Filed under: thoughtful | Tags: bad books, book reviews, books, polls, reading, unfinished book, unreadable books
Yesterday I posted an inquiry into people’s opinions on posting reviews, or thoughtful commentary, on why they didn’t finish reading a book. But I thought, “Why not do utilize that dandy poll feature WordPress offers?” And here it is in all of its glory:
Filed under: book reviews, short stories | Tags: arsenic soup for lovers, book reviews, books, elizabeth berg, georgia z. post, short stories
Georgia Z. Post’s short story collection Arsenic Soup For Lovers is a self-published collection from iUniverse. It’s a thin book at only 62 pages with 25 stories. With a bit of an Elizabeth Berg feel to them, the rather bare bone stories look at affairs, marriage, and middle age.
These stories are Reader’s Digest-esque and rely on “zinger” endings. I grinned a couple times but overall the collection is very formulaic. Some of the ideas are interesting, but the collection would have greatly benefited from some further workshopping.
I think I’ve learned my lesson to stay away (far away) from iUniverse.
Conclusion: Tossed.
(Available at Bookmooch.)
Other opinions: BookZombie, The Things We Read, and Diary of an Eccentric,
Filed under: maintenance | Tags: book reviews, books, books i've read, construction, reading, web page
Something I’ve always meant to do but never got around to doing has been sorting my reviews and making an easy to read list of them. I’ve had different ideas floating about my head including sorting them chronologically according to publication, sorting them by genre, but I’ve finally come to terms to sorting them in the usual fashion: books I’ve commented on sorted by author. (Still a work in progress!)
Adventures in Reading 