Something happened this week that doesn’t often happen to me – I gave up on a book. I had been reading Fire by Kristin Cashore, and I just couldn’t get into it at all. Her previous book, Graceling, was one I’d quite enjoyed. The world she’d created with Gracelings was fascinating. For some reason though, I just couldn’t enjoy the slightly different world of Fire with its multicoloured monsters and rather bland heroine. On Amazon though it gets a good 4.2 stars out of five and on GoodReads 4.11 so perhaps it was just me. Upcoming September releases There are a few good books coming out in September that I have on pre-order. First up is The Transfer – a Divergent Story by Veronica Roth. Ms Roth is releasing four short stories in the Divergent world and this first one in which the character of Four is given more screen time. I’m excited for Allegiant, the final book in the trilogy which is due out in October, so I’ll certainly be enjoying this additional material in advance. Despite having been out in the UK and Audible since March, the Kindle version of Luke Scull’s The Grim Company only gets its North American…
Something happened this week that doesn’t often happen to me – I gave up on a book. I had been reading Fire by Kristin Cashore, and I just couldn’t get into it at all. Her previous book, Graceling, was one I’d quite enjoyed. The world she’d created with Gracelings was fascinating. For some reason though, I just couldn’t enjoy the slightly different world of Fire with its multicoloured monsters and rather bland heroine. On Amazon though it gets a good 4.2 stars out of five and on GoodReads 4.11 so perhaps it was just me. Upcoming September releases There are a few good books coming out in September that I have on pre-order. First up is The Transfer – a Divergent Story by Veronica Roth. Ms Roth is releasing four short stories in the Divergent world and this first one in which the character of Four is given more screen time. I’m excited for Allegiant, the final book in the trilogy which is due out in October, so I’ll certainly be enjoying this additional material in advance. Despite having been out in the UK and Audible since March, the Kindle version of Luke Scull’s The Grim Company only gets its North American…