In this week’s Bushnell Unscripted Podcast, I talk about my policy regarding book reviews, and I include my book reviews for Midnight Crossroad and Sea of Shadows.
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[typography font=”Smythe” size=”24″ size_format=”px”]My Book Review Policy[/typography]
I share my thoughts on five-star review systems, including what categories I believe deserve close scrutiny and warrant poor evaluations.
What are your thoughts on the five-star review system? Do you like it, or do you think it causes more confusion than it is worth? Is a simple thumbs up or down scale sufficient? Do you think people should be allowed to simply state that they couldn’t finish the book and that is a sufficient review? Let me know what you think!
[typography font=”Smythe” size=”24″ size_format=”px”]Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris[/typography]
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Book: Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris
Pages: Hardcover, 320 pages
Published: 2014
The Day Shift, book two in the Midnight Crossroad trilogy, will be published in Spring 2015.
Having stumbled across Ms. Harris by way of the television show True Blood, I quickly sought out her Sookie Stackhouse series and completed my feast with her other titles.
Midnight Crossroad is a tale of action, mystery, and intrigue! At the heart of the book is a great little town filled with interesting and comical characters who bond over their task of solving the mystery of what happened to the girlfriend of one their beloved citizens.
Let me say this: Midnight Crossroad is not about Sookie Stackhouse. I’m disappointed to discover that some readers are comparing this book to the Stackhouse series, and that is not a fair assessment. I’ll never understand why readers treat their beloved authors with such disdain when the author chooses to write a different series or create a new world or characters.
While there are elements of the supernatural and paranormal, the story doesn’t revolve around those elements.
Have you read it? What did you think of your visit to Midnight, Texas?
[typography font=”Smythe” size=”24″ size_format=”px”]Sea of Shadows by Kelley Armstrong[/typography]
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Book: Sea of Shadows by Kelley Armstrong
Pages: 392, paperback
Published: 2014
Empire of Night, book two in the Age of Legend series, will be published in April 2015.
Sea of Shadows by Kelley Armstrong isn’t a book that I would normally have picked up, but I’m glad I did. This young adult, epic high-fantasy, supernatural, and paranormal read is just the ticket for anyone looking to step outside of their reading comfort zone and explore a new world.
Do you use certain genres as palate cleansers between other books? Paranormal and supernatural reads are genres I turn to to cleanse the reading palate. I typically read very heavy literary pieces back to back, and these fun genres give me an escape from those subjects and help free my mind.
I haven’t read any of Ms. Armstrong’s previous work, but I can say that if they are anything like this read, I’m sure to quickly devour them. I can’t wait to find out what happens next in the Age of Legend series.
Ms. Armstrong offers some great extras on her website that I encourage you to check out.
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