vodkafan Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 (edited) Welcome to my very late 2021 Reading List! (k) denotes kindle ebook® denotes book read primarily for research purposes keeping the same simple rating system this year:1/5: I didn't like it2/5: It was okay3/5: I liked it4/5: I really liked it5/5: It was amazing! BOOKS READ IN JANUARY Zero BOOKS READ IN FEBRUARY Zilch BOOKS READ IN MARCH Nada BOOKS READ IN APRIL Naff All BOOKS READ IN MAY Piranesi Susanna Clarke 4/5 BOOKS READ IN JUNE The Girl Who Wasn't There Kirk Slater 1/5 The Time Keeper Mitch Albom 2/5 Rorke's Drift and Isandlwana 1879 A Battlefield Guide Chris Peers 2/5 Orange is The New Black Piper Kerman 3/5 BOOKS READ IN JULY Magikind George Bakerson 3/5 Small Pleasures Clare Chambers 2/5 BOOKS READ IN AUGUST The Triumphs of Eugene Valment Robert Barr 4/5 Young Miles Lois Macmaster Bujold 3/5 BOOKS READ IN SEPTEMBER Once Upon A River Diane Setterfield 3/5 Self-Made Man Norah Vincent (re-read) Edited September 18, 2021 by vodkafan addition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodkafan Posted May 26, 2021 Author Share Posted May 26, 2021 (edited) The Girl Who Wasn't There by Kirk Slater 1/5 This was the book that was funded on the Kickstarter platform, way back before the Pandemic hit us. It is only fair I have to separate the actual book review and my experience of the Kickstarter. I went for the Full Monty reward which included some sort of an extra, large Limited Edition book which I think was illustrated with maps or something? I cannot now say, because I never received it. The actual paperback came, and I think an email notification from Kickstarter that the other package was on it's way. But, a pandemic was on and my mind was on other things like keeping our family safe. So, by the time I realised that the Limited Edition had never arrived, months had gone by and it was too late to do anything about it. I forget now exactly how much I paid up front to the Kickstarter, but it was very, very expensive for the slim paperback that was all I got. For sure I will never buy a book this way again. Having said all that, Whatever went wrong with Kickstarter, the book is going to be judged on it's own merits. So, much later I actually picked up the book and hoped for something good. Unfortunately, the book was a very big disappointment. The writing was pretty bad. The characters didn't make any sense or achieve any life in my head at all. The plot just seemed to be recycled from bits of popular ghost films (and at the end had very big nonsensical holes in it you could drive a horse and carriage through.) The research was poor. For instance at one point the Housekeeper tells the servant girl to get sheets from the "Lining cupboard" and this word is actually used twice. It should obviously be linen cupboard. Then the main character of the servant girl got completely destroyed when the author had her use the expression "she could care less". Of course no English person would ever use that expression; it being a very modern American derivative corruption of "could not care less." . Again, poor research that stopped me getting into the mind of the main character. So, I didn't like it. Edited September 11, 2021 by vodkafan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Angury Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Glad to see you getting back into the reading habit in June - I really struggled with reading in the first half of this year as well. How's July been for you? Any exciting purchases or TBR plans? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Andrea~ Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Yes congratulations on getting your mojo back in May! I hope it goes as well for the rest of the year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodkafan Posted September 11, 2021 Author Share Posted September 11, 2021 Thanks Angury and Andrea. It's ramping up slowly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodkafan Posted September 18, 2021 Author Share Posted September 18, 2021 I really have to start doing some reviews... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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