It's true. I've been a bad blogger. My last post was a long 9
months ago. And yet, the views have continued to come in, so thank you for
that. Hopefully you have dug through the archives and found something
interesting. But now, we move forward.
The interesting thing is, the busier I've
been, the more I realized something. I need to read. Not educational works,
important as they are. I need works of fiction as much as I need coffee,
nature, or time with friends. Sure I can live without it, but without it there
is less living. So eventually, I found the path back to literature. It meant
cutting back on social media and TV, but those things are best in strict
moderation anyway.
The more I began to read, the more I
realized I wanted to write. And I did, I wrote maybe 100 blog posts in my head.
I procrastinate too much. Yet eventually, this happened! I also realized I only
read books so fast, and so keeping posts strictly to the topic of book reviews
results in infrequent posts. So I think we should shake things up. I'll include
some movie reviews, book news, and random ramblings about interesting things.
Perhaps even a short story now and then. Sound good? And I'm touching things up
a bit. The internet is always racing along.
Stay tuned, good things are coming your
way. In the meantime, grab a cup of espresso and a good book. And I mean real,
straight espresso. Strong is good now and then. And the book doesn't have to be
the one you are reading. Pick up the one you've been drooling over for a
while.
Anything you'd like to see happen on Gavin
Reviews? Let me know in the comments.
Dear Gavin,
ReplyDeleteI'm writing to tell you about my new literary fiction novel, The Bird that Sang in Color (1/17/21, 356 p.) This book has been workshopped with notable author, Lidia Yukvavitch, who called it "beautifully rendered, hugely moving, and brilliant." It has received stellar reviews from various literary book blogs, individual reviewers, and Midwest Book Review.
Part family drama and part self-actualization story, this is about Donna Greco, who in her teens, subscribes to a conventional view of success in life and pushes her freewheeling, artistic brother, Vincent to do the same. However, he refuses to conform and she harbors guilt for her supposed failure to ensure his happiness until she discovers a book of sketches he made of his life, which allows her to see his internal joy and prompts her own journey of living authentically.
I would love to send you a free copy in exchange for a review. Thank you very much for your time, and I look forward to hearing back from you at your earliest convenience.
Warm regards, Grace Mattioli
http://gracemattioli.com/
https://www.amazon.com/Bird-that-Sang-Color-ebook/dp/B08GS2D3ZB/