The Bodhisattva

Two new colums recently debuted at BookSpot Central!

The first is by regular contributor Brian Lindenmuth called the Electric Mayhem and the first installment went up earlier in the week.

He explained the reasoning/purpose a bit:

In the past I’ve tried to write a full review for almost all of the books that I read. This became difficult as my time shrank but also because some books seemed to only warrant brief thoughts and to stretch them out to a fuller review can be a strained exercise.

In an effort to maintain a good level of book coverage I am going to start a monthly (at least) review column. Initially, the books covered will be from my backlog but once I’m caught up I hope to cover all of the books that I’ve read in the month prior to publication. For those books that demand of me more then a brief write up I’ll reserve the right to expand coverage.

To be short, I feel him. You will see a lot fewer full blown 1500+ word reviews from me and more getting to the point. It’s not so much about expanding coverage for me as as it’s about that sometimes I want to talk about a book, and even if love it, I don’t have 1500 words to say about it and I just hate that a book is not getting an added voice for (or against it) simply because I only have 2 great things to say about it and not 6-8. In some way it’s going to be a challenge for me to condense and I look forward to it!

The second column is by author Sarah Zettel. We are very excited about this! Sarah has several novels and short fiction to her credit, is a Locus Award Winner, and a PKD Award nominee! She also is project manager at the Book View Cafe.

You can check her first one out now!

She kicks it off with some Zombie talk!

Enjoy!