Kuunari

So, over the break, I fell hard for ebooks.  I had been flirting with them.  Appreciative of the fact that I could get a book without having to go to the store. F or a person who is terrified of ever being without a book, this is a godsend.  Loving the fact that they are usually a few bucks cheaper than the physical book.

By brother, though, had purchased a surface RT for cheap at a post-thanksgiving sale and was reading the Divergent series (sort review: decent, not great, third book stunk, the books were still addicting).  That made me rethink my ebook reading.  I had read a couple of soccer books, one that I reviewed on my sister blog, but hadn’t really gotten into it.

This series has made me rethink my trepidation.

The first “book”, Wool, originally released as kindle singles and then collected, was excellent.  A story about a community living in a silo sunk into the ground and the layers of deceit that keeps the silo working.

Then the second book, Shift, blew my mind.  Intertwining two stories, it showed how the Silo came into existence.  The final one might have been a bit too dark, but ends hopefully.

Seriously, for a couple bucks (just like it used to be when you could by cheap SF paperbacks), you can get the first book, Wool and appreciate what a talent Hugh Howey is.  I definitely will be reading anything else he puts out.