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It’s been over a month since I posted any reviews, but that’s mostly because I’ve only finished one book during that time! GASP!
After Good Things I Wish You, I started Sunnyside by Glen David Gold. This one is a chunkster, and while I was interested, it just dragged and I had to move on. I haven’t completely given up on it, just put it aside for a while.
Then I grabbed The Color of Magic, my first book for the Pratchett Challenge. I had attempted to listen to this on audiobook a few years ago and it didn’t grab me. However, I have since read 2 other Pratchett books and really enjoyed them, so I decided to give it another try, this time in print. I enjoyed it much more this way! I’m really looking forward to reading more for this challenge (in fact, I am currently reading the 2nd in the discworld series).
After The Color of Magic I picked up American Rust by Philipp Meyer. I tried so hard to like this book. I made it more than halfway. But I really didn’t like it. So I gave up. It’s a “good” book, in terms of writing style, etc., but I just wasn’t enjoying reading it. Life’s too short to read a book you don’t enjoy.
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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
- Grab your current read
- Open to a random page
- Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
- BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
- Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
This week’s teaser is from American Rust by Philipp Meyer, p. 53.
From the top of the ridge they could see over the meadow, the half-collapsed remnants of the main Standard Steel Car factory, grown over with vines, the small machine shop where they’d found the body. There were old boxcars in the field and a peaceful, pleasant air about the place.
It was hard to find teaser sentences from this book. Most of the sentences are short and choppy and, well, not very teasery. This one is good, though, because you get a feel of the depression of the area, plus the fact that there’s a body.
