Honor Thyself-Danielle Steel

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	• Honor Thyself Danielle Steel Delacorte Press, 2008 - 336 pages view larger image
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Honor Thyself-Danielle Steel

The book had a slow start but once you got into it the pace was fast. It was a very good insight into Hollywood.

I'm 1/3 way through

This is the first time I've read Danielle Steel. I have read a lot of books about writing novels though. She seems to be breaking numerous novel 101 rules! But I keep thinking she can get away with it because she is Danielle Steel. If I wrote this, I would be filing numerous rejection letters right now.

I don't mean to be so cruel. It is keeping my interest and I want to keep reading to see what happens to Carole and her family. But everything in her past is WAY too perfect. And then, conveniently enough, she is a victim of a terrorist attack in romantic Paris (right near the Louvre!) - an attack that the Arab world is heartbroken about ... and the injury is to her brain stem. The area that affects memory. (Where did she get that from? Web MD?) And the big-fat-shove-it-down-your-throat-you-novice rule "show don't tell" apparently doesn't apply to Steel's writing. I'm shocked how much she just puts out there and the number of cliches in her writing. Just shocked.

And, gosh, every man that ever had a kiss with her is still smitten beyond belief like 100 years later. oooo ... kay!

I feel totally like Simon Cowell, but I'm just trying to keep it real and put it out there.

Let's hope it keeps me intrigued till the end. But I'm starting to think it is becoming something of a commodity and no longer art.

Okay ... update May 8, 2008

I made it to page 167 ... more than halfway through. But I've completely lost interest. I could care less what happens to the main character (I've already forgotten her name.) I'm returning it to the library today. Thank goodness I didn't spend my money on it.

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A world-renowned actress falls victim to a terrifying explosion in Paris?and begins a courageous journey of survival, memory, and self-discovery in Danielle Steel?s mesmerizing new novel.

Carole Barber has come to Paris, with its rain-slick slate roofs and winding streets, to work on her novel?and to find herself after a lifetime in the spotlight. A legend of film and stage, Carole has set a standard of beauty and grace, devoting herself to her family and causes around the world. But on this cool November evening, as her taxi speeds into a tunnel just past the Louvre, a fiery instant of terror shatters hundreds of lives?and leaves Carole alone, unconscious and unidentified in a Paris emergency room.

At the Ritz, they wonder where their famous, incognito guest has gone. From California to London, Carole?s friends and family begin to make inquiries. Then comes a moment of shock as they all realize that Carole is far from home and fighting for her life.

In the days that follow, the paparazzi swarm. A mysterious stranger, a man famous in his own realm, quietly visits the hospital to see the woman he once loved and never forgot. Carole?s two grown children rush to her bedside, waiting and praying?until the miraculous begins to happen.?But as a woman who the whole world knows slowly awakens, she knows nothing of herself. Every detail must be pieced back together?from a childhood in rural Mississippi to the early days of her career, from the unintentional hurt inflicted on her daughter to a fifteen year-old secret love affair that went tragically wrong. But for Carole an extraordinary opportunity has arisen in a life-threatening crisis: a second chance to count her blessings, heal wounded hearts, recapture lost love? and to live a life that will truly honor others?beginning with herself.

A tale of survival and dignity, of small miracles and big surprises, Honor Thyself creates an unforgettable portrait of a public figure whose hopes, fears, and heartbreaks are as real as our own. Her courageous journey inspires us all.

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