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30. Waiter Rant by Steve Dublanica
Unabridged Audibook
As someone who used to regularly read the then anonymous blog of Steve Dublanica, I felt like the first third of this book was a poor rehashing of anecdotes I had already read at that blog. It made working in the service industy a little bit more bearable, knowing that customers were stupid, annoying, and sometimes rude everywhere. As I do think Mr. Dublanica had a very nice writing style, I hope he can use his experience from his blog and writing this book to do something greater with the talent he has cultivated.
29. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
I feel like all of the Sookie books sometimes feel a little more like the reader is just reading a life, not reading a story that has a purpose that will eventually reach a climax. However, most of the Sookie books do pick up and push toward the end at some point, and sometimes you can even see how events from one Sookie book to the next are influencing and shaping changes in her life. This Sookie novel felt really, really flat. It was kind of boring, and alluded to things in the world that I guess will happen in the next book. I don't see a lot of news on this series, because I'm afraid learning more from the author and about the books before they happen will really ruin my (usual) enjoyment of them, but this book felt like worthless filler; I really hope it serves a purpose in a greater story arc, and that I can look back on it one day and say "Oh, THAT'S what that book was really all about." Right now, I feel like it has left this fan in the dark.
Unabridged Audibook
As someone who used to regularly read the then anonymous blog of Steve Dublanica, I felt like the first third of this book was a poor rehashing of anecdotes I had already read at that blog. It made working in the service industy a little bit more bearable, knowing that customers were stupid, annoying, and sometimes rude everywhere. As I do think Mr. Dublanica had a very nice writing style, I hope he can use his experience from his blog and writing this book to do something greater with the talent he has cultivated.
29. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
I feel like all of the Sookie books sometimes feel a little more like the reader is just reading a life, not reading a story that has a purpose that will eventually reach a climax. However, most of the Sookie books do pick up and push toward the end at some point, and sometimes you can even see how events from one Sookie book to the next are influencing and shaping changes in her life. This Sookie novel felt really, really flat. It was kind of boring, and alluded to things in the world that I guess will happen in the next book. I don't see a lot of news on this series, because I'm afraid learning more from the author and about the books before they happen will really ruin my (usual) enjoyment of them, but this book felt like worthless filler; I really hope it serves a purpose in a greater story arc, and that I can look back on it one day and say "Oh, THAT'S what that book was really all about." Right now, I feel like it has left this fan in the dark.