September 18, 2012  Turning Pages: POLTERGEEKS, by Sean Cummings
Happy Monday! Today I'm in between hurrying and waiting, as one
always is during a move. Hurriedly buying beds and picking up
that couch from Craigslist; waiting, meanwhile, for the guy from
the city to come and turn on the gas and electricity. Good thing
I have a LOT of books to read in the meantime...  Reader Gut
Reaction: This is a quick book - not a short one, but one which
gets moving and doesn't really stop. This is both good and bad -
I had to read back sometimes because the narrative sped by me so
quickly I said, "Huh, what?" and did a double take. The main
character talks a lot, and thinks a lot -- which sometimes
doesn't come across as smoothly as was intended.  Because the
book has just a shade too much technical detail and description
of the action - the witching stuff, in places it moves a little
awkwardly. Overall, the pacing is good, an unexpected twist
lands in a good spot, and the adventure buckets along to a sweet
conclusion -