JW Ironmonger
The notable brain of Maximilian Ponder
I picked this book up, drawn by the unusual premise. Ironmonger has created a most unusual character in Maximilian, as he decides that he wants to record every memory that he has ever had. He attempts this for thirty years, and then passes away, leaving his friend Adam with a most unusual dilemma.
I wanted to read this, in the hopes of seeing how different writers would tackle the issue of how people grieve. I’m working on my own novel, which uses different characters’ perspectives and memories of a certain person, in a bid to illustrate who the lead actually was.
I did really try, to complete the novel but despite the fact that the concept is different to anything else that I’ve come across, and Ironmonger is a very good writer, I just was not able to maintain a interest in Adam’s dilemma or Maximilian himself.
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I'm a thirty something woman who lives in the north of England. I have been a writer for as long as I can remember, creating stories both written and verbal since childhood. While studying at Edge Hill College, I got several poems published by a small publisher in the USA, and in Europe. I have been part of several writing groups, and done quite a few courses in a attempt to hone my writing skills further. I love reading different genres of fiction, knowing that the best way to develop my own writing, and my vocabulary is by exposing myself to the different ways that other people choose to describe things.
The most recent writing course that I've been part of, run by a published author, included a exercise in which we were challenged to read things that we would never usually even look at.
It inspired me to take up a challenge. Namely to attempt to read at least one book by every author which is stocked in my local library. I soon realised that I was being far too ambitious, especially given the fact that every library rotates their stock too often for me to keep track.
I've decided to instead attempt to read a book every day, starting with a author whose surname begins with A, and ending with a author whose surname begins with Z. It doesn't matter what the topic of the book is, or if it's fiction or non fiction, everything is useful for me at the minute.
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