Author:
Sarah Addison Allen
Title:
Lost Lake
Series:
Stand alone
Publisher:
St. Martin's Press
Release
Date: January 21, 2014
ISBN:
123001980X
Author's
Site: sarahaddisonallen.com
NOTE:
This is not a review. This is my spout.
UPDATE: New release date has been moved up to Tuesday, January 21, 2014 as of 10/29/13 via Amazon!!
Do
you have a favorite author who's only penned a few books and when
they finally have a new book to be release (three years later) you
find yourself cyber stalking the internet on any information you can
get? I'm sure I'm not the only one. And every time this happens, I
instantly regret the actions I undertake the moment I've done them.
Below are a few examples of foolishness in a step-by-step process:
First
I get an automated email from my author informing me they are in the
works of writing a new book. I instantly freak out. I don't even have
a book title, much less a cover, and in most cases the absence of a
release date.
Then!
I head on over to the author's official site, Goodreads page,
Twitter, Facebook, and finally Pinterest (which usually doesn't give
me anything).
A
few weeks later, when I've decided to give up and stop reading my
Google Alerts (because it's all the same thing), I get another email
from the publisher/editor/author that there is a new synopsis, a book
trailer, a book cover (FINALLY!), and then they give it to you… an
excerpt.
Excerpts
are a dirty thing to publish for readers. Especially fans of the
author. Even more so when the publication date is months away. And
this is where I hate myself. I READ IT. I get so immersed in those
ten little pages of the story that when my page stops scrolling down
so I can get my wordage fix, it's over. The characters are in book
limbo, I can't read the rest of their story, their complications,
that magic…
That's
when I promise myself that I will not do that again. I will not be
drawn to the little blue link "read the excerpt here" ever
again.
Moral
of the story? I keep lying to myself. And I'm sure you do as well.
Because no matter how hard we try to stay unruffled when new
information about our precious writer and their new book, we become
weak little bookworms who are squished by their excerpt links, vague
dates, and shortfalls of book art. We're just a bunch of literary
junkies trying to get any sort of anticipated composition fix.
I'm
in this predicament at the moment. One of my absolute favorite
writers, Sarah Addison Allen, has been in the process of writing a
new book - LOST LAKE - after three years away kicking breast cancer
in its metaphorical ass! I have to say that I'm very happy for her
recover and continued remission. In the past year she has given us a
little opening into her life window as to how she is doing and what
is going on with her writing. Yesterday, a snippet of her latest book
was posted on Goodreads. I opened the link immediately but then... I didn't read it. Not even the title of the chapter. I'm proud of
myself for not falling into this trap. I don't have to read this
excerpt to know I'll love it. I know I will. I deeply enjoy all
of her books. She has a mystical writing voice. Full of wonderment,
enchantment, and warmth.
I'm
going to try and make it to February. Unless I happen to win an
advanced copy! *wishful thinking*
