Book #32 of 2018: Dust

[thistle_chaser]

Dust by Arthur Slade
Traditional or self-published: Self-published [Edit2: Nope, traditional! See comments.]
Rating: Loved (Hated-Disliked-Okay-Liked-Loved)

Comments

[orangerful]

Looks like it was originally published in 2004 in Canada so that might be why you didn't recognize the publisher's name? The original cover (featured on GoodReads) is no where near as alluring (and the Kindle cover on there is HELLA CREEPY!)

Sounds really cool though, but I'm guessing it might be hard to find in hard copy since it is so old, YA, and also Canadian first LOL

[thistle_chaser]

Maybe it was a publisher and it went out of business? Googling "Dava Enterprises publisher" has no good results -- no publisher website, few mentions of it even. I had googled mid-book, as well as before posting my review, and I had found one page listing all of Dava's published books (though not an official site), and all of them were written by Slade... All that seems to add up to self-published, even though the quality of it and the official reviews of it say otherwise. So I'm really not sure.

Amazon has links to hardcover and paperback (used though). Looking for it for your library or personal reading? Ebook version not good?

Edit: I had forgotten that I found he has a LJ! Not updated since 2013 though. arthurslade.livejournal.com

[orangerful]

Looks like the original publisher was "Laurel Leaf" but hovering over GoodReads book covers it looks like Harper Collins might have done an edition when it go all the great reviews.

I'm too cheap to buy books now LOL, plus if I buy a book, I don't read it. And I don't really like eReaders, all I have is an iPad anyway which would burn my eyes out. :P

[thistle_chaser]

Ahhhh! That would explain it then. Good eyes! I should have tried that instead of just googling. I'll edit the post.

Could you get it through that intra-library loaning system maybe?

[orangerful]

Probably, but I have too many other books to read right now LOL not going to bother ILL but I'm adding it to my list haha

[thistle_chaser]

Ahahah I know that feeling! I feel awful that I broke 300 on my Kindle... If I don't get a new book ever, I'll still have enough books for the next six years.

[orangerful]

My TBR on GoodReads is 978 :\ And I have a whole pile of books on my desk that i found on carts that are NOT on that list. I don't even know why I add them to my list anymore! It isn't like I refer back to it to find what to read next EVER.

[thistle_chaser]

I'd suggest we learn speed reading, but apparently the faster you read, the less you comprehend (which makes sense), which would lower our enjoyment. I guess that means we need to retire and do nothing but read!

[orangerful]

and watch the movies and tv shows in my Netflix/Hulu/Library queue...and play all the video games I have...

I always say I will never die because death will show up and I will give her a pile of books and be like "Here! Read these and tell me if I should bother!" and we will just sit reading forever and no one else will ever die again because they will be stuck i my TBR pile...

...or Death will be all brb and go find people with smaller TBR piles

[thistle_chaser]

HA! I love that idea. Maybe Death is a reader and will give more time to folks with long TBR piles... Don't even have a conversation, Death just glances at the pile, sees a big one, and passes that person over in the list.