Comments on: First Impressions 8.24.12

By: EIREGO

EIREGO — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 22:28:26 +0000

Please never stop doing the First Impressions feature. I may not always get my comments in right away, but it saves me so much time whenever I am in a bookstore.

THREE DAY AFFAIR – Gotta say that giving up the band for love (and the narrator seems to understand) will never work for me. Could never read this.

TRUST YOUR EYES – Interesting opening. Combine the opening lines with the cover art and I will keep reading for at least a couple of chapters.

THE RIGHT HAND – This reads just gory enough to hold my attention. WINNER!

By: Jann

Jann — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 16:18:13 +0000

None of them grab me, but Trust Your Eyes reminds me too much of one of the Reacher stories.

By: Jann

Jann — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 16:16:26 +0000

I’d drop anything, reading material or not…

By: Sarah RH

Sarah RH — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 02:55:21 +0000

I can do the reading part. It’s the “active participation” part that gives me the anxious heebie jeebies. Reminds me too much of being made fun of in school. I’m too self conscious about my opinions even though there’s nothing wrong with them. LOL. But I’d still try it out. I could try faking it. 😀

By: Lauren

Lauren — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:49:49 +0000

We all (well, except for Slacker Central) read it, we just never talked about it. Rhonda read it, too. I had read one prior TP and it hadn’t knocked my socks off. Liked this one more. My favorite thing was that they were all named after dogs, but the dog had three human names.

I’m not sure I’d put down Craig’s for something else, either.

By: Naomi Johnson

Naomi Johnson — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 23:00:06 +0000

We did manage a re-read of LA Requiem once. Maybe that’s what we should do: re-readalongs!

By: Naomi Johnson

Naomi Johnson — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 22:56:54 +0000

We did, didn’t we? I did read the Piccirilli book though. Liked it, did not love it. I would probably read another if he turns it into a series. Just finished a true crime, DEATH IN THE CITY OF LIGHT, about a serial killer in Nazi-occupied Paris. Interesting, but the narrative is not well constructed. Just starting Craig McDonald’s latest, PARTS UNKNOWN.

Yeah, I’d drop anything for Elvis and Joe. Anything I was reading, that is. Ahem.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 22:44:43 +0000

Well, if you read it (Ha!) let me know.

That’s why they invented the pants cam.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 22:43:49 +0000

A readalong is nothing to be chicken about. Some of us just try to read a book at about the same time so we can talk about it, but then we never do. Easy peasy. The smart ones like Elyse don’t even bother reading the book in anticipation of the fake conversation we’re never going to have. 🙂

By: Sarah RH

Sarah RH — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 21:27:20 +0000

When you find the app that does that, let me know! I’d get more reading done that way! Well, if/when your obligations allow, let me know if you do another readalong. I have never done one. I think I’m too chicken, but I’d be willing to try. lol