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Cut Out All the Unnecessary Bits

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cut it outAs stated before, I really like Blake Crouch’s first book in the Wayward Pines series, simply titled Pines.  It is a science-fiction mystery-thriller packed with twists and turns and strange and wonderful plot developments.  I felt that Crouch does a fantastic job of dropping little clues here and there to keep a reader guessing while never once leaving us spinning in a long explanation of events or jumping out to tell an unnecessary back story.

With this in mind, I picked up the second book, Wayward Pines.  I’m not sure what happened to Crouch between the two books.  Perhaps his editor pressured him for a sequel and he had to scramble to do so, but I just couldn’t get through the second book.  I put it down half-way, and for reasons I am about to share here on this blog post.

There were several (and I mean nearly every…

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Viv Drewa is a Michigan native who has enjoyed reading and writing since 1963. Though she studied medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan, her passion has always been writing. She had been awarded third place for her nonfiction short story about her grandfather's escape from Poland. Later, she rewrote this story and was published in the "Polish American Journal" as "From the Pages of Grandfather's Life" and has republished it on Amazon.com as a short story. Viv took creative and journalism courses to help in her transition to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. She worked as an intern for Port Huron's 'The Times Herald", and also wrote, edited and did the layout or the Blue Water Multiple Sclerosis newsletter "Thumb Prints." She also has a business promoting authors. Owl and Pussycat Book Promotions. Viv, her husband Bob and their cat Princess, live in Port Huron, Michigan.

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