Summer Reading List Cont....

I just finished reading 'The Witch's Daughter' by Paula Brackston and I wanted to share my thoughts with you all while they were still fresh in my mind. While I usually like to take a day or two to process what I have read, with this book I processed it after the first 1/3 of the book. If you do end up reading it there are definable sections to it. 

The basic story line is of a witch names Elizabeth. She lives for a ridiculously long time and tells three of her life stories to a young girl, hence the 1/3 bit. But they are all the same. She is having a good time, bad guy comes and mucks it all up. She escapes, and repeat. Each of the little stories are a good little read and should (in my opinion) have been elaborated and turned into books of their own.

On the down side the Author does give to much description for areas that don't need it. Adding words to make the book longer will not make it any better, in my opinion. The writing was ok, it was not kick you out of your head great, but on the other hand it did not suck either.

I have two ways of looking at a book. 1: will I read it a gain? Yes - Keep it. No - Donate it. I believe this will land in the donate pile. Don't get me wrong, I did like the book. It was a fast read...at times, but I will not be reading it again.


Now on to the next book on my reading list. I have chosen 'Skinned' (Cold Awakening #1) by Robin Wasserman. So here is the jist from the back of the book:

The Download was supposed to change the world. It was supposed to mean the end of aging, the end of death, the birth of a new humanity. But it wasn't supposed to happen to someone like Lia Kahn.

And it wasn't supposed to ruin her life.

Lia knows she should be grateful she didn't die in the accident. The Download saved her--but it also changed her, forever. She can deal with being a freak. She can deal with the fear in her parents' eyes and the way her boyfriend flinches at her touch. But she can't deal with what she knows, deep down, every time she forces herself to look in the mirror: She's not the same person she used to be.

Maybe she's not even a person at all.

It sounded interesting to me. Not to mention it was endorsed by one of my favorite authors. (Scott Westerfeld) If I end up liking it we all know I will hunt down the rest of the 'Cold Awakening' series, but for now this one will have to do. 

I have a little hobby of going in to small book stores when I go out of town. I like to get one or two gently loved books. I always find the good ones this way. I rarely go out of town, so we will see how 'Waucoma Bookstore' in Hoodriver, Oregon steps up to the challenge with 'Skinned'. 

Join me if you can and share your comments below. Wish me luck! 

Note: Since I got the Book 'Skinned" they changed the name of the book and the trilogy. It is now 'The Skinned Trilogy' and the books are Frozen, Shattered, and Torn....I am not happy about that. Pick a name, and stick with it.