The Last Party by Clare Mackintosh
Trigger warning: Rape Well this is a new series by Clare Mackintosh. I have either loved or just being meh/okayish about her books. I was glad that this one had an interesting main character that we apparently are going to follow through three books. I enjoyed DC Ffion Morgan and loved how her … [Read more]
Blood Roots by Richie Tankersley Cusick
Trigger warning: Rape and incest Look, I grew up on Flowers in the Attic and this book was TOO MUCH! I maybe screeched a few times. I have usually enjoyed all of Tankersley Cusick's young adult horror books, but this was just a bridge too far for me. Maybe because the main character was Too … [Read more]
The Rising Tide by Ann Cleeves
I started getting into the Vera Stanhope novels after the great tv series (you can watch on Acorn via Amazon if you are in the U.S.). I felt a bit disappointed by some of the earlier books because they were a slog to get through. But with the latest installments, this Vera still seems someone … [Read more]
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton
I've been waiting several years to read this as Kate Beaton has been working on it and I'm super happy to say that this was well worth the wait. Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands is a graphic memoir that covers two years that Beaton spent working in the Albertan oil sands. I got Maclean's for a long … [Read more]
Transmetropolitan volume 2: Lust for Life by Warren Ellis (author), Darick Robertson (penciller), Kim Demulder (inker), Rodney Ramos (inker), Nathan Eyring (colorist), Clem Robbins (letterer)
CBR14 Bingo: "Bird" - Because there are birds on the cover and Spider Jerusalem figuratively flips the bird to the world on the regular. Warren Ellis' "Transmetropolitan" comic series is set in a not terribly distant, messy, chaotic future (far from any idea of a future utopia) with one lone … [Read more]
Witchful Thinking by Celestine Martin
CBR14Bingo - Time: Is it (finally) the right time for Lucy and Alex, aka the question every second chance romance ever asks? Its release also had an unusual timing - it's clearly set during the summer and has a beach read feel, but was released just in time for Halloween vibes season. I don’t … [Read more]
