11. July 2008 by admin.

I LOVE BOOKCROSSING!!! 

Just had to get that out of my system:) www.bookcrossing.com is a really cool idea to the book lovers of the world. Basically, you read a book, one that you’re not going to keep to re-read over and over again, and then register it there, write the unique number they give you on the book (I print out their book lables and stick it on the inside front cover), then leave it on a bench somewhere, or in a store or resturant. The next person picks it up, hopefully registers it again, reads it and they too lay it down somewhere…you get to watch your book travel and see what people think of it.  Pretty cool eh?

Okay, that’s all I have to say about that:)

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11. July 2008 by admin.

Alright, I’m not going to write this anywhere but here. I got a free book from an ad I saw with the understanding that I’d read it and then write a review on amazon.  Problem is, when you really hate a book (which is so rare for me!)  What do you do?  I can’t even finish the whole thing…actually, I haven’t gotten past the first few chapters, OY! 

Okay, first just the way he writes. There’s too much choppiness. When I read, I like to get so into the story that I see it in my mind and forget that I’m reading. There are too many “-”s, like every paragraph has at least one of these in a sentence. There was one point at the beginning where the family was going to a theme park, the boys ran ahead while the parents walked “gingerly” through the parking lot.  Why the heck gingerly?  There’s no reason for that word, was the parking lot hot on their feet? Was there spit out gum all over? I mean come on. 

Then another one, what does the word “leer” make you think of?  There’s a part where the kids are “leering” at a coveted football for the game they have.  To leer at something makes one think of a bad thing, like a dirty guy leering at a girl. Not to be said to something that is a good thing you want. It would be better said that the kids looked at it with envy or stared in wonder…not leering. 

And I know that he said before I even got it that “this was to be the next Harry Potter” but the similarities are just too much!  But the comparing between J.K. Rowlings writing and this guy’s is just black and white.  He even signs his name like hers…. lol.  The kid is magic, he goes to a summer camp (instead of winter school) even lives in a castle for the dorms.  There’s a football game they play instead of quidditch and they use batons instead of wands. *sigh* That is as far as I could get in the book…I just can’t stand to read more, just makes me…arg! each time I pick it up!

I’m planning on bookcrossing this book (see another blog about bookcrossing:) ) and ask the next person if they like it to do the review. I’d feel badly if I posted a bad review for a new author.  

Alright, never mind, after going to amazon and reading the rest of the reviews, I had to add mine. I wasn’t as harsh as I am here (maybe I’ll add a link from there to here…lol) but anyway, there it is. I wouldn’t waste my time with this book.

I’m sorry C.K. Bolton.

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