{"id":833,"date":"2013-05-13T00:00:15","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T05:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.twocities.org\/?p=833"},"modified":"2013-05-12T20:14:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-13T01:14:00","slug":"book-blurbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/?p=833","title":{"rendered":"BOOK BLURBS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I am grateful for the kind blurbs scholars and writers have given to my books.\u00a0 I do think there are some overused phrases and descriptions which should be put to rest.\u00a0 Here are a few I’ve collected:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tour de force<\/strong><\/p>\n

Essential reading<\/strong><\/p>\n

Must read or the more emphatic, “truly, a must read”<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you read only one book this year, this should be it<\/strong><\/p>\n

Seminal<\/strong><\/p>\n

Couldn’t put it down<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter three was worth the price of the book<\/strong><\/p>\n

The definitive work<\/strong><\/p>\n

I wish I had written it!<\/strong><\/p>\n

It repays a careful read<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vintage Piper
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Judicious use of sources<\/strong><\/p>\n

The standard by which all others will be judged<\/strong><\/p>\n

Slim, but weighty volume<\/strong><\/p>\n

The best book I’ve read on this topic<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I am grateful for the kind blurbs scholars and writers have given to my books.\u00a0 I do think there are some overused phrases and descriptions which should be put to rest.\u00a0 Here are a few I’ve collected: Tour de force Essential reading Must read or the more emphatic, “truly, a must read” If you read […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-review"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=833"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":836,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833\/revisions\/836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}