Monday, February 7, 2011

ShapeShifter: The Demo Tapes Year 1

Title: ShapeShifter: The Demo Tapes Year 1
Author: Susan Helene Gottfried
Publisher: Lulu
ISBN: 978-0-557-02344-8
Why Read?: For fun
Challenges: 100 Books in a Year

Thoughts: This is an incredibly ingenious way to promote a novel. All of the stories in ShapeShifter: The Demo Tapes Year 1 (originally published on the author's blog) are samples or out takes of Gottfried's novel, Trevor's Song. These scenes are meant to whet the appetite just like a band's demo tape. While some of the stories would probably make a little more sense after I read Trevor's Song, some of them stood alone very well. I especially liked "Soy Sauce" and "Rain".
Rating: 3 stars

1 comment:

  1. Hey, Ricki! Thanks for the kudos. I'll be linking to this review from my website. Can't wait to see what you say about Trevor's Song!

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