Last year, Malin sent me a bunch of books. Among those books were several Julie James books. They were fine, but there was an element to her FBI/US Attorney series that didn’t quite gel with me. A couple of weeks ago I was looking through the books Malin sent, trying to find something to strike my fancy, and there was It Happened One Wedding. I thought it would be a reasonably enjoyable, non-brain taxing couple hour read. And it was. Except that it was a […]
Land Under Wave
Terry Pratchett’s Tiffany Aching series is one of my all time favorites. I love Tiffany Aching, and aspire to be as mature as she was at 9. Of course, she was written by a grown man, but still, we find our role models where we may. The Wee Free Men is Tiffany’s debut. She is 9, the second to last of a large family who farm and raise sheep on The Chalk, work’s in her family farm’s dairy (which she loves), and watches her baby […]
Wherever Historians Go, Chaos is Sure to Follow
A few days ago, one of my far flung internet friends asked if I wanted to read something delightful. Natalie rarely recommends books, and each recommendation has ended up in my pantheon of favorites. I said yes, and here I am with a delightful book to recommend to you. One of Natalie’s previous recommendations was Connie Willis’ To Say Nothing of The Dog, which I also strongly recommend. A good chunk of the early part of Just One Damned Thing After Another reads like Jodi […]
Well. That Explains A Lot.
The original Star Wars trilogy is one of the cornerstones of my cultural foundation. Despite this, I never read any of the Star Wars books, nor did I have a single Star Wars toy (hippie parents, what are you gonna do?). Though I never partook in the merchandise or extended universe, Star Wars was near and dear to my heart. I was so excited when the prequels were announced and saw Phantom Menace opening weekend. I hated it. I also hated the revisions that Lucas […]
Warning: Spoilers After this Title
I’m not trying to be cute here, but 15 minutes into reading The Fifteenth Minute, I became very uncomfortable. This is an accurate representation of my face – my smile morphed from anticipatory to a rictus grin of horror. I love Bowen’s previous installments in The Ivy Years series, though I’m less enchanted with her Gravity series. I pre-ordered The Fifteenth Minute and was very excited. But then I read about DJ’s drama and suddenly I was much less excited. I did my best to […]
A Tale Oft Told of Hubris, Lust and Greed (Cannonball!)
Slapstick is a style of humor involving exaggerated physical activity which exceeds the boundaries of common sense. – Wikipedia Noir Fiction is about losers, not private eyes. – Otto Penzler, author. Slap Noir starts off perfectly blending slapstick and mystery as the reader jumps from scene to scene – culminating in an explosion, a wreck, a shooting, a heart attack, and a little girl crying for reasons unknown. It is revealed that five of the most prominent members of a small West Texas town are […]
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