Michael’s Comments (group member since May 07, 2009)

Michael’s comments from the Second Wind Publishing group.

I am a heavy user of my local library system. I am a voracious reader and it helps keep one of my favorite hobbies affordable. :)

Of course, I still like owning some books.

But I've learned to be patient and use the hold system. :)

I tend to get frustrated by authors or stories that will have characters stop and "navel gaze" on the events that have occurred to this point in the story--even if it's just happened three or four pages ago.

Maybe it's that I read faster than some people or the average reader, but I hate it when half the book is this "recapping what's coming until now" simply for the sake of recapping. If a character is thinking back and some new insight occurs, it can be forgiven so long as it doesn't take up half the stinkin' book! I find this happens a lot in current "epic fantasy" and some sci-fi novels--esp. the Dune prequels by Herbert's son and Kevin J. Anderson. Herbert's original novel was so good in that it assumed readers have a scintilla of an ability to follow the story and keep things straight over the course of the novel without spoon feeding it to us.