Reading Roundup – June 6th 2014
Book Reviews , Reading Roundup / June 6, 2014

First of all, my apologies on the delay of the Throne of Glass review – it’s coming, I promise!  Also my apologies for the confusion on the Ruin and Rising release date. This will be released on June 17th. This week Amazon announced a product launch for later this month.  The introductory video is deceptively vague, but most analysts seem to agree a 3D smartphone is likely.  For the first time Amazon is also inviting customers to attend this launch in Seattle.  You can sign up for an invite.  I have put my name down, so we’ll see if I’m lucky. [book-info] One of the books i did read this week was Attachments by Rainbow Rowell.  I loved her Eleanor & Park and enjoyed Attachments very much, too.  This novel is split between two interwoven strands.  We have the traditional third person narrative of Lincoln’s story and the other strand follows Jennifer and Beth through email exchange.  The two are connected in that Lincoln’s job is to monitor his company’s email and so he gets to know the two women through their email exchange. What I liked  Fun, realistic characters.  As in Eleanor & Park, Rowell has a talent for writing…