBooks

RT @elizabethscraig: You're Not a Real Writer Unless…: dld.bz/cP9ZS @Julie_Glover

Affleck on #Batman kalel.com/wp/?p=306#Superman #ManOfSteel

The Writing Wastelandthescribblerscove.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-wr…

10 Things You Didn't Know About Sherlock Holmes huff.to/1eia7c6 via @HuffPostBooks

Via @nprbooks: Barnard President: Today's 'Wonder Women' Must Reframe Feminismn.pr/1509yve

Christian Fiction Writers Honor Their Bestpublishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/in… via @PublishersWkly

James Patterson To Give $1 Million To Indie Bookstoresmediabistro.com/galleycat/jame… via @GalleyCat

Vintage to Pub James Baldwin's Major Works in E publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/di…via @PublishersWkly

James Patterson donates $1m to independent US bookshops gu.com/p/3tzfc/twvia @guardian

RT @elizabethscraig: A writing exercise–channeling nostalgia: dld.bz/cQdGN@LAMysteryWriter

RT @brainpicker: “She suffered from a chronic perplexity. She died sniffing life & enjoying it.” EB White's endearing obit for his dog…

Three Rules for Growing Your Lasting LegacyDeveloping Serving Leaderstrippbraden.com/2013/09/17/gro… via @TrippBraden

Fun Facts Friday: Caroline Gordontinyurl.com/bq5nvfk #BookReview

Thoughts on: War & Peace Book 2 — Part 5tinyurl.com/8rqvx63 #BookReview

Twitter Roundup for Week Ending 01 September, 2012 tinyurl.com/8vh87jb#BookReview

Man's huge book collection goes up for sale in Pa. boston.com/news/local/new…

A new summary post & #BookReview: War & Peace by Leo #Tolstoymanoflabook.com/wp/?p=6119

Holocaust Survivor Looking for His Twin A7734 tinyurl.com/nmzsqfs #BookReview

e-Book Cover Design Awards, August 2013thebookdesigner.com/2013/09/e-book…

Maximising Your Book Exposure j.mp/1dihayu

How to Punctuate with “However”dailywritingtips.com/how-to-punctua…

Crowdsourcing The Essentials: Epic Fantasyterribleminds.com/ramble/2013/09…

Who Would You Eat With?secretsof7scribes.wordpress.com/2013/09/16/who…

Thoughts on: The Art of War by Sun Tzutinyurl.com/74fuauy #BookReview

The Blessings of a Do-Oversouthernwritersmagazine.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-bl…

Ten Things That Drive Books Crazybookriot.com/2013/09/12/ten… via @Rcordas

Booker prize to allow US entriesthesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_ne…

Shakespeare to be revised by Margaret Atwood and Howard Jacobsonlatimes.com/books/jacketco…

How to Teach Your Children to Enjoy Readingthenewsinbooks.com/how-to-teach-y…

What do You Want to do With the Rest of Your Life? highgrowthbusiness.com/2013/09/rest-o… via @TrippBraden

Brooklyn's Newest Made-Up Job Title Is "Book Therapist" ($30 Per Hour) ow.ly/oU54B

Virginia Woolf on Next Season of ‘Downtown Abbey’ flavorwire.com/newswire/virgi…

RT @williams_paige: Kinda brilliant: vintage NYC crime photos superimposed on modern streetscapes bit.ly/1gcjfeW

9 Least Scary Ghosts in Films (and Casper Isn't on the List) huff.to/1e8ZGYf via @HuffPostBooks

Artist Creates Perfect Illustrations For Roald Dahl's Wonderfully Dark Taleshuff.to/1giRGAA via @HuffPostBooks

Fun Facts Friday: The Globe Theatretinyurl.com/8fcyjlp #BookReview

RT @elizabethscraig: Where 1 writer finds ideas for her stories: dld.bz/cP9pX@melissadonovan

Boyd on Bond gu.com/p/3tk59/tw via @guardian

Man Booker prize will open to US authors in 2014, reports say gu.com/p/3tnk7/tw via @guardian

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10-Book Deal for Terry Pratchettnyti.ms/15wqFsk

