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Marcus K.

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reviewed Lonesome Dove. by Larry McMurtry

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Larry McMurtry: Lonesome Dove. (1986, Pocket Books)

Lonesome Dove, by Larry McMurtry, the author of Terms of Endearment, is his long-awaited masterpiece, …

Review of 'Lonesome Dove.' on 'Goodreads'

An epic Western story told with an amazing detail and harsh reality about how it was to live in the West at that time. It is a long one but well worth the time.

reviewed The Wishing Spell (The Land of Stories, #1) by Chris Colfer

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Chris Colfer: The Wishing Spell (The Land of Stories, #1) (2012)

Review of 'The Wishing Spell (The Land of Stories, #1)' on 'Goodreads'

Read this story with my 8-yr old daughter, her first major chapter book. We started reading it together but she really got into it and read the second half without me. So I finished it on my own to hear the end of the story.

It's a fun story that literally dives deep into the world of fairy tales.

reviewed Design is storytelling by Ellen Lupton

Ellen Lupton: Design is storytelling (2017, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Good design, like good storytelling, brings ideas to life. The latest book from award-winning writer …

Review of 'Design is storytelling' on 'Goodreads'

The book is quite nice, it has plenty of graphics, color, and excellent printing. The design ideas and concepts in the book seemed to be more around known stories and common sense, little seemed new to me. The book is put together well and flows nicely, maybe I'd give it 4 stars if I were newer to some of the ideas, though I was hoping for a little bit deeper from it.