11 Difficult Books I Read in 2019

Early this month, I shared a blog post on the Best Books I Read in 2019. Following that, I knew I had to do a list of books that I found challenging, that I struggled with, and perhaps, that didn’t hit a chord with me. When you read as much as 90 plus books in…

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End of Watch: Book Review by Asha Seth

Review Available on: Instagram | Goodreads | Amazon Author: Stephen King| Genre: Supernatural, Thriller | Pages: 496 The Plot: In End of Watch, book three of the Bill Hodges Trilogy, the diabolical “Mercedes Killer” Brady Hartsfield drives innocent people to suicide through a gaming app, and if the founders of Finders Keepers – Retired detective Bill Hodges and…

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Finders Keepers: Book Review by Asha Seth

Review Also Available on: Instagram | Goodreads | Amazon Author: Stephen King| Genre: Thriller | Pages: 370 The Plot: Morris Bellamy loves John Rothstein for the Jimmy Gold books that changed his life. Morris Bellamy hates John Rothstein for selling out on Jimmy Gold, his favorite character. Morris Bellamy kills John Rothstein, burglarizing through his house of decent cash and all his…

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Writing Inspiration #34

Let’s get one thing clear right now, shall we? There is no Idea Dump, no Story Central, no Island of the Buried Bestsellers; good story ideas seem to come quite literally from nowhere, sailing at you right out of the empty sky: two previously unrelated ideas come together and make something new under the sun.…

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Writing Inspiration #32

I like authors who lay emphasis on the importance of reading. Stephen King said the first thing he ever did was put out the television and get to the book. Ernest Hemingway was always reading. He would read almost everything he could lay his hands on. J K Rowling never read a book that didn’t…

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Mr Mercedes: Book Review by Asha Seth

Review Available on: Instagram | Goodreads | Amazon Author: Stephen King| Genre: Thriller | Pages: 405 The Plot: The story opens in a parking lot where job seekers have lined up to test their luck at a job fair. In the wee-hours, a maniac with a clown mask runs down a Mercedes on the lot killing 8 people and…

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Writing Inspiration #17

Here comes a stunner of a quote from none other than King. And just how this one has always always rescued me, has made this one of my all-time favorite writing quotes. It is from King’s memoir ‘On Writing‘ that I read a few years ago and that just reminds me it is time I…

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Writing Inspiration #3

We burden our conscience with the opinion of others, and let ourselves be impacted by what they say, don’t we? Yes, we do. Is there an escape? I know not. But I know this, Not everyone might appreciate what you do. But you know what the good part is – not everyone matters. Now that…

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Everything’s Eventual: An Excerpt

Creativity is like a hand at the end of your arm. But a hand has many fingers, doesn’t it?” “Well, at least five.” “Think of those fingers as abilities. A creative person may write, paint, sculpt, or think up math formulae; he or she might dance or sing or play a musical instrument. Those are…

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On Writing: Book Review by Asha Seth

Acclaimed author Nicholas Sparks has recommended some books on his website that will help you improve your writing skills. One of them is ‘ON WRITING‘ by ‘Stephen King‘. This being my first Stephen King book, I was disappointed to not have started reading his books earlier. Well, I might as well yell that I love the way…

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