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I read the samples of ebooks I'm interested in. That's about it. Never used Google Books. -David

Yeah. Once I stop caring about what happens, I stop reading. Sometimes I get curious about specific details. In that case, I might skim forward to see how that works out. Then I put the book aside. Life is too short to waste any more time than you have to on a bad book. Once you know it's...

Hi! I haven't read much true crime. Though I did read (at random) a Joseph Wambaugh book just a few weeks ago. Enjoyed it. Happy reading! -David

Welcome! Happy reading! -David

My copy of "Exercises in Style" arrived today. It's next on my TBR. :) -David

Chapter 4. After the Fire - Summoned and Summoner It had never felt pain before. Now pains and indignities heaped one on the other and swirled together, a miasma of agony and frustration. The pain of separation, pulled out of its world and brought into this place. The outrage of...

Heyo! Happy reading! -David

Welcome! I would guess about 1/3 of what I read is nonfiction. I like certain topics and enjoy reading about them. -David

I think it helps that I am willing to abort a book unfinished. I usually know within the first 50-100 pages of a book if I'm going to finish it. Sometimes fewer pages than that, if the writing style is just too dreadful/painful. -David

Draculas by J.A. Konrath, Blake Crouch, Jack Kilborn, and F. Paul Wilson. The stated purpose of this book was "to make vampires scary again." Which they attempted by making the vampires...into ravenous, bloodlicking zombies? Overall, I enjoyed the book. Very gory, very brutal. I just...

I've always thought Rowling was a writer, and she would feel compelled to write again. For me the question was more if she would write a new series (one that cannot *hope* to equal the HP books) or if she would succomb to the temptation to do more HP (positive feedback will do that to you)...

Welcome! My opinion of James Patterson's "Kiss the Girls" is: The movie was better. -David

Yeah, when I find an author I like, I tend to overdose on them, grabbing book after book by them from the library. That has a downside, I've discovered. Some authors need some some separation between their books. Like HP Lovecraft. Or even someone like Stephen King or Andrew Vachss or Neil...

No. Beyond "buy assetts, not liabilities" there is no specific advice about investing in the book. It talks vaguely about real estate. Vaguely. The book has a section about not thinking of your home or car as investments (since they aren't), but that's about the most detail it gives. A...

I started the Random Reading Program in 2002 or 2003 when I realized I was spending a lot of time picking and choosing books that I didn't like any more often than the ones I picked with little or no thought (or that a friend sent me to read after she had finished reading it). Another reason...

I think I'll use that as a good reading list. I've only read one of the books the list ("American Gods", which I didn't really think of as "horror"). I have read one Richard Laymon book in the last few years. I loathed it (not for the horror, for the complete lack of a story). So I'm not sure...

The Big Idea from this book is: Buy assets, not liabilities. The rest of it is just fluff. I bought this book in the early 2K's and enjoyed it, mostly. Discovering later that he had, in fact, made up almost the entire content was quite disillusioning. Like someone else mentioned, Kiyosaki...

I enjoyed reading the first edition when it came out. What did he add for the 2nd edition? -David

I had never heard of that book, but now I'm intrigued. And might have to buy me a copy. I doubt you'll find a convenient set of exercises for writing in a variety of styles. I recommend taking the Nike approach: Just do it. Write something short that contains at least the bare minimum for an...

Have you found lists of book bloggers and submitted review queries to them? That's a good way to get reviews (good and bad) and have those reviews posted to Amazon, GoodReads and other places. That can help create additional exposure and interest in your work. Blogging is a good tool, as...