Review: Worth the Download
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 15, 2013
On a number of levels this freebie sampler download is worth the effort.A few of the volumes excerpted in this book are not yet available in sample form on the Amazon site. (For example, Cynthia Voight's "The Book of Lost Things".) So, this will give you a jump on checking out some titles.Many of the excerpts are longer than the usual Amazon sample, so you get a more generous preview of books you're interested in.The scope of the selections is fairly broad, so you will probably find a few books that you might have otherwise overlooked.The opening essays identify a number of upcoming volumes that, while not sampled in the book, are worth knowing about and tracking down.To wander around the Amazon samples you need to be online, and that can sometimes be a balky undertaking if you are just working off your Kindle. Downloading this book allows you to skim the sampled titles offline, which is a nice convenience.So, if you like to skim through samples the way you would browse a library or bookstore, this volume will provide a convenient fix.