Eric Allen
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Spires of Infinity
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2011
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Memories of What Never Was (The Eternal Chain, #1)
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I Am Nobody
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Uhg. Why did it have to be written mostly in present tense? I freaking HATE present tense. This is going to be a slog.
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A vast improvement over the first volume. The world is expanded upon. Isom actually suits up and fights things. New and interesting ideas are added into the world it all takes place in. I'm looking forward to the next one. ...more | |
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A bit of a slow introduction to a new comic book universe/characters. Not a lot happens. It's mostly set up. It did do a good job of drawing me into the world and interesting me in what happens next. ...more | |
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Rhonda Lea Kirk wrote: "Seriously, please don't do this again."
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Out of the 4 Sanderson secret projects this year, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter was definitely the best, but this one is a very close second. A small warning for people who may care, this book does have some minor spoilers for Stormlight books that ...more |
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This book was a lot of fun. A guy's billionaire uncle dies, leaving everything to him. He finds out that his uncle was actually a Bond villain, and he has inherited his evil criminal empire as well as the money, including the volcano lair and giant d ...more | |
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This series finally seems to have clicked with me. The first two books, while not exactly bad, were also not great either. But, the more I read of it, the more it pulls me in. Once you stop expecting it to be an action-y war story and accept it for b ...more | |
“I needed to say something. Something romantic! Something to sweep her off her feet.
"You’re like a potato!" I shouted after her. "In a minefield."
She froze in place. Then she spun on me, her face lit by a half-grown fruit. “A potato,” she said flatly. “That’s the best you can do? Seriously?”
“It makes sense,” I said. “Listen. You’re strolling through a minefield, worried about getting blown up. And then you step on something, and you think, ‘I’m dead.’ But it’s just a potato. And you’re so relieved to find something so wonderful when you expected something so awful. That’s what you are. To me.”
“A potato.”
“Sure. French fries? Mashed potatoes? Who doesn’t like potatoes?”
“Plenty of people. Why can’t I be something sweet, like a cake?”
“Because cake wouldn’t grow in a minefield. Obviously.”
She stared down the hallway at me for a few moments, then sat on an overgrown set of roots.
Sparks. She seemed to be crying. Idiot! I thought at myself, scrambling through the foliage. Romantic. You were supposed to be romantic, you slontze! Potatoes weren’t romantic. I should have gone with a carrot.”
― Firefight
"You’re like a potato!" I shouted after her. "In a minefield."
She froze in place. Then she spun on me, her face lit by a half-grown fruit. “A potato,” she said flatly. “That’s the best you can do? Seriously?”
“It makes sense,” I said. “Listen. You’re strolling through a minefield, worried about getting blown up. And then you step on something, and you think, ‘I’m dead.’ But it’s just a potato. And you’re so relieved to find something so wonderful when you expected something so awful. That’s what you are. To me.”
“A potato.”
“Sure. French fries? Mashed potatoes? Who doesn’t like potatoes?”
“Plenty of people. Why can’t I be something sweet, like a cake?”
“Because cake wouldn’t grow in a minefield. Obviously.”
She stared down the hallway at me for a few moments, then sat on an overgrown set of roots.
Sparks. She seemed to be crying. Idiot! I thought at myself, scrambling through the foliage. Romantic. You were supposed to be romantic, you slontze! Potatoes weren’t romantic. I should have gone with a carrot.”
― Firefight
“As she’d left, I’d glanced at her gun.
This time, when she’d pointed it at me, she’d flicked the safety on. If that wasn’t true love, I don’t know what was.”
― Firefight
This time, when she’d pointed it at me, she’d flicked the safety on. If that wasn’t true love, I don’t know what was.”
― Firefight
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Getting a lot of requests from people for books to review lately. Here's a few rules to follow if you have a book you want me to review.
1.) The book must be published by an actual publishing company. And no, Amazon does not count. I know a lot of people out there want real feedback on their own self-published book, or on a book they're trying to sell to agents and publishers, but I write reviews for a paycheck and the simple truth is, that I won't get a paycheck for reviewing any book that hasn't been officially published by an actual publishing house. My advice to you would be to find a writing group, either on the internet or locally. These groups can be a great resource to someone trying to improve their writing and get feedback on their material.
