Despite what the paltry number of reviews I’ve written tell you, I am a voracious reader. I love getting into series, even more so when I have some assurance that the series ends well. I was excited when I saw Narfna’s review of the last book in Gail Carriger’s Parasol Protectorate series. I didn’t even read her review, I just bought the first book and read it as quickly as I could. I am now deep in book two and have the remaining books on […]
Why hast thou forsaken me?
There is a scene in Connie Willis’ To Say Nothing of the Dog that has stayed with me. Our intrepid historian, Ned, accidentally travels back to the Middle Ages for a short time and witnesses a scene that is repeated in the book in three different historical moments – a woman is asking a man why he hasn’t done a thing she asked him to do and the man is making excuses. Ned cannot understand the words the woman and man are speaking, because English […]
The Devil in Moscow
Have you ever had a conversation where everything you said turned out to be the wrong thing? You think you are following the rules of polite conversation, but the other person keeps changing the rules. Now imagine that you are having that conversation with someone who can ruin your life. This is Mikhail Bulgakov’s seditious satirical masterpiece The Master and Margarita. I have a tremendously difficult time writing an even somewhat satisfying review for The Master and Margarita. It is such a layered novel, and […]
It’s like you don’t even take the apocalypse seriously.
I am a big fan of Richard Kadrey’s Sandman Slim series. It is a crazy, operatic, dark, violent wild ride that regularly goes off the rails, spins out of control and then sticks the landing. If you like urban fantasy, noir-ish mystery and aren’t offended by god’s name being taken in vain, you should read it. I was giddy with excitement when I read that Kadrey has released a new book and that it’s the first book in a new series. The Everything Box is […]
Surprised by Joy
Last year, MsWas reviewed and highly recommended Louise Penny’s Inspector Gamache series. She promised we would love them. While I did not race out and buy or borrow the books, I did begin to recommend them to people based on MsWas review. Everyone returned favorable reports. After many months I finally picked up Still Life. As promised, I loved it. I don’t know if it’s some form of self-loathing or deep-seated distrust, but I have a hard time reading books I’m told I will love. […]
Kaitlyn’s Pants and the Poor Little Rich Boy
I may have been Stolkholmed by a book. Fine, it’s 3 books, but that’s just an excuse to get you to pay more money. It’s one book. It started out as a hate read, but by the end I was kind of ok with it. The first half or more of the book was so terrible I can’t recommend reading it. On that note, I’m not going to worry about spoilers, because you really shouldn’t read this book (series). Kaitlyn Parker is a nerd of […]
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