The rating only applies to the novel. I was disappointed, but I still plan to read the sequel because it is set at Dragon*Con. This is urban fantasy, but doesn't seem to be written to appeal to most fan of urban fantasy. This was actually a novella, a short novel and a short story. I really didn't like the ending of the beginning novella, I felt betrayed and mislead by the blurb. The short story was completely predictable and totally unnecessary. Book 1 - one starBook 2 - three stars Book 3 - two stars
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The rating only applies to the novel. I was disappointed, but I still plan to read the sequel because it is set at Dragon*Con. This is urban fantasy, but doesn't seem to be written to appeal to most fan of urban fantasy. This was actually a novella, a short novel and a short story. I really didn't like the ending of the beginning novella, I felt betrayed and mislead by the blurb. The short story was completely predictable and totally unnecessary. Book 1 - one starBook 2 - three stars Book 3 - two stars
There is a lot of good information here, but it is more about promoting your shop than about getting started.
The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap: A Memoir of Friendship, Community, and the Uncommon Pleasure of a Good Book
Sounds interesting. I won this from the goodreads first-reads program.It was interesting and very well written. I hope the author writes more books. I think it will appeal to a wide variety of people. It's the story of two people who jump into the adventure of opening a used bookstore without knowing anything at all about running a bookstore. They were very lucky that they succeeded - this should definitely come with the warning, "don't try this at home."
Loved it from the very first line: "It was a slow day, so I was reading a book at my desk and seeing into the future." It is very much like the Dresden Files and better in some ways. Alex is smarter and less sexist than Harry. The world-building is good. There were a few great lines too, but none of the quotes seem to be in goodreads yet. "I can see the freaking future and women still don't make sense."Starbreeze was a great character!
I won this book through the goodreads first reads program. Received this book - with postage due! Only 59 cents, but still! Why didn't they just send it media mail instead of first class? This is an uncorrected proof, so I can't quote it. I haven't read The Talent Code: Unlocking the Secret of Skill in Sports, Art, Music, Math, and Just About Everything Else. For art, Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You about Being Creative may be better. I definitely think this book would be a worthwhile read for many people. It's a very short book, most tips are one to two pages. It's divided into 3 sections; Getting started, Improving skills and Sustaining progress. It includes a further reading list, but no index. It's mostly about sports, music and other physical skills that I don't care that much about right now, but I think I may be able to use some of the tips to improve my photography skills. My biggest problem is that I don't care much about taking good pictures, but I have to learn in order to sell the jewelry I'm making.
I feel a little tricked over this one. I'm not enjoying this series much anymore, but wanted to see the ending. I skipped the last one and was going to skip this one too, but it looked like I needed to know two things that happened in this book before reading the next one. One was barely mentioned with no story at all and the other was anti-climatic. I hope the next two books are better.
This is just collected tweets. I see no point in making a book out of this and certainly wouldn't pay for it. I got it from the library. The title makes no sense. Yes, some of it is funny, especially some of the responses, but there's very little of anything here.
Grave Memory (Alex Craft Series #3)
Really glad there's going to be three more in this series.
Didn't realize this was almost all needle arts. More interested in other crafts.
Won this through the goodreads first-reads program on 6/16.This is a collection of short newspaper columns written between 2000 and 2010 while the author was living in Greensboro, NC. It is very well written, it just wasn't that interesting. I thought it would be funnier and I was expecting more about New Orleans.
Downloaded this from the library because I was curious. Didn't find anything of interest to me. It's very basic and of course already out of date. I know more tricks and tips than were included here.
Won this book through the goodreads first-reads program.I would only recommend this for fans of his show; the rest of us don't know why we are reading this, without the context it's just not interesting.
Won this book through the goodreads first reads program. I don't really see the humor other people are mentioning. I thought it odd that she doesn't talk about being diagnosed or her treatment. Chapters seem a little disconnected. It's very hard to relate to the author and her feelings. She can't always determine what is real and what isn't. She thinks things have happened just because she thought about it.
I've been looking forward to this one ever since I first heard of it and now I've won it through the first reads program. I received an uncorrected proof, so I can't quote anything. The book will be released on Aug 7th. This book is set in Michigan in the present day. Magic is hidden from the world by the Porters. Libriomancers use their love of books and the readers belief to magically pull objects from published books. Every type of vampire (and other creatures) ever written about in a book can exist in this world. Multiple versions of objects can exist too. Instead of carrying weapons, they carry books that contain weapons. Very dangerous books can be locked. I'd love to talk about the books and authors mentioned, but I'm trying to keep spoilers out of this review. Since this is a proof I'm not sure if the final list in the back of the book will be changed before publication, but mine doesn't list every book referenced in the text. I love this book and I want to be a libriomancer.
All Clear
You must read Blackout first, ideally read the two books back to back. All Clear is not a complete story it is the continuation of Blackout. Reading the other books in the Oxford Time Travel series first would also be very helpful to understand the world and their rules and limitations of time travel. It is a very long story, but don't be tempted to skip any of it, there's not as much filler as it appears. Everything connects eventually. I still want her to write more set in 2060 instead of only glimpses.
Should probably be 4.5. Feed was the best of the three. I don't like the alternating POV, I put up with Shaun while George was unavailable, but I would much rather have George telling the story whenever possible.
