I started reading Blood, Sweat, and Tea by Tom Reynolds based a strange chain of events. You should know by now that I am a fan of Game of Thrones, so I was looking at the IMDb page of Richard Madden, the actor of Robb Stark, and saw that he played in a series called Sirens in 2011. From there, I learned that this show was based off of the book this post is about. This is not my typical way of finding books to read, but it didn't turn out too badly.
This book is a collection of blog posts here (I think his original blog was removed, but you can still read it all there). Tom is an EMT and writes about his daily activities. It is an extremely interesting topic and I really enjoyed reading it, but it's very different from a novel. Good novels hold your attention as the plot progresses, but this book lacked a plot (because let's face it, life doesn't have a plot) so it was hard to spend a solid few hours reading it. I can see see myself picking it up when I have that urge to read a couple of paragraphs about some drunks or broken leg, but not spend a day absorbed in it.This doesn't make it a bad book, just different, and it should be read differently.
To summarize, I would recommend buying this book (so you can read snippets over a long time) rather than borrowing it, but you should definitely read it (or at least his blog... it's very cool).
Since I haven't had a post for awhile, I'll let you know what I am reading now. As my "dedicated" reader knows, I have The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon, and Dune by Frank Herbert ready to read. I hope to finish them by the end of the month, so be sure to check back!
This book is a collection of blog posts here (I think his original blog was removed, but you can still read it all there). Tom is an EMT and writes about his daily activities. It is an extremely interesting topic and I really enjoyed reading it, but it's very different from a novel. Good novels hold your attention as the plot progresses, but this book lacked a plot (because let's face it, life doesn't have a plot) so it was hard to spend a solid few hours reading it. I can see see myself picking it up when I have that urge to read a couple of paragraphs about some drunks or broken leg, but not spend a day absorbed in it.This doesn't make it a bad book, just different, and it should be read differently.
To summarize, I would recommend buying this book (so you can read snippets over a long time) rather than borrowing it, but you should definitely read it (or at least his blog... it's very cool).
Since I haven't had a post for awhile, I'll let you know what I am reading now. As my "dedicated" reader knows, I have The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon, and Dune by Frank Herbert ready to read. I hope to finish them by the end of the month, so be sure to check back!
