"While I have, certainly, before spent a weekend reading more
than one book from an author, only once before have I spent the weekend reading
EVERY published book from an author (a few weeks back when I read the most
excellent Pact Arcanum by Arshad Ahsanuddin). However, that was only 3 books -
this was 6. True, only two of them were long enough to be considered other than
novellas at most, but Randy's style is intense, his plotting brilliant. Each of
his stories was a brilliant gem of a thing - and each was very different. You
first saw my review of "Rabbletown," which was one of the most
amazing things I've read in ages. I spent most of the book in goosebumps,
astonished and unbelieving about how much this book was affecting me. You will
probably also note that this led to the longest review! Not that I didn't like
the subsequent books, just that "Rabbletown" had the strongest impact
upon me. That was quite a book! "Crazy About You" was an interesting
coming of age story, filled with lots of intriguing information on the history
of the treatment of mental illness that I found to be fascinating. His short
works: "3 Very Quirky Tales," "Blue Kansas Sky" and
"The Strange Tale of James Kirkland Pilley" are the sorts of things
that are perfect for reading during a break at work, or an evening where you
don't have a lot of time, but want to read something complete in and of itself.
Then there was "Blow Up the Roses," which I discovered had just been
uploaded when I went to post one of my other reviews on Smashwords. In fact,
Smashwords is the ONLY place where you can find all 6 of Randy's currently
published works - check it out:
http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/randyattwood"
Katy's blog is at: http://katya-s69.livejournal.com/
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