Reviews for Booknotes

The average rating for Booknotes based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-06-20 00:00:00 Dani Marcushevic I really wish there were more books like this. I loved the show Booknotes for many reasons--one was learning about the authors' writing habits--where they wrote, how they wrote, and what inspired them at their desks. I suppose this book is a distillation of the Booknotes program, with some added emphasis on the work habits of authors. It inspires my own quest for improving my work habits and creating an efficient writing space. It's a little disconcerting, though, to learn that many of these esteemed writers--such as Doris Kearns Goodwin, Shelby Foote and John Keegan, for example--all write in longhand. . . . (Granted, much of the series took place at the dawn of computer writing software prior to MS Word. . . .) Their habits can't help my hyperactive editing instinct at the keyboard, but maybe it can inspire me to make each sentence count the first time, instead of endlessly tweaking. This is a non-linear book that you can open to any point and begin reading and learning. I still lament the end of Booknotes, and I wish C-SPAN could revive the program for public benefit. It is damn hard to read a book a week, though, as Brian Lamb once revealed near the end of the series.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-04-17 00:00:00 Tasse Godinez I enjoyed reading this book. I thought it was very interesting.