I gave this a three-star rating because there was interesting stories in there about writers. But really, through the short 120 pages of this book, I kept asking myself, who exactly is this book for? It seemed, at times, far too simplistic for the teen writer, and at other times, way too complicated. Then, for the last third, it seemed to turn more into a biography-lite of Bidini.

There was precious little advice, and he didn't really seem to attack the central topics of the subtitle, How I learned to love books and why I had to write them. So, really, I'm still left asking the question...who is this book for and more importantly, what was Bidini's goal?

I sometimes wish Goodreads had a meh rating. I really do. ( )