Comments on: Of Mastery and Masterpieces http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/07/21/of-mastery-and-masterpieces/ Behind the Book Reviews--The Official Blog of Booklist Online Sat, 30 Mar 2013 16:38:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Likely Stories » Blog Archive » The Other NBA http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/07/21/of-mastery-and-masterpieces/comment-page-1/#comment-408 Likely Stories » Blog Archive » The Other NBA Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:15:42 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/?p=348#comment-408 [...] I’m pleased to see Richard Powers’ The Echo Maker, one of the best books I read all year, on the list. In August, I nominated it for the Booklist’s Top of the List. But more on that later. [...]

]]> By: Keir http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/07/21/of-mastery-and-masterpieces/comment-page-1/#comment-162 Keir Sat, 12 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/?p=348#comment-162 This from Brad: “You’re not only overthinking, you’re overthinking the overthinking process.” Zing! I promise I won’t write about overthinking for a while. I think.

]]> By: maggie http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/07/21/of-mastery-and-masterpieces/comment-page-1/#comment-163 maggie Sat, 12 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/?p=348#comment-163 I just finished writing a review for Gabriel Garcia Marquez. A master of the wordy craft, don’t ya think?

The review is for The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor, first written as a newspaper serial.

These are my last lines…

These few paragraphs are just the beginning; it is up to you to read a budding master at his craft.

Thanks to Marquez, I didn’t have to think too much. ;-)

Enjoy the blog! maggie

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