TELL ME TUESDAY #18

Another week and I am still on the same book. 

What is to blame? It is a physical ARC and I have been spoiled by my Kindle. Yep, there, I said it. I prefer my ebooks now and I swore that would NEVER happen. Never say never. Now don't get me wrong. I still love getting my signed books, and buying hardcovers for my bookshelves for their loveliness and magnificent aroma, but I just can't get comfy, especially if I am reading in bed.

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Tell Me Tuesday is co-hosted by me and my blogging bestie Brittersweet from PLEASE FEED the BOOKWORM. It is a weekly/bi-weekly feature where you tell us what you are reading and what you are hoping to read next from your TBR. We are followed by the ever so lovley Pili from IN LOVE with HANDMADE. We are always so curious why readers read what they read.

So, seeing that I am still reading the brilliant Stone in the Sky, and I seriously neglected to add two TBR books to my Fall Reading List last TMT; this post will be all about those two books and their author.

NAPOLEON XYLOPHONE and XYZ by Frank Lambert.

I was originally called to attention about the beginnings of this trilogy by seeing the stunningly eerie cover of XYZ in a First Reads giveaway.

I loved this cover art so much I tweeted to the author about it.

I found out on Goodreads the first book was titled NAPOLEON XYLOPHONE so I went to Amazon to scope it out and found a free chapter sampler.

Which I am sad to say, isn't offered by Amazon any longer. I read a little bit of the first chapter and stopped because the story was so fabulous, I knew I would be even more hung up about not having the rest of the story if I read the entire sampler. Since then I have procured both as review books and am living happily.

BUT WAIT

There is a unique story behind the story... grab a cup of tea and I will tell you.

FROM GOODREADS

 "Frank [Lambert] has two main projects on-going right now, Napoleon Xylophone and Witching Hole. Both of these trilogies have a young disabled school boy as the main protagonist. Frank was inspired to write these stories by his young disabled son, Mikey, who is absolutely perfect. Mikey wanted to read about disabled hero’s he could look up to and dream about becoming one day. Without Mikey, Xylophone and Witching Hole would not exist. Without these two stories, Frank Lambert the writer would not exist."

HERE is a wonderful article written about the author, his son, and the book, Napoleon Xylophone.

"Napoleon Xylophone hates his name; that's why his friends call him Zam. He doesn't know it yet, but he is set to become a hero - a hero with a walking disability. When adventure comes knocking, Zam doesn't let his disability get in the way of fighting the changelings, wytes and gargoyles that come to life in the underworld beneath Newcastle. Not when he has a wheelchair that can fly, a ghost for a best friend and a grandfather who has created a new life form that allows whoever wears it to speak to Time..." ~ Goodreads

The Napoleon Xylophone PAGE. 

Frank Lambert always wanted to be a Zangulator, but had to settle for being a Chartered Engineer. He lives in North East England with his family and a Jack Russell who always looks guilty. While completing a Masters in Creative Writing, Napoleon Xylophone introduced himself. This is his first novel.