Book Bloggin' 24th September 2012

Finshed: The Wrath of Angels by John Connelly

Oh I was holding out high hopes for this book. I thought, FINALLY I am going to get a bigger peek at who Charlie Parker IS. Or what he really is. But sadly, it was not to be. While I really enjoyed this book, I was holding big hopes for what had been built up in the previous book. It just didn't happen. In some ways, it was like this book was written by someone else who had only a glancing knowledge of exactly what John Connelly had been building up. Rather disappointing really. Especially as the wave had been peaking with The Burning Soul in a way that announced "in the next book, you will find out WHO Charlie Parker really is". And quite a few early reviews of this book also hinted at that. But it just didn't happen. I can only hope that in the next installment we get the promised insight into Charlie Parker, because in all honesty, I really don't know how much  more this can be dragged out. The truth has to be revealed.. and soon! I don't think that revealing who Charlie Parker is will in any way detract from these stories, I think rather, it will enhance them. Bring it on!

Started: The Delta Solution by Patrick Robinson

I haven't read an Patrick Robinson for a long time. I have all his books, but they had become a bit too repetitive for my liking. However, I decided that I would give this one a crack as I could get it on Kindle a lot cheaper then I can as a paperback. We shall see how it turns out.

UPDATE: I was perusing Kindle books in search of a book to read & have discovered that Amazon now puts a disclaimer on most Kindle books (ie the hideously expensive ones!): "Price set by the publisher". What a copout. And further proof of corporate greed. Did you know that under the terms of Kindle (and Apple as another example) purchase agreements, you don't actually "own" the books/music/movies that you "buy"? No, you don't! You only borrow them on an extended loan basis. If you don't believe me, have a look at the legal battle that Bruce Willis is currently having with Apple in order to be able to leave his vast iTunes collection to his kids. If he wins, it will have vast ramifications for all digital retailers and for all the consumers out there.