tivasyk’s Comments (group member since Feb 28, 2013)

tivasyk’s comments from the StoryBundle - DRM-FREE indie e-books group.

i gave "undersea" 3 of 5... although it's not half bad compared to other storybundle stuff... a bit too holywood'ish ;-)

Jessica wrote: "Yes it does!!!! I've just bought it!"
i did too, no idea when to read it though, i'm still at fred vargas' adamsberg series in french =)

the new fantasy mini bundle is out and looks interesting =)

jessica, i just love this "train wreck bundle" name ;-)

Jessica wrote: "I've learned you can't judge an entire genre based on one book. :)"

oh, but why not? =) provided that my judgements remain just that — my own subjective basis to filter out what i'd rather not spend my time for =/ it's not like i said there shouldn't be a literature like that or there shouldn't be bundles like that =)

Jessica wrote: "I forgot about that bundle. I like to pretend that one never, ever happened. That was such a train wreck!"

a-ha! =) i've bought it. i've read two books from the bundle, hoping to discover a new genre =) well, i wouldn't say it was a disaster, there are obviously people who liked it enough =/

Cyber wrote: "...to find out if I'd like the genre (I didn't), so when this is basically the same I think I'll skip this bundle." same here and i have no one to offer it to as a gift =/

great news! also the idea to share a free book among the loyal subscribers is good, at least i would never think of buying a young adult bundle (faeries from a computer game? omg… in my days young adult literature meant jules verne, mark twain, arthur conan-doyle etc.), now i hasitate =)

btw, you can easily add the 8 titles of the sci-fi bundle to your goodreads to-read list from here (also don't miss the humble ebook bundle 2).

The new Sci-Fi Bundle has debuted, curated by #1 international bestselling SF author Kevin J. Anderson; the bundle includes Anderson's own novel Hopscotch, which he considers one of his best works.

You can pay what you want get these fantastic reads:

1. Hopscotch by Kevin J. Anderson
2. In Hero Years... I'm Dead by Michael A. Stackpole
3. On My Way to Paradise by David Farland
4. Santiago by Mike Resnick
5. Swarm by B. V. Larson
6. The Disappeared by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Name your own price, and get a large chunk of the imaginative universe. But those who choose to pay more than a minimum of $10 receive two bonus novels as well:

7. The Stars in Shroud by Gregory Benford
8. High-Opp by Frank Herbert

Please go to storybundle.com for more details!

L. wrote: "…"

great! thank you very much! now the group's bookshelf is populated =)

Daniel J. wrote: "this group seems kind of dead. Is it just that people are buying the bundles but just haven't read the books yet?"

can't say for everyone out there… i've bought three… no, four of the storybundles with intention to read it all sooner or later, but not in one go: since i've started studying french two years ago i try to read more in french lately.

however i've read 7 of the storybundle books (and abandoned one more) and mostly have been disappointed by the quality of it =/

i do love reading indie literature, but it has to be of the quality of jeff garrity's "mars girl", cory doctorow's "someone comes to town, someone leaves town" or peter watts' "blindsight".

of course i'm a rather poor judge since english is not my native language but still… retelling a third-rate horror thriller complete with all the hollywood clichés (the "black bird" in the 2nd degree bundle) is just not my piece of reading =/

coming back to the group being dead… looks like it is =( you ideas sound great, however i'm not a goodreads librerian nor the originator of the group; what can be done to revive or restart it?

Jessica wrote: "Between the two of us we've bought every StoryBundle!"

so that's what different tastes are for? =)

StoryBundle presents The Fantastic Women's Fiction Bundle, which features eight books for a price you choose:

1. Come Back to Me by Melissa Foster
2. A Cutthroat Business by Jenna Bennett
3. Here She Lies by Katia Lief
4. Snake Skin by CJ Lyons
5. The Delilah Complex by M. J. Rose
6. Unto These Hills by Emily Sue Harvey

And if you pay more than the bonus price, you get two extra titles:

7. Nerves of Steel by CJ Lyons
8. The Venus Fix by M. J. Rose, the final chapter in the Dr. Morgan Snow trilogy

This bundle has been curated by internationally bestselling author M. J. Rose.

Please go to storybundle.com for more info.

Jessica wrote: "StoryBundle was already cool, but these extra bonuses just made them better."
i don't know, i usually skip short stories and dive right into the largest volume i have at hand =) but it's cool to have bonuses added to the bundle like that.

On March 18th StoryBundle has announced more bonuses included with the current Fantasy bundle:

= Bodies of Evidence - A short fantasy/comedy story by Jefferson Smith
= The Mike Murphy Files - A set of five comedic urban fantasy stories by Christopher Bunn
= The Key - A short story by Blair MacGregor
= Jade - A novella set in the same world as The Book of Deacon Trilogy and expands on the world
= A sneak preview chapter from the sequel to The Duchess of the Shallows, by Neil McGarry and Daniel Ravipinto

Still 2 days to go, so treat yourself to the Fantasy bundle; or just downloan the new additions if you have already bought the Fantasy bundle.

would be great if group moderators populated the group's bookshelf with the storybundle's titles, grouped by storybundle issue… would be easier for passers-by to see what the group is about and find something to read, and for us to add latest additions to the to-read shelves =)