Before I leave, I ask Richard the golden three rules of charisma, to pass on to you, the assumedly un-charming reader.
Mr. Guzman was the charming letter-reader in "Entre Tu, Yo y los Otros" ("Between You, Me and the Others)," the somewhat sprawling memory piece that began the program.
Charming, charming, charming" by NPR.
And so it was, but that was only part of the story: it is also a gripping adventure yarn, a tale of the nemesis that may lie in store for us if we have ever committed a guilty act, and a delicious character study of an unconventional young woman whose weaknesses (envy, malice, jealousy) only make her all the more charming to the reader.
The writing style of the novel is really charming, forcing the readers to read again and again.
Hotspur, who initially strikes the reader as charming and eccentric, can also be scarily psychotic, thanks to the war that claimed Flora's namesake.
A more charming (though for some readers perhaps rather cloying) byproduct of this concentration on small bands of loyal comrades is Hitchens's near adulation of his friends, all famous in their own right.
From the moment John Profumo is dubbed a "charming and delightful man", the reader must sharpen their scythe to hack through a dense thicket of transcribed cliche.
"A master mahout becomes one with his elephant," we are told in this charming novel for middle-grade readers.
Wittily illustrated by Nick Maland, packed with humour and just enough heartache to keep readers involved, this charming novel is a real treat, with eccentricity replacing the original's cruelty and silent suffering giving way to defiant stoicism.
THEORIES OF HAPPINESS: As a professional reader, I find it charming and not a little delusional that Gretchen Rubin's "Happiness Project" — at No. 6 on the paperback how-to list after 71 weeks — cites serious literature as one inspiration.
