(This post is part of the Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge. You can find links to other writers' answers over at Long and Short Reviews.)
Prompt: Books that pleasantly surprised me
This one's interesting mainly because books don't generally surprise me all that much. I usually have at least some idea of what I'll be getting before I start reading. The surprise -- and the joy -- is all in the journey. In fact, some of the most pleasantly surprising reading for me is going back and re-reading some of my own stuff and thinking, "Wow. This is actually pretty good."
That said, a topic like this seems incomplete without at least one recommendation, so I'm going to make one -- and one that's at least a bit outside of my usual reading material:
Just how badly would things have to go wrong to turn a divorced suburban mother of two into a contract killer? Well, given just how much was going wrong already, it turns out the answer is: "Surprisingly little."
I often find that if I leave my own work for long enough and come back to it later, it's aged rather well. While I'm writing it, I feel like everything stinks.
ReplyDeleteOr worse, I get that horrible feeling where I just don't know if it's any good... yeah.
DeleteI have the same reaction to stuff I’ve written!
ReplyDeleteThat book sounds good.
Lydia
I'm... maybe 1/3 of the way through it? ...and it's been a lot of fun so far.
DeleteWhen I go over stuff I've written and set aside, I find a new way of looking at it and go on from there,
ReplyDeleteIt's really helpful sometimes. I need to get more in the habit of setting one thing aside and focusing on something else for a bit.
DeleteHmmm...the evil that lurks in the hearts of women!
ReplyDeleteWell, that and the frustrations of being a single parent!
DeleteI often find that with things I've written too.
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