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the_siobhan) wrote2018-10-16 05:45 pm
the_siobhan) wrote2018-10-16 05:45 pm
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2018 books: 28 - 30
Man, I haven't even been posting my books. I am way behind.
Anywhere, here's some fiction I read over the last few months.
It's the story of a young woman who is swept off her feet by a handsome stranger who turns out not to be who he claims. Said handsome stranger is also a terrifying control freak and I fully admit the only reason I finished the book is because I was trying to figure out if Smith knew he was a terrifying control freak or she really thought this shit was romantic. I never did get a comprehensive answer and the book ended on a cliffhanger because apparently there are two sequels.
I couldn't find a website for Smith, but Goodreads says she's a professional writer, mostly of travel books. I hope she has an editor at her day job, because man this is sloppy. Things like "encouragable" instead of incorrigible, "sherrard" instead of charade, and paragraphs like "'You mentioned it the night you got really drunk.' She blushed furiously, remembering with embarrassment the night she got really drunk. 'Where do you want to go next,' she asked, quickly changing the subject and hoping that he wouldn't remember the night she got really drunk." I mean, I get that not everybody can afford a professional editor, especially for something you are just going to slap up on Amazon for two dollars. But don't you at least re-read your own work? Fuckin' hell.
So anyway, I don't recommend this one.
You know, I've been kind of debating doing NaNoWriMo this year.
Anywhere, here's some fiction I read over the last few months.
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Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan 50ftqueenie loaned me this one. The events of the book follow several significant events in the life of black jazz-player Sid Griffiths. The main time-line takes place in the 1990's when Sid and his friend Chip travel to Berlin to take part in the first screening of a documentary about their former band-mate Hieronymus Falk. Falk is the subject of the documentary because he is a widely acclaimed musical genius who was disappeared by the Nazis in Paris 50 years earlier. The story jumps back and forth between the events of the 90's, the 40's and even earlier when Sid and Chip were children. It's a beautifully written story, full of atmosphere and memorable characters. Highly recommended. |
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Wayward Sisters: An Anthology of Monstrous Women by Toronto Comics A collection of stories about women monsters and monstrous women. The one basic thing I think any anthology should be able to do is deliver variety and this anthology more than accomplishes that task. Not all the individual comics were to my taste but all the writers and artists produced such good work that it really didn't matter. A great collection. |
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New Encounters by Helena Smith When you sign up for BookBub you can select the particular genres you are interested in. Obviously I signed up for fantasy & SF since that's pretty much what I read. I occasionally stick my head into the "Self-Help" category, but that mostly seems to consist of weight loss shills and the power of positive thinking, when I want is books about building my own underground volcano super-villain lair. One category that I checked off for what-the-hell points is called "Dark Romance". What I expected was stories about fucking werewolves, what I got was your pretty standard kidnap fantasies. Bleah. Anyway, I figure that must be where this book came from. |
It's the story of a young woman who is swept off her feet by a handsome stranger who turns out not to be who he claims. Said handsome stranger is also a terrifying control freak and I fully admit the only reason I finished the book is because I was trying to figure out if Smith knew he was a terrifying control freak or she really thought this shit was romantic. I never did get a comprehensive answer and the book ended on a cliffhanger because apparently there are two sequels.
I couldn't find a website for Smith, but Goodreads says she's a professional writer, mostly of travel books. I hope she has an editor at her day job, because man this is sloppy. Things like "encouragable" instead of incorrigible, "sherrard" instead of charade, and paragraphs like "'You mentioned it the night you got really drunk.' She blushed furiously, remembering with embarrassment the night she got really drunk. 'Where do you want to go next,' she asked, quickly changing the subject and hoping that he wouldn't remember the night she got really drunk." I mean, I get that not everybody can afford a professional editor, especially for something you are just going to slap up on Amazon for two dollars. But don't you at least re-read your own work? Fuckin' hell.
So anyway, I don't recommend this one.
You know, I've been kind of debating doing NaNoWriMo this year.
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