Today’s team review comes from Bev, she blogs at http://baspicer.blogspot.fr/
Bev chose to read and review The Experimental Notebook by C.S Boyack
Review The Experimental Notebook
This is a most intriguing collection. Reminiscent of Poe’s ‘Tales of Mystery and Imagination’ with a hint Asimov. The genres range between science fiction, fantasy and paranormal. They are dark for the most part, which I like, but each story is highly individual. There are robots, ghosts, and a fearless little girl who lives near a forest making cabbage soup when she’s not ridding the village of monsters (The Soup Ladle of Destiny is my personal favourite, and the funniest of the stories). All the stories have a twist. Mostly these are unexpected – although you do catch the mindset of the author after reading a few. This didn’t spoil my enjoyment of the stories, though. It just made me wonder what was coming up. In the middle of the collection, the author includes an ‘intermission’, where he addresses the reader in person. I must admit that this is the first time I’ve come across such an approach. But C. S. Boyack (Craig – if you visit his Amazon Author Page) has an engaging style, and I find the personal touch here adds to my enjoyment of the stories. It made me click on his author page!
There is an excerpt from one of his YA novels (Will O’ the Wisp) at the end of the collection. I read this too. Another charismatic set of characters and a glimpse of an intriguing plot.
I recommend this author. He’s a real spinner of yarns.
Find a copy here from Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com
This book sounds like great fun.
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Bev is a great sales person. Thanks for reading the post.
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Sounds intriguing! 🙂
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That’s the power of a great book reviewer. Thanks for reading the review.
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Thank you Bev and Rosie. Glad you enjoyed the experiments.
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Some great thoughts about my Experimental Notebook. I love the comparison to a couple of iconic writers too.
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He certainly is! I’ve read this book, and Will o’ the Wisp and highly recommend both!
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Thank you Ali, reader recommendations are great.
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They are the best.
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Thank you for that. I’m working on your story right now. A houseful of company slowed me down, but I’ll get there.
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😲What story would that be???
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Perhaps I should have said book. Yeah, book is more exact. Just don’t make me spell Angus Og correctly.
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You’re reading my book? Awesome! But you already have those stories… apart from the Óengus Óg one, that is. That book was meant for people who havent/ dont want to read the CK books but might like mythology. I feel guilty now. I would have been so happy to send you a pdf of the Óengus story.
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Don’t feel guilty. I like to support folks. I’m just having a devil of a time getting quality reading time.
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Ah know that feeling! I look forward to my read in bed at night, but lately I keep falling asleep!
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