With Matchless I’m at review 52! CANNONBALL! I don’t expect to do this again, I had to sacrifice longer novels for shorter ones to meet the goal and stretch with some graphic novels at the end but I’m satisfied with my reviews and enjoyed the challenge of pushing myself to stay on a reading and … [Read more]
Recent Reviews
The most fun you’ll have hating your antagonist
Prince of Thorns - Reviewed on KatsCannon “Hate will keep you alive where love fails” I don't know what possessed me, in the lead up to Christmas, to read this book in particular. Nor what motivated me to keep reading when I realized just how dark it is. However, I'm not upset that I did, even if … [Read more]
Ghostbusters Medieval Japan edition
I normally don't enjoy short story collections until Yamada Monogatari: Demon Hunter. It's just the right mix of adventure, comedy, fantasy, mythology, history, and drama. Yamada is an impoverished nobleman making his living busting evil spirits, ghosts, and monsters in medieval Japan. Two other … [Read more]
I would never have predicted a double cannonball.
Ladies and Gents, welcome to my Double Cannonball review! I know! I'm surprised too! MsWas posted awhile back singing the praises of the Inspector Gamache series. I quickly started the series and fell in love with the main characters, setting, and pace of the mystery. I like to space out … [Read more]
Good sex, meh story, sloppy feminism
Over at Smart Bitches, Trashy Books, I recently read an interesting discussion about female sexuality and dating, and how well that is represented in the current climate of contemporary romance. One of the points of view discussed was that despite the explosion in popularity of online dating and, in … [Read more]
Well, I did like the elephant, at least
I had high hopes for this one -- an interesting premise, and a different kind of setting than I'm used to (Mumbai). But between the characters that were more like caricatures, and the fact that you feel like you're somehow missing some background (I checked more than once to make sure that the book … [Read more]