I’ve been captured by time
and am amazed to find I’ve been away for two weeks! No, I wasn’t writing like
an imprisoned writer, or scribbling in dark cupboards: I was thinking – living too,
and working but mostly thinking…and reading. I am full of the wonderful
satisfaction that arrives when you finish a book; I finished two. I had The Hunger Games in my hands and became
so enthralled with the character and the fact that I didn’t find a single
complaint with the writing…and the story just carried me away. Fantastic read,
truly wonderful. I’ve heard people slate the next two books so I don’t think I’ll
fall into them just yet but I will eventually.
The other book that held me
spellbound was a free e-book from Amazon Kindle
called, A Sky of Red Poppies. All I can
say is that if you have an e-reader download that book and read it, it is
fabulous. I was immediately interested in the character, her story and the
place – which is Iran during the time of the last Shah. Both of these books
moved me to tears several times, and that, to me, is the test of great writing.
There were some little problems with the formatting but nothing to spoil the
reading. Actually I am amazed that that book is free; it’s worth full price,
and if the author repairs all the missing spaces, run-on words etc, that book
could settle pretty high in serious fiction.
…and, this is just the kind
of thing that makes me spend more time thinking about all the little details of
formatting an e-book and publishing it yourself; I don’t want to have any of
those problems in any book I publish.
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