Review: Three and a half stars for a fun Kindle serial
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 16, 2012
First of all, although I'm a pretty omnivorous reader, "Hacker Mom" is NOT the type of book I usually read; I'm more likely to read historical fiction (the longer, the better), although I do often read the "cozy" mysteries my wife favors, when I'm out of my own reading material.I really like the IDEA of a serial novel.  I figure if it was good enough for Charles Dickens, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Tolstoy, and Arthur Conan Doyle (among many others), why not give it a try?I have read the first two installments of "Hacker Mom," and while it's certainly no "Anna Karenina," it doesn't pretend to be, either.  Or need to be, as far as that goes.I'm sure other reviews deliver a description of the plot, so I won't bother here, but "Hacker" is fun, a diverting romp, and I'm enjoying it.  Plus, the price is right, for sure! The second part of the serial appeared without my doing anything -- and without my paying for it -- right on cue.  I look forward to reading future installments.I will definitely be purchasing more serial novels ... as long as they're not TOO overtly "chick-lit" romance novels (ugh!).  If I run across something written by Ms. Rachlis, I'll be happy to give it a try.One last note on serial novels: The wait between installments doesn't bother me at all, but if it turns out that you find it unbearable, you could just wait till the last episode is delivered, and read them all at once.  Just a thought.