Mere hours ago, I started reading a book I was supposed to write a review on. So far, it’s an exciting and compelling tale that I highly recommend. If you’re looking for a book that will shock and inspire you, look no further. Read the book. – John Lamb, book reviewer I’m reading The Demon King by George R.R. Martin right now and have been reading it on and off for months. I’m on book five. Thanks for all the reviews and keep up the good work! – Seth Brown, Tampa, FL The Stand is the ONLY scary book. I...

The man gestured, and within the blink of an eye Mr. Fitzgerald was seated at a table in a bookshop, shaking the man’s hand. The man’s name was Monsieur Dutour. He spoke with a lilting French accent. “I do have a proposition for you, Mr. Fitzgerald.” “The bookshop, you mean?” “That, and more. You seem familiar with the works of Marcel Proust. Have you read In Search of Lost Time? It is one of the greatest novels of all time. My wife and I own the bookshop where you found the book. We also run the publishing house, and you...

Yet somewhere in my psyche, I remained convinced that I could find a story, a simple, beautiful story about what had happened to me. In the end, I went to a bookstore and spent the afternoon reading the back covers of a dozen novels. All of the writers seemed to be finding interesting and unusual stories, I thought. I was saddened by how boring so many of them were. The cliche about the writer finding his lifework in his thirties remains true to this day: what a wilder, tougher world it was. I wondered what I should write and what...