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Reading time: Just over 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of metaphors from writer Alix Ohlin… While on vacation several years ago, I picked up a novel by Canadian writer Alix Ohlin, from a shelf in a condo in […]

Reading time: About 2 minutes I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about similes and metaphors from Nell Stevens… I’m not a fan of ghost stories. But I appreciate well-written historical fiction. And I also like the writing of Nell Stevens. Her most recent novel,

Reading time: About 2 minutes I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about similes and metaphors from Niall Williams… The novel This is Happiness by Niall Williams sat at the top of my list of recommended books for 2020. Now, I can just as highly

Reading time: About 2 minutes I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of metaphors from Patrick Bringley…. Two friends and a distant family member had recommended a new book by Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World. I found the memoir

Reading time: About 2 minutes I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about metaphors from Canadian writer Patricia Finn…. Patricia Finn is a North Vancouver–based writer, ghostwriter, editor, and consultant whose career has spanned decades. Educated in both Canada and New Zealand, she completed post-graduate

Reading time: About 2 minutes I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about similes and metaphors from American writer Tom Junod…, Noted American magazine writer Tom Junod said that his encounter with television personality Fred Rogers (Mr. Rogers) changed his perspective on life. In fact,

Reading time: Less than 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of similes from author Ling Ma… Chinese American novelist Ling Ma (pictured above) won a 2018 Kirkus Prize for her first novel Severence. Her work was also listed as a

Reading time: About 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about similes and metaphors from William Maxwell… I had never heard of William Maxwell until a client introduced him to me. Although long dead (Maxwell lived from 1908 to 2000) he was an

Reading time: Just over 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of metaphors from Anna Wiener… There are few genres of books I enjoy more than a good memoir. So, when I heard positive reviews of Uncanny Valley by Anna