I read 3 books last week. Simon Green's Secret Histories, vol 2: Daemons Are Forever, Lee Child's Jack Reacher, #1: The Killing Floor, and Flashforward by Rober J. Sawyer.
Daemons are Forever was long winded and good, just like I like my books. I love the longer works, you just feel like you get more for your money. This one's only supposed to be a trilogy and the 3rd one is due out on June 16th, so I suppose I'll Kindle it when it comes out. Hopefully it's the last or I'll have that interminable wait for the next one!
Jack Reacher was definitely very good. I'm not normally into spy books or crime stories, but this one really wasn't either one. It was more of a whodunit, mystery kind of thing. Kind of on the same page as Alex Cross, by James Patterson, which I used to read with wild abandon, back when the chapters were more than 2 pages each, the typeset was a little smaller, there were more than 300 pages in them, and it took longer than a half hour to read them. Not to mention that they weren't ghostwritten. But I digress. I took a chance on Jack Reacher and was impressed enough that I'll probably read more of them. I think the series is up to 13 books and for some reason I think I might have read one, or read a crossover or something as I know I've heard of the character before. I suppose I'll find out as I go on.
Flasforward was... okay. My wife read it because of the new TV series coming out and she liked it enough that I thought I'd give it a shot. It's techy enough about the physics that your eyes get glazed over and you end up skipping around, but the concept is very tight and raises a ton of questions about fate and time travel and whether you can cheat your own death if you see it ahead of time, assuming you don't end up causing the events leading up to along the way! The book seemed fairly short (always hard to tell on the Kindle), but it was definitely a quick and dirty, nice read.
I'm about 100 pages into my 2nd draft of TPZ (Trailer Park Zombies). I'm hoping to get it done this week. I'd like to find some publishers/agents to get it sent off to and get published, rich, etc. etc. I just got this review from a person in my critique group and it makes me feel all aflutter since it's neither someone I've paid, a family member who HAS to like it, or a friend. This kind of stuff always makes you feel good:
"I finished reading the book, and the only thing I can say is wow. I believe that this ending is something that M. Night Shyamalan and Stephen King would have to work at together for years to come up with. It is absolutely fantastic, and it does an amazing job of explaining what had happened. But, besides that there are a few teeny tiny semi crit things that I wanted to say. Err ask. [REMOVED SOME SPOILERS].
Just one more thing, and then I will get to the job of critting the book. When your book sales, and I'm sure that it will its just a matter of time, I humbly request a signed first edition hardback, and a signed paperback. The hardback will sit on my top shelf as a collectors item, and the paper back will be read over and over and over again. "
How cool is that?
