Teaser Tuesday {Oct15}

My teaser :

               " My first act must be to warn you that it would be a madness in you to read the book straight through at one sitting.as though it were some gripping novel or ennobling biography ."

                                   pg11 Paper Weight by Stephen Fry

Musing Mondays {Oct14}

Musing Mondays asks you to muse about one of the following each week…

• Describe one of your reading habits.
• Tell us what book(s) you recently bought for yourself or someone else, and why you chose that/those book(s).
• What book are you currently desperate to get your hands on? Tell us about it! 
• Tell us what you’re reading right now — what you think of it, so far; why you chose it; what you are (or, aren’t) enjoying it.
• Do you have a bookish rant? Something about books or reading (or the industry) that gets your ire up? Share it with us!
• Instead of the above questions, maybe you just want to ramble on about something else pertaining to books — let’s hear it, then!

I have a bit of a rant today :

I won an Ipad Mini in March and have been taking a look at ibooks both the "free" and the "paid" ones.

I have long had a sort of distrustful view of ibooks and ebooks ,when it comes to the self published i really want to scream .

The problems are many:

 1.Just because you intend it to be "free" DON'T forgo spelling ,grammar and punctuation!

If i find an ibook or ebook in what looks like "Text Speak" I discard and mark the author as don't touch. 

If you went for a job interview and submitted your CV in "text speak" you would not get the job.

2.Don't insult the intelligence of your readers , two well known authors have spent the past year and a half denigrating the readership  of a genre ! Don't jump off the sane metaphorical cliff.

3.If you self publish get a good editor and a proof reader. Your readers want to read the book not spend their time spell checking !

4.Give first time authors a chance .When i read the reviews of first time authors I sometimes feel like screaming . 

It isn't necessary to be overly harsh , try writing a book of any length yourself and see how easy it is.

These are just some observations .

WWW Wednesdays {Oct2}

Recently finished :
" Quiet , The Power of Introverts in a World that can't stop talking " by Susan Cain.
Excellent !  http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Quiet-Susan-Cain/9780307352149
Just finished :
"The Ode Less Travelled " by Stephen Fry .
http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Ode-Less-Travelled-Stephen-Fry/9780099509349
Thoroughly enjoyable , I meant to read this one for a while . I"l probably be rereading it at some point.
Next ? : I'm not sure , I'll see where the muse takes me! Lol

Note : the images aren't working for some reason .

Teaser Tuesday {20.08.2013}

My teaser :

"With a sudden jolt the train shuddered to a halt,the brakes screeching on the tracks .
Ant and Sally woke with a start .The carriage was empty . They were the only passengers left on the train.They shivered in the icy air .It seemed  to be  much colder.Outside - the station name loomed out of the fog.This was it - the end of the line."

pg5 The Midnight Ghosts by Emma Fischel  

One for the kids again !

Teaser Tuesday {13.08.3013}

Teaser :

"Lucky I remembered Rule One of Jungle Journeying " said Arthur , delving into his pockets.
"Carry a map and compass at all times."
He triumphantly brandished a map, but the paper was damp and rotten and it fell to pieces.

Agent Arthur's Jungle Journey by Martin Oliver  

One for the kids today just for a change !

Happy 40th Birthday Usborne !

There is a competition over at Book Depository  to  win a selection of Usborne titles .

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