It looked very much … It looked very much like a Mills and Boon so I quite happily avoided it – I might give it a go when I get through my current To Read pile…
The characters were … The characters were interesting remodels of stereotypes: the young woman with undeveloped supernatural powers; a cossack-like spy/assasin; but there was an original twist to them.
On the whole this was driven mainly by the dark atmosphere. I would read this author again.
P.S. I write reviews so that I don’t read the same book twice accidentally. It’s been known to happen!
The review I wrote: … The review I wrote: a dark, brooding atmosphere pervades this novel set in a strange, menacing world which is hard to place, timewise: dark ages? Some futuristic state? The politics – republic established after overthrow of monarchy, with communist overtones – seemed futuristic; but the infrastructure – old castles, lanterns, primitive weapons – seemed historical…..
I use Calibre (for … I use Calibre (for free ebooks) or Adobe Digital Editions (for paid for ebooks) as I don’t have any DRM’d Sony ebooks (due to their store not working the UK)…
It depends on where … It depends on where you get them from – it can read PDFs and Sony reader books, as well as a bunch of regular text formats. I bought a book last night as well as downloading a bunch of freebies….
June 19th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
The first ten …
The first ten seconds of your video made me rate it a five. ha
June 19th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
fantastic video …
fantastic video dude!! i’m going to get myself one today!! thanks so much!!
June 19th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
It looked very much …
It looked very much like a Mills and Boon so I quite happily avoided it – I might give it a go when I get through my current To Read pile…
June 19th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
Me again: if you …
Me again: if you like Calibre, take a look at the MobileRead site.
June 19th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
The characters were …
The characters were interesting remodels of stereotypes: the young woman with undeveloped supernatural powers; a cossack-like spy/assasin; but there was an original twist to them.
On the whole this was driven mainly by the dark atmosphere. I would read this author again.
P.S. I write reviews so that I don’t read the same book twice accidentally. It’s been known to happen!
June 19th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
The review I wrote: …
The review I wrote: a dark, brooding atmosphere pervades this novel set in a strange, menacing world which is hard to place, timewise: dark ages? Some futuristic state? The politics – republic established after overthrow of monarchy, with communist overtones – seemed futuristic; but the infrastructure – old castles, lanterns, primitive weapons – seemed historical…..
June 19th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
It’s not my kind of …
It’s not my kind of thing, but I haven’t deleted it yet…
June 19th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
I didn’t, but I …
I didn’t, but I just went back and had a sniff just for you – it smells like a cardboard box.
June 19th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
Did you read ” …
Did you read “Poison Study”, the pre-loaded book shown in the vid? I did, it’s not that bad.
June 19th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
Dear God did he …
Dear God did he sniff the ed thing at the beginning…??!!
June 19th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
I use Calibre (for …
I use Calibre (for free ebooks) or Adobe Digital Editions (for paid for ebooks) as I don’t have any DRM’d Sony ebooks (due to their store not working the UK)…
June 19th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
You can actually …
You can actually load PDF’s (which you can download off the pirate bay) like you would with any USB mass storage.
June 19th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
I suppose you …
I suppose you discovered you need the sony elibrary to load your books onto the reader
June 19th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
A viewing angle and …
A viewing angle and a half, lol.
Cheers for the vid.
June 19th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
Awsome
Awsome
June 19th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
It depends on where …
It depends on where you get them from – it can read PDFs and Sony reader books, as well as a bunch of regular text formats. I bought a book last night as well as downloading a bunch of freebies….
June 19th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
Are the books free?
Are the books free?