Trouble in Bookland Part One edition by Marlene Simonette Religion Spirituality eBooks
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For her thirteenth birthday, Writer Linda is taken to the Isle of Authors, focal point in the land of Dreams. While there, the Board of Authors, rulers of the land of Dreams, requests her presence.
They want her to visit a Patch, one of the many Published worlds of fiction Bookland. The former Author of the Patch was Rejected for founding the world on revenge, and the Patch was put on hold until a suitable Writer could be found to take over and finish the story. Now it's active and burning away the surrounding Patches. The Authors themselves are unable to enter the world, as the Gateway to Bookland has been locked against them.
Linda must discover who has activated the Patch, and stop him or her before the entire Patchwork is destroyed.
Trouble in Bookland Part One edition by Marlene Simonette Religion Spirituality eBooks
This was a quaint little book that I read in about one hour this morning. I was referred to the book by one of the author's friends (a cabin mate from Camp NaNoWriMo).If Amazon had a 10-star rating system, I'd probably give it a 7/10; I enjoyed the story and characters well enough, was pleased by the grammar and punctuation cleanliness, but I felt it moved too quickly, the worlds weren't developed as much as they could have been, and I guessed early on who the antagonist was.
The ending also felt really abrupt--shortness isn't a bad thing; content and pacing are much more important in the grand scheme of things--and, without a resolution (the calm-down bit at the end of a plot arc), it felt unfinished. The story, of course, will be continued in Part Two, but each book should have a self-contained plot arc that jigsaws into an overall series arc. I found the cutoff the most off-putting thing about the story because it simply did not feel complete.
That being said, I would give Part Two a go. I probably wouldn't read this book again, but it was well done for a debut, self-published book, and I enjoyed it.
***Here Lie Spoilers***
-- I enjoyed little bits of world building dropped here and there in the beginning (especially when Johan said, "That didn't come out right," and there's a thing about copyright that doesn't even let you speak copyrighted things!), but I felt it was lacking when we entered Ethan's World (if it has a name, I didn't catch it). As someone "Lost", or thought to be mentally unstable, Linda could have gotten away with asking a lot more questions of everyone than she did, and I also felt like I wasn't seeing everything she was about this world. When Allard took her out to the big cats, this was the first I was hearing about them (unless I'm blind and missed it earlier), and I didn't know how to envision them! I would have liked to meet more of the characters, too; Mother and the other women were mostly skimmed over, even though Linda spent days among them.
The story was really stripped right down to its bare bones, without giving a lot of depth to the surroundings. A few details go a long way!
-- As soon as Linda thought, "Allard looks familiar," and coupled with the fact that I'm not sure we were ever told what actually happened to Ethan (there was a lot of mentioning of the brother, but I don't remember being told he was sick until we met him as a dragon!), I knew that Ethan was the antagonist. (Well, alright, I suspected Allard for a few pages (because that would have been kinda twisty that the antagonist knew from the beginning who the hero was and was her guide) but the evidence wasn't there for him.) So, I felt it was very predictable that Ethan ended up being the "bad guy".
-- Reiterating my satisfaction with grammar and punctuation, I noticed that sometimes the sentence structure fell into the same pattern. The first time I noticed it was around the beginning (right before Linda was taken to the board meeting, I believe): "He turned his head . . . ." ; "Linda wondered . . . ." ; "The Character must have . . . ." When similar-structured sentences begin to clump together, it becomes noticeable and repetitive. This wasn't a terrible failing of the book, but it could be polished a bit more.
-- The angel-messenger Character from the beginning was my favorite character; he had mannerisms and quirks that made his personality come to life for me. I was disappointed that I never caught his name. I also liked Yvonne.
-- Details again: when Linda was fighting with Ethan, I wanted to know what words they were using. It felt a little anti-climactic to just have the effect of the words, but not the actual battle.
-- Pacing, pacing, pacing. The plot moved along awfully fast after Linda was thrown into Ethan's world. I was surprised that I was already so far in the book by the time she'd actually left the Isle. Part of the problem might have been that there weren't really any subplots to give everyone something to do while waiting--and I felt like Linda could have been more proactive in trying to figure things out; most of the plot happened to her instead of her making plot happen. It would have been nice to be a little more in her head, too, and feel her emotions about everything.
-- In the future, one or two more drafts may work out the little detail kinks.
The easiest way to sum everything up is to say that the plot and writing style feels like it was supposed to be YA, but the book is so lightweight that it's more like a children's chapter book (not to speak derogatorily of such books; chapter books can be just as (and sometimes more) enjoyable as YA+ novels). Overall, however, I did enjoy the novella, the worlds and the characters, and I would recommend "Trouble in Bookland" to others for some light reading; it was both creative and entertaining. I look forward to the next installment!
--Mariah Burkett
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As I read this book, I found the author to be very descriptive in telling the story, making me feel as if I were right there in the same place among the characters. At times I felt as if I was "floating" into and with the main characters into an imaginary fantasy place of make believe! For those who love fiction and stories of imagination, this makes a good read!
