Comments on: Needing Moonshine (and lots of it) to Finish Moonshine (by Rob Thurman) http://www.todayiread.com/moonshine-book-notes/ A Continuous Book Review and Vocabulary Assignment Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:19:20 +0000 hourly 1 By: Moonshine is (finally) Picking Up - Today, I Read… http://www.todayiread.com/moonshine-book-notes/comment-page-1/#comment-1301 Moonshine is (finally) Picking Up - Today, I Read… Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:58:05 +0000 http://www.todayiread.com/moonshine-book-notes/#comment-1301 [...] about halfway through and now that I no longer need dry martinis to suffer this book, it should be smooth sailing to the end. Here’s hoping the climax isn’t another [...] [...] about halfway through and now that I no longer need dry martinis to suffer this book, it should be smooth sailing to the end. Here’s hoping the climax isn’t another [...]

]]> By: Ann-Kat http://www.todayiread.com/moonshine-book-notes/comment-page-1/#comment-1260 Ann-Kat Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:35:17 +0000 http://www.todayiread.com/moonshine-book-notes/#comment-1260 Jackie, that sounds like a <strong>very fine plan</strong>. I'm trying to give Thurman a fair shake since Nightlife appeared to be her debut novel and how many people hit a home run the first time around? It wasn't as bad as it could have been and I just assumed the second novel would be an improvement, but reading this book is like trying to pull teeth (without any medical training) from a flailing teenager. I'm trying not to give up on it, but I keep getting distracted by better books. (I've once again discovered the hilarity of Christopher Moore.) Jackie, that sounds like a very fine plan.

I’m trying to give Thurman a fair shake since Nightlife appeared to be her debut novel and how many people hit a home run the first time around? It wasn’t as bad as it could have been and I just assumed the second novel would be an improvement, but reading this book is like trying to pull teeth (without any medical training) from a flailing teenager.

I’m trying not to give up on it, but I keep getting distracted by better books. (I’ve once again discovered the hilarity of Christopher Moore.)

]]> By: Jackie http://www.todayiread.com/moonshine-book-notes/comment-page-1/#comment-1258 Jackie Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:19:21 +0000 http://www.todayiread.com/moonshine-book-notes/#comment-1258 Honestly, I couldn't get through the first novel. I tried to read it, but even after reading the first few chapters, there was nothing to interest me. It's hard for me to get disinterested in a book while I'm reading it, but this one did it. Since it doesn't sound like the second book is any better, I might just move this author waaaay down on my TBR list. Honestly, I couldn’t get through the first novel. I tried to read it, but even after reading the first few chapters, there was nothing to interest me. It’s hard for me to get disinterested in a book while I’m reading it, but this one did it.

Since it doesn’t sound like the second book is any better, I might just move this author waaaay down on my TBR list.

]]> By: Ann-Kat http://www.todayiread.com/moonshine-book-notes/comment-page-1/#comment-1246 Ann-Kat Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:04:41 +0000 http://www.todayiread.com/moonshine-book-notes/#comment-1246 Thank you, Brie. I'll take as many crossed fingers and prayers as I can get. Something tells me I'm gonna need it. And not necessarily because the writing is bad, it's just that a few of the situations that have arisen don't ring genuine. Plus that annoyingly constant reference to the Auphe. I can also empathize with not wanting to continue a series right away. If I were completely honest, I would have mentioned that I tempered my readings of the Briggs's and Meyer's series with each other. :) Basically, I read Twilight by Meyer, then Moon Called by Briggs, then New Moon by Meyer, Blood Bound by Briggs, and so forth. I figured that enough time had passed since my reading of Nightlife that I'd be able to manage Moonshine, but I think I was wrong. Horribly, terribly, utterly wrong. Thank you, Brie. I’ll take as many crossed fingers and prayers as I can get. Something tells me I’m gonna need it. And not necessarily because the writing is bad, it’s just that a few of the situations that have arisen don’t ring genuine. Plus that annoyingly constant reference to the Auphe.

I can also empathize with not wanting to continue a series right away. If I were completely honest, I would have mentioned that I tempered my readings of the Briggs’s and Meyer’s series with each other. :) Basically, I read Twilight by Meyer, then Moon Called by Briggs, then New Moon by Meyer, Blood Bound by Briggs, and so forth.

I figured that enough time had passed since my reading of Nightlife that I’d be able to manage Moonshine, but I think I was wrong. Horribly, terribly, utterly wrong.

]]> By: Brie http://www.todayiread.com/moonshine-book-notes/comment-page-1/#comment-1245 Brie Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:41:41 +0000 http://www.todayiread.com/moonshine-book-notes/#comment-1245 Sequels are always hard for me to get into. The book doesn't even have to be bad for me to not want to read it, most times I'm just be bored with the "world" and want to move on to something else. I go back to them later, after some time has passed. But this one just sounds bad. Rolling your eyes is not a promising sign. I'll cross my fingers in hopes that it gets better for you. Sequels are always hard for me to get into. The book doesn’t even have to be bad for me to not want to read it, most times I’m just be bored with the “world” and want to move on to something else. I go back to them later, after some time has passed.

But this one just sounds bad. Rolling your eyes is not a promising sign. I’ll cross my fingers in hopes that it gets better for you.

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