Tuesday 19 June 2012

First 5-Star review!

Hi all,

I had a great review by Shantria on Amazon:

5 STARS!!...... for creativity, originality, laugh-out-loud funniness, and pure, raw, awesome-ness! The Super Spud Trilogy is a book of 3 stories of genetically engineered potato crisps that take on a life of their own when not eaten by their expiration date. They have different personalities depending on the flavor of potato crisps. There are over a hundred adventurous and interesting characters in the story, though most of them experience a sudden or gruesome death at unexpected moments during their wild endeavors. If you refer to the obituary in the back, of the Super Spuds who lost their life in the making of this story, it helps to keep track of the characters and all of the fatalities that occur throughout their adventures.

This is a quick read, with constant humour, dialogue, and action- unpredictable, with twisting plots. I read a large a part of this novel at work during my breaks, and I found myself laughing out loud and then having to look around and make sure that no one was watching me. I was totally surprised by how much I enjoyed this novel, nothing like anything I have ever read. I would also recommend it to older kids or teens. I would love to see this novel as an animated film for adults and children, with a little tweaking to downplay the violence. Over here.... Disney Pixar!!! Or maybe even a late night animated sitcom. Move over "Family Guy"!!! Michael Diack slam dunks it with this debut novel. Looking forward to reading the second novel. Get on with it, Michael! 


I'll be posting more giveaways on Goodreads in the next few months, and I'm currently 1/6th of the way through the second set of adventures of the Super Spuds.  This new story sees the Super Spuds travel to America, China and an epic sail across the Atlantic.  Familiar characters will return, as well as some you thought died, and, of course, it will have the same wacky humour!  Have a great summer everyone and I hope the weather is good wherever you are!

Wednesday 6 June 2012

Reviews

Hi everyone,

The first reviews for the book are coming in from blogs and on Goodreads.  I'd like to thank all the reviewers for accepting the book and writing their review.  They are all great blogs so please check out their sites.  Here are the links to the reviews:

http://voltairereviews.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/super-spud-trilogy.html  4 out of 5 :)

http://greenmushroom1up.blogspot.ca/2012/06/super-spud-trilogy-by-michael-diack.html 3/5 :)

http://bookaworld.wordpress.com/2012/05/24/review-the-super-spud-trilogy/

I'm currently writing a new set of Super Spud adventures and if anyone has any suggestions for new flavour personalities I'd be happy to read about it, just leave a comment below.

Hope everyone has a great summer!