Tag: Edge

L. Frank Baum – Wizard of Oz | Review

September 19, 2018
Authors A-E (By Surname)Fiction

Title: Wizard of Oz

Author: L. Frank Baum

Type: Fiction

Page Count/Review Word Count: 184

Rating: 4.5/5

 

Frank L. Baum - Wizard of Oz

Frank L. Baum – Wizard of Oz

 

I’m pretty sure that I’d already read at least half of this book when I was a kid, but as an adult I thought it was wonderful. It has a sort of timeless quality to it that makes it feel like it could just as easily have been written yesterday.

I also liked how there was stuff there that you’d only pick up on as an adult, such as how the poppy field that put the adventurers to sleep was presumably a field of opium poppies. I think that gave it an extra edge that helped it to stay interesting for me as an adult reader.

All in all, I can see why Wizard of Oz is a children’s classic and I’m glad that I finally read it. It had some subtle undertones to it that I really enjoyed and the end result was a book that entertained me while making me think. It’s rare to find that from a children’s book.

 

Frank L. Baum

Frank L. Baum

 

Click here to buy Wizard of Oz.

Dave Trott – One + One = Three | Review

Dave Trott - One Plus One Equals Three
May 25, 2018
Authors P-T (By Surname)Non-Fiction

Title: One + One = Three

Author: Dave Trott

Type: Non-Fiction

Page Count/Review Word Count: 232

Rating: 4*/5

 

Dave Trott - One Plus One Equals Three

Dave Trott – One Plus One Equals Three

 

I’ve read some of Dave Trott’s stuff in the past, and it always follows a vaguely similar formula. He has a very unique writing style in which he writes in short, repetitive sentences and where he basically shares some stories and then tells you what the moral is.

Here, the stories are all about thinking outside the box and finding opportunities where you might not have expected them. So for example, he uses a story about German U-boats in the First World War to show how by forging ahead with a plan that other people ridicule, you can potentially take people unawares and force them to totally rethink conventional wisdom.

Really, it’s more of an inspirational book than a practical hands-on guide, because it’s not going to just give you a list of steps to follow if you want to get things done. Rather, it’ll help you to think in a different way, and that in itself might be all you need to get an edge over the competition.

And the best thing is that while Dave Trott is an advertising man, the ideas here can be applied just as easily to pretty much any form of creativity. It’s certainly given me a few ideas that I’ll apply to my writing.

 

Dave Trott

Dave Trott

 

Click here to buy One + One = Three.