This book was amazing!!! I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to read a unique page-turner that will keep you on the edge of your seat even after the last page!
I thoroughly enjoyed going on a fantasy adventure and can't wait for the next installment! The characters' emotions were rich and the travels and locations were vibrant and colorful and imaginative. The twists in the plot prevented me from putting the book down until I read it all!!!!! Clever! I loved it! Aline Conant
Wow! I had the pleasure of reading this book before it was published, and I was thrilled with this debut!!! Marlene Simonette created both wonderful characters and an immensely entertaining world. The plot was intriguing and kept me interested, and I have to say that I will definitely be eagerly awaiting more books from her. As a writer myself, I absolutely love the writing aspect of this book.
But be forewarned this book ends on a complete cliffhanger! You will immediately be begging the author for the next installment! Well done on such a wonderful story, Marlene!!!
This was a quaint little book that I read in about one hour this morning. I was referred to the book by one of the author's friends (a cabin mate from Camp NaNoWriMo).
If had a 10-star rating system, I'd probably give it a 7/10; I enjoyed the story and characters well enough, was pleased by the grammar and punctuation cleanliness, but I felt it moved too quickly, the worlds weren't developed as much as they could have been, and I guessed early on who the antagonist was.
The ending also felt really abrupt--shortness isn't a bad thing; content and pacing are much more important in the grand scheme of things--and, without a resolution (the calm-down bit at the end of a plot arc), it felt unfinished. The story, of course, will be continued in Part Two, but each book should have a self-contained plot arc that jigsaws into an overall series arc. I found the cutoff the most off-putting thing about the story because it simply did not feel complete.
That being said, I would give Part Two a go. I probably wouldn't read this book again, but it was well done for a debut, self-published book, and I enjoyed it.
***Here Lie Spoilers***
-- I enjoyed little bits of world building dropped here and there in the beginning (especially when Johan said, "That didn't come out right," and there's a thing about copyright that doesn't even let you speak copyrighted things!), but I felt it was lacking when we entered Ethan's World (if it has a name, I didn't catch it). As someone "Lost", or thought to be mentally unstable, Linda could have gotten away with asking a lot more questions of everyone than she did, and I also felt like I wasn't seeing everything she was about this world. When Allard took her out to the big cats, this was the first I was hearing about them (unless I'm blind and missed it earlier), and I didn't know how to envision them! I would have liked to meet more of the characters, too; Mother and the other women were mostly skimmed over, even though Linda spent days among them.
The story was really stripped right down to its bare bones, without giving a lot of depth to the surroundings. A few details go a long way!
-- As soon as Linda thought, "Allard looks familiar," and coupled with the fact that I'm not sure we were ever told what actually happened to Ethan (there was a lot of mentioning of the brother, but I don't remember being told he was sick until we met him as a dragon!), I knew that Ethan was the antagonist. (Well, alright, I suspected Allard for a few pages (because that would have been kinda twisty that the antagonist knew from the beginning who the hero was and was her guide) but the evidence wasn't there for him.) So, I felt it was very predictable that Ethan ended up being the "bad guy".
-- Reiterating my satisfaction with grammar and punctuation, I noticed that sometimes the sentence structure fell into the same pattern. The first time I noticed it was around the beginning (right before Linda was taken to the board meeting, I believe) "He turned his head . . . ." ; "Linda wondered . . . ." ; "The Character must have . . . ." When similar-structured sentences begin to clump together, it becomes noticeable and repetitive. This wasn't a terrible failing of the book, but it could be polished a bit more.
-- The angel-messenger Character from the beginning was my favorite character; he had mannerisms and quirks that made his personality come to life for me. I was disappointed that I never caught his name. I also liked Yvonne.
-- Details again when Linda was fighting with Ethan, I wanted to know what words they were using. It felt a little anti-climactic to just have the effect of the words, but not the actual battle.
-- Pacing, pacing, pacing. The plot moved along awfully fast after Linda was thrown into Ethan's world. I was surprised that I was already so far in the book by the time she'd actually left the Isle. Part of the problem might have been that there weren't really any subplots to give everyone something to do while waiting--and I felt like Linda could have been more proactive in trying to figure things out; most of the plot happened to her instead of her making plot happen. It would have been nice to be a little more in her head, too, and feel her emotions about everything.
-- In the future, one or two more drafts may work out the little detail kinks.
The easiest way to sum everything up is to say that the plot and writing style feels like it was supposed to be YA, but the book is so lightweight that it's more like a children's chapter book (not to speak derogatorily of such books; chapter books can be just as (and sometimes more) enjoyable as YA+ novels). Overall, however, I did enjoy the novella, the worlds and the characters, and I would recommend "Trouble in Bookland" to others for some light reading; it was both creative and entertaining. I look forward to the next installment!
--Mariah Burkett
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