2.) The book must be available in audio format from Audible.com. I work two jobs in addition to trying to get my own writing career off the ground. most of my "reading" these days comes from listening to auidobooks while at my day job, because I just don't have the time to sit down and read books anymore.
3.) The book has to be something that I would actually read. I read science fiction, fantasy, horror, dystopian, and supernatural. If the book doesn't readily fit into one of those categories, I'm probably not going to enjoy it and will likely end up quitting before finishing. I know everyone wants to see me flip out and start screaming obscenities at Twilight, but the simple fact of the matter is, that if I knew nothing about Twilight, and saw it on the shelf, I would never pick it up. I don't care about teenaged romance or sparkly, metrosexual "vampires". Sorry.
4.) Don't complain if my opinion doesn't quite match yours. You're asking me what I think of a book, not what I think you want to hear about the book. I'm not going to lie and tell you I enjoyed something that I didn't just to make you feel all warm and fuzzy.
Thanks much =)
1.) The book must be published by an actual publishing company. And no, Amazon does not count. I know a lot of people out there want real feedback on their own self-published book, or on a book they're trying to sell to agents and publishers, but I write reviews for a paycheck and the simple truth is, that I won't get a paycheck for reviewing any book that hasn't been officially published by an actual publishing house. My advice to you would be to find a writing group, either on the internet or locally. These groups can be a great resource to someone trying to improve their writing and get feedback on their material.
2.) The book must be available in audio format from Audible.com. I work two jobs in addition to trying to get my own writing career off the ground. most of my "reading" these days comes from listening to auidobooks while at my day job, because I just don't have the time to sit down and read books anymore.
3.) The book has to be something that I would actually read. I read science fiction, fantasy, horror, dystopian, and supernatural. If the book doesn't readily fit into one of those categories, I'm probably not going to enjoy it and will likely end up quitting before finishing. I know everyone wants to see me flip out and start screaming obscenities at Twilight, but the simple fact of the matter is, that if I knew nothing about Twilight, and saw it on the shelf, I would never pick it up. I don't care about teenaged romance or sparkly, metrosexual "vampires". Sorry.
4.) Don't complain if my opinion doesn't quite match yours. You're asking me what I think of a book, not what I think you want to hear about the book. I'm not going to lie and tell you I enjoyed something that I didn't just to make you feel all warm and fuzzy.
Thanks much =)
Thanks for adding me Eric!
I'm glad to see that you want to help improve the book blogging community!
I am looking forward to us working together!
I'm glad to see that you want to help improve the book blogging community!
I am looking forward to us working together!
Jocelyn wrote: "That's your first draft? Oh, sorry. I thought it was just a rough draft in general, a draft that had gone through some revising but was not yet complete.
I wanted to ask out of curiosity, how do y..."
I have a very good memory, and when it comes to my stories, I am constantly reviewing and revising them in my head all day, every day. I've always been able to pick up exactly where I left off with pretty much everything. It's just how my memory works I guess. Keeping everything straight in my head has never been a problem for me.
I wanted to ask out of curiosity, how do y..."
I have a very good memory, and when it comes to my stories, I am constantly reviewing and revising them in my head all day, every day. I've always been able to pick up exactly where I left off with pretty much everything. It's just how my memory works I guess. Keeping everything straight in my head has never been a problem for me.
Well, as for The Eternal Chain, that's the beauty of neing able to do multiple drafts, that is what first drafts are for, for putting everything you possibly can in, and making all of your mistakes. Once i get around to finishing that draft, and refining it in further drafts, the prose will be tightened an streamlined so that extraneous descriptive elements are removed, and the writing flows morenaturally. For me, the first draft is only about getting the story on the page. Editing, filling in the holes, consistency, and continuity can come later.
Oh, I meant to tell you. You know how you made that joke about Kvothe in the second book? the one where he should have his hair flowing and his shirt ripped? You do know that was the cover for the first book, right?
Now you're stuck with me! You know unless you just de-friend me. But thanks for accepting the invite.
So, thanks for all the support Goodreads friends and followers, but, it's time to put the majority of my time into other persuits... until I read that next book that I absolutely have to talk about at great length.