Archive for February, 2008

Weekly Twitter Recap: Initials and Sci-Fi/Fantasy Series

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

Here’s a recap of what I have spotted people reading in public places:

When True Night Falls by C.S. Friedman
The second book in the Coldfire Trilogy. Contradiction aside, I probably wouldn’t recommend jumping in to a sci-fi/fantasy book series and starting with the second book. Just looking in to this book confused me. There were words that confused me probably because they were made for this book series and without reading the first one, I have no clue what their meanings are. This looks to be an tale filled with political and religious backdropped in which people are manipulated and step up to fall for a trap. Also, someone may or may not be stabbed in the end.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
In this epic fourth chapter of J.K. Rowling, Harry is inadvertently entered in to the Tri-Wizard Tournament where he must face three tests in order to prove himself to be worthy of the coveted Goblet of Fire. This book was the one Harry Potter book best suited for a movie which is why I greatly enjoyed the film that was based off of this book. The book which I read a couple years ago was also enjoyable. But chances are, you’ve already read them all.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
In the seventh (and final?) chapter in J.K.’s tale about a boy wizard Harry finds himself a wizard school drop-out and must seek out the remaining Horcruxs and destroy them in order to defeat he-who-must-not-be-named. This book is daunting. There is a lot of plot and events that needed to be fit in to it and Rowling gives the boy wizard and very fitting ending.

General Stuff
Since January 2008 I have been using this blog to write about the books i've read and other book related news that I find interesting. I also find pirates interesting so from time to time I may blog about pirates. I see this as killing two birds with one stone.

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Dear Publishers/Authors,

I am always willing to discuss reviewing you book on my blog. Discovering new authors is one of the things I love about book blogging. However, I do not accept all books for review. If it's not in my usual genre chances are I am going to decline the offer.

A couple of genres I dislike are: Self-Help, YA Paranormal, Hardcore Science-Fiction, and Depressing Memoirs.

Some genres I really enjoy: Pirates, Satire, Pulp Fiction, Queer Fiction, YA Fiction (Non-Paranormal and Non-Gossip Girl-esq) and Comical Memoirs.

Here's the thing. If you e-mail me asking me to review a book, I will always respond and let you know if I am interested or not. If you don't hear back from me, feel free to send a follow-up e-mail. No longer will I just ignore your e-mail.

-Colin Matthew
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