Bound by Your Touch left me curiously unmoved. It’s a bit of a paradox because I did read it in one morning/afternoon, but I consciously thought several times that I was really bored and I’d put it down to read email or check on different online sites. Nevertheless, I finished it.

Not sure exactly what to make of my reaction. I’d probably give it a C. It seems well enough crafted, but the characters just did not do a thing for me, at all.

I’m really in a slump here. None of the books others have been really excited about lately did a thing for me. I have the new Chase and the new Putney waiting right next to me, but now I’m afraid I’ll find them ho-hum, too.

@Jill Myles: I checked other ebook sites (Sony, BOB, Fictionwise) along with Amazon & neither of Meredith Duran’s books are available so I don’t think the problem here is Amazon. I have hit the “Tell the Publisher you want to read this on Kindle” button daily for both of her books for several months now. Any of her books listed on Amazon in fact. I love that “give me what I want now” button but am unsure if it really makes a difference. The button has been clicked for other still unavailable books more times than I can count.

I remember someone else complaining about this when Kresley Cole’s book came out in January (it didn’t affect me then because I hadn’t received my lovely red Sony) but I did feel sympathy for the reader having to wait to read a much anticipated novel.

I’m left contemplating whether or not I should invoke my Amazon Prime and have Meredith Duran’s new book here in two days or wait for the ebook release in three weeks. In which case I have to wonder, why even have an ereader? (yes, I know…the incredible convenience of carrying around 250 books in my purse has great appeal, as well as being able to get my hands on all those free public domain books w/o having to sit in front of a computer to read them)

I don’t wanna wait 3 weeks!! (said in a highly annoying whiny voice)

I do know that there’s usually a button on the Amazon webpage for the book that says “Request this book on the Kindle!” and it sends a notification to the Powers That Be at Amazon.

Hope that helps. :)

ETA – I just checked and the box (under the book cover) says “Tell the Publisher you want to read this on Kindle”. So I was wrong! But if everyone clicks the button… ;)

Has anyone else found it?

Hubby just got me a Sony e-reader for my birthday, and I’m determined that I will be purchasing mostly ebooks so I can play with my new toy.

The sequel-baiting was obvious, but I didn’t find it distracting–in fact, I liked the interaction between James and Phin (and Elizabeth too). It made James human when, at times, especially at the beginning, he came across as just a spoiled, slobbering drunk.

It is interesting, the first time I read the book, I missed the sequel set up entirely! Meredith told me that the characters from Written on Your Skin appeared in BBYT. And I was like “Which ones were they?”

But when I read WOYS my picture of that Sanburne/Phin relationship became much more complete. Sanburne appears in a couple of the scenes in Written on Your Skin, and I hope it’s not spoiling too much to say that one of them is a scene from BBYT. So you get the same scene from two very different viewpoints. I really loved getting the two perspectives, and also seeing Sanburne through Phin’s eyes and Phin though Sanburne’s.