State of the me
I have not died. I’ve just been hit with the creeping crud from hell, and so no blog updates have been forthcoming.
I have been reading, though. Yestereday I read Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein for a class, and I’ll try to get a review up for it today. I’m reading a paranormal romance ebook at the moment, the review of which will be posted at TGTBTU. I also need to start Linnea Sinclair’s Hope’s Folly. I got the ARC before I realized that Sinclair’s writing voice, despite having many of the things I adore in any kind of speculative fiction writing, is just not one I particularly enjoy. Ah, well, third time’s the charm, I suppose.
Also, the list of half-started books I should finish one of these days perpetually mocks me, and yet, I have no desire to go back to any of them even though most of them seem like they’d be quite good if I got to the point where I got into them. Unfortunately, the sickness-related reading slump I’m having makes figuring out exactly what I want to read damn near impossible, as with the way my brain is functioning, books are either “too hard” or “sleepy-making”. Neither of which is condusive to my enjoyment.
Ah, well, enough whining from me. Life still moves on, and in my case, I have to collect laundry.
Oy, I hear yo on the creeping crud, Shannon. I had it, then being the dutiful wife, I gave it to my huz. Joyful household!
But hey, if my style isn’t to your liking, sheesh, don’t torture yourself with HOPE’S FOLLY. I highly doubt third time will charm you, especially if you’re under the weather. May an author who gets only TWO ARCs to distribute (yep, that’s all I get) make a suggestion? Is there a reviewer you know of better suited to my style that you could give the ARC to? I know of a few that have been shorted due to the cutback on ARC production (due to ARC sales on eBay…). I’m not sure who you enjoy reading but sheesh, maybe I can scare up another author’s ARC you’d enjoy more. I’d be glad to swap. I’l pay postage.
Sound good? ~Linnea whose real voice is yes, sadly, just like her writing voice. There’s no hope…
Linnea,
Heh, I forget that google alerts makes it possible to know when anyone mentions anyone’s name anywhere.
The ARC I got was a PDF, so no passing it along, and I have a few of your other books not related to the Dock 5 series TBR. I plan on giving them a fair shot once my brain starts firing on all cylinders.
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