A Reluctant Little Prince has arrived in e-book and soon the hard copy will be available.
I did a little promo using PowerPoint. Since this is all very new to me, the video thing, I’ve added reading links at the bottom of this post from other writers. I will probably play around with other programs, when I have time. Best of plans….
That’s the case in today’s review. I never want to say anything bad because one opinion can be vastly different from another’s. What I might love you might hate. So I never want to dissuade anyone from reading a book, yet on the other hand, I want to give an honest review.
Over my long holiday, I’d planned on taking the time to read for pleasure. I love the way Diana Gabaldon writes. She is one of my favorites. Her prose is beautiful. But as life would have it, I’d only read books one through three of the Outlander series. So I decided this holiday would be a great time to pick up number four Drums Of Autumn. I’d also loaded up my kindle with a few other books, after all, I had three weeks to read.
Drums of Autumn is 3600 meandering pages about Jamie and Claire as they struggle to settle in America. While Ms. Gabaldon beautiful prose didn’t disappoint I struggled with the length. I hated when her first three books ended, but wanted this book to speed up a bit and found myself skimming. Don’t get me wrong, Ms. Gabaldon is an amazing writer and storyteller and this book is very good, just in my opinion, not as good as the first three.
Will I read number five, The Fiery Cross? Of course! And not just because of my Scottish roots, (the M in my name stands for McIntyre.) But because I love reading great writing and I want to see how the story of Jamie and Claire ends. Will they stay in America or return to Scotland?
I did manage to read one other book by another author, after finishing this massive tomb, that review next week.
The bottom line.
The writing is amazing. The story too long-winded, kinda like your Aunt Mavis after too many glasses of wine. Characters are as vivid and alive as ever, I can’t wait to see what happens to them next. And I’m still hooked on the series, so I’ll keep reading.
PS: I’m also addicted to the TV series Outlander. Be still my heart! Jamie is hot!
I read this book back in 2013 and I still love it. I hope you will too.
If you grab this New York Times BestSelling Novel for the Bargain price of $3.99, you will understand, within minutes, why the novel Hopeless by Colleen Hoover shot to the top of the New York Times Best Seller List.
Words will spill from the pages and catch in your throat.
I turned page after page with bleary eyes, read late into the night as fear gripped me waiting for the beautiful words to become marred by the ending, they weren’t. Ms. Hoover is a weaver of tales. Once you begin to read, you will follow her as I did, wherever the story goes, because, in Hopeless, she has strewn the path with words too beautiful to miss. Over eight thousand Amazon.com readers agree! Can’t wait to download more of her books.
Why? because I love all types of books! I’ve written two books for children and another children’s picture book just returned from the editor. Fingers crossed it will be out in October 2017.
But… I am also writing an adult mystery and a YA book.
I’d hate to think I couldn’t spread my wings and write across genres.
Marcy Kennedy makes some very good points and gives thoughts on the pros and cons to writing in multiple genres.
I write because I enjoy writing, in the same way, I enjoy reading. A good story is a good story no matter the genre.
Click and read what Ms. Kennedy has to say and then tell me, do you think it’s a good or bad idea?
![Drums Of Autumn (Outlander, Book 4) by [Gabaldon, Diana]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41h3qtPe1PL.jpg)
![The Fiery Cross (Outlander, Book 5) by [Gabaldon, Diana]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/419C5syX7xL.jpg)
![Hopeless by [Hoover, Colleen]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41Xld-zsp8L.jpg)
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