5 Common Problems in Your Young Adult Manuscripthowtowriteshop.loridevoti.com/2013/04/5-comm… via @HowToWriteShop

Jim Carrey, Julianne Moore, Giada De Laurentiis: 5 Hot Hollywood Kids' Booksj.mp/1esaPo8 via @THR

Fun Facts Friday: Beatrice Schenk de Regniers tinyurl.com/la7ckc6 #BookReview

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Guest Review: Ghostman by Roger Hobbstinyurl.com/kmn6d4o #BookReview

"Shifty" By Chuck Yeager An incredible American hero manoflabook.com/wp/?p=9904 #WWII @GENRayOdierno PLEASE#RT

Book Review: Three Lives of Tomomi Ishikawa by Benjamin Constabletinyurl.com/kevbbnq #BookReview

RT @elizabethscraig: Lessons on Storytelling and Being a Writer: dld.bz/cP4J5@lydia_sharp

RT @HuffPostBooks: Cynthia Voigt's favorite children's books huff.to/1g0QQsf

RT @elizabethscraig: Interview with agent @SaraMegibow: dld.bz/cPeeD@FantasyFaction

The Myers-Briggs types of every Harry Potter character: Which are you? huff.to/1g67arK via @HuffPostBooks

Guest Review: Star Wars: Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn tinyurl.com/8zbysor#BookReview

9 Most Sympathetic Villains In Bookshuff.to/1fQFB5I via @HuffPostBooks

RT @brainpicker: Anton Chekhov on the 8 qualities of cultured people j.mp/160J1UK

RT @elizabethscraig: Healthcare for the Self-Employed Writer: dld.bz/cP4KJ @vistahealth

Book Review: Rocking the Wall by Erik Kirschbaum tinyurl.com/oyggzev#BookReview

Twitter Update for Week Ending 14 September, 2013 manoflabook.com/wp/?p=9901

7 Reasons Why Social Media Isn't Growing Your Fiction Readership: dld.bz/cP4K2@storyrally

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A Look at Reading Nooksdwell.com/post/article/s…

Book Spotlight: The Fact/Faith Debate by Jack Gage tinyurl.com/mmkamgx #BookReview

Book Paintings by Ekaterina Panikanovathisiscolossal.com/2013/06/book-p…

Artist Turns Discarded Books Into Beautiful Works Of Art By Crystalizing Thembuzzfeed.com/aaronc13/artis… via @aaronpcalvin

Top Books Derived from 11 "Top 100" Listsreddit.com/r/books/commen…

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New post: Fun Facts Friday: Roald Dahlmanoflabook.com/wp/?p=9890 #FunFacts

Community: 20 Awesome Minimalist Harry Potter Tattoos buzzfeed.com/justina12/20-a…via @thewarclub

Damn that's nice: Nettlestone Library Ensemble ow.ly/oQ9YJ

Quiz: Can you tell when authors are writing for children? gu.com/p/3h542/tw via @guardian

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Via @nprbooks: Suburban Islands Of Regret, More Than 'Nine Inches' Apart n.pr/14MiWSG

Librarian Quietly Saved $1 Million For Gift Back To Library huff.to/1g6cZFr via @HuffPostBooks

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48 Names for Things You Didn't Know Had Names (VIDEO) huff.to/1e781M8 via @HuffPostBooks

Loaned $ to help Unión De Amigas Group a#BOOK SELLER from Boliviakiva.org/lend/597484 #KivaLoan

These Religious Officials Don't Want You To Read Harry Potter. But We Say Ignore Them.huff.to/1e5F1Et via @HuffPostBooks

Tightwad Tuesday — Affordable eBooks — Science Fiction tinyurl.com/awxy95q#BookReview

Happy birthday Roald Dahl, check out my Fun Facts Friday post about himmanoflabook.com/wp/?p=9890 #FunFacts

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A Literary Agent Answers Your Fevered Questions: Querying, Graphic Novels, and Books for Children the-toast.net/2013/09/04/lit…

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Fun Facts Friday: Roald Dahlpinterest.com/pin/1207528337…

Fun Facts Friday: Roald Dahlmanoflabook.com/wp/?p=9890 #FunFacts

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