I have just received a large box of books which marks the start of my tenure as a review for Curled Up With a Good Book or curledup.com. I just hope I haven’t gotten myself in over my head by selecting too many books with which to begin. Perusing the list I got a little book hungry and chose 12 books to be sent to me. My reading load has just gotten quite large. The box included 9 novels and 3 non-fiction books. Three of the 12 were already on my TBR list, another 2 I had heard of and 7 were previously unknown to me. It should be exciting. The list is as follows:
- Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman
- Crashing Through by Robert Kurson
- The Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan Englander
- The Lost Men by Kelly Tyler-Lewis
- House of the Deaf by Lamar Herrin
- House of Meetings by Martin Amis
- Nine by Andrzej Stasiuk
- HARM by Brian W. Aldiss
- In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar
- Fish of Souls by Gary Williams
- All That Matters by Wayson Choy
- Rowing Without Oars by Ulla-Carin Lindquist
I think I will begin with Soon I Will Be Invincible as it is one of those already on my TBR list. My reviews of these books will only run on curledup.com but I will link to them here when they appear on that site. Now, I think I’d better get reading…
Oh, and as you can see, my wife likes lighthouses!
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I know the feeling of wondering if you’ve gotten in over your head. I have so many review books on the way. Whooo! I just let myself be excited by all the wonderful titles, and that tends to give me the energy and drive to take care of it. 🙂
By: Heather on August 9, 2007
at 4:26 am
Just out of curiosity, are you reviewing the books in exchange for a free book or does the site pay you for your writing?
By: marydell on August 9, 2007
at 5:39 am
I’ll be interested to hear what you think of the Amis – I tried and could not get into it. In fact, I’ve yet to make it through a single one of his books – have you read anything of his?
By: Ted on August 9, 2007
at 7:07 am
Heather – It was exciting to get all of those books, but overwhelming too. I haven’t started on any of them yet but plan to later this week.
marydell – I find myself trying to determine what answer you’re hoping for, but I guess I can only answer truthfully… 🙂 They do not pay for reviews so I suppose the review is in exchange for the free book.
Ted – I have not read anything by Amis. I’ve heard good things about this book but I have no idea what to expect. The one draw back to reviewing books like this is that I can’t exactly quit reading one I don’t like.
By: Matt on August 9, 2007
at 8:22 am
I love getting review books but then I freak out because I also want to read “my” books and then I start falling behind. Anyway good luck and congrats on reviewing for Curledup. I love visiting that site.
By: iliana on August 9, 2007
at 8:35 am
I wasn’t hoping for any answer in particular. Mostly, I was wondering how they go about getting their reviews.
By: marydell on August 9, 2007
at 2:57 pm
Hope you enjoy “Fish of Souls.” It’s actually the first book in a trilogy but can be read as a stand alone story.
By: Gary Williams on August 10, 2007
at 9:11 am
I will be interested in your review of “Crashing Through.” One of my favorite non-fiction books in the last 5 years was Kurson’s “Shadow Divers.” Though it was originally the subject matter that drew me to the book I was amazed at Robert Kurson’s ability to tell a story.
By: Tim on August 10, 2007
at 9:23 am
iliana – Thanks! Yeah, it’s a struggle mixing what you want to read with what you have to read for reviews. Luckily they a few of them are in both categories and I think the rest of them sound very interesting.
marydell – I guess I was thinking too much when I read your comment. 🙂
Gary Williams – Thanks for stopping by! I did not know it was the first of a trilogy. I am looking forward to reading Fish of Souls and hope to get to it soon.
Tim – I have heard very good things about Shadow Divers. Depending on how I like Crashing Through I might have to pick it up.
By: Matt on August 10, 2007
at 3:14 pm
Currently it appears like WordPress is the top blogging platform out there right now.
(from what I’ve read) Is that what you are using on your blog?
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at 2:39 am