I'm irrevocably drawn to big books. Right now, in fact, I’m knee-deep into volume one of William Manchester’s famous trilogy on Winston Churchill. Massive biographies like this and huge fiction series line my shelves. And yet, sometimes the most potent messages come in the smallest packages. A short book is, in many ways, harder to write than a long book. Being succinct is
Did not expect to see Michener on the list of great short reads haha will definitely need to check that out.