eBook review: Cornbread

Sean Hammer's Cornbread is a dark kindle single that made me laugh.

With an empty life and nothing to look forward to ever, Jenny's sole pride is the cornbread she feeds her husband once-a-week. When Jenny messes up the recipe, everything changes.

Well paced, Cornbread went by just a little too quickly.

Cornbread by Sean Hammer

Jason Weisberger is Boing Boing's publisher. He often does what he ought, instead of what he should. On instagram and twitter he is @jlw

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“Cornbread went by just a little too quickly.”

So did your review.
- Fang Xianfu
  
  I don’t even think two sentences of banal opinions and two of vague plot summary even counts as a review. Amazon customer feedback is normally of better quality!
  - Boundegar
    
    Hey, you don’t have to be mean. But it didn’t make me want to read the book. It would have been good if there was at least a hint about whether there was a big supernatural surprise, or a crime drama, or just a lot of cornbread.
    
    I do love cornbread.
    - http://boingboing.net/ Jason Weisberger
      
      I hear you, I just don’t feel like there is a lot more to say about a 23 page kindle single that doesn’t give it all away.
      - Boundegar
        
        Aha. I assumed it was a novel.
      - http://boingboing.net/ Jason Weisberger
        
        Sorry, I just clarified it. Thank you!
    - Just_Ok
      
      The butler ate it.
  - http://twitter.com/MartianEmpress Rezeya Montecore
    
    Consider decaf, buddy. I assume “Fang” is a nickname.
- http://imcravingpresidency.tumblr.com/ SedanChair
  
  After you write a sentence praising brevity, it’s hard to write another one
Xof

So, I’m strongly resisting buying books in Kindle format, even though I could get the app for my laptop or iPad, etc., etc. The whole ecosystem gives me hives. Am I being a goofball?
- http://boingboing.net/ Jason Weisberger
  
  Completely up to you. I have a Kindle 1.0 but read everything in the Kindle App on my iPad. I just like it better than the other eReaders and apps I’ve tried. Its like ties but probably even more personal :)
- agrovista
  
  yes
  - http://twitter.com/MartianEmpress Rezeya Montecore
    
    Well, that was persuasive.
http://undulantfever.blogspot.com/ Bruce Arthurs

Sounds like it could be a good story. Good reviews. Even a nice cover. But if it’s only available on Amazon Kindle, I won’t be reading it.
http://twitter.com/_D__A__V__I__D David

I get it — The book is about contradictions.
* “dark” , ”made me laugh”
* nothing to look forward to ever”, “sole pride is the cornbread she feeds her husband once-a-week”
* Well paced”, “went by just a little too quickly”
- Boundegar
  
  It’s… it’s… everything!
Jonbly Herbert

Paper forever.
PhasmaFelis

“Kindle single”? This is what happens when some marketing douchebag decides “short stories” aren’t Web 2.0 enough, isn’t it?