Two Vampire Cats by Jannie Ho
I have wanted to read Two Vampire Cats by Jannie Ho for about two weeks now. Or ever since I saw the advanced reader copy I found. It is a silly book about two vampire cats, a ghost and their town. For the adult reader there isn’t a lot of bite, but for kids it is worth the reading trip. This is for about ages 5 to young 8-9. It works as a read aloud or a first solo read with help, and the older […]
Bloody Mary by Nick Winn
Silver Sprocket publishers had a sale. I looked up titles, found a few I wanted, and signed up for their monthly subscription for books. One of the books that came out of that mish-mash was called Bloody Mary by Nick Winn. It is a smidgen longer than a usual Zine, but it is more zine than what I consider a full-on graphic novel. The first issue I had with it was that there are several moments where I felt like I started in the middle […]
Bite Marks and Fluorite by Seno Yanase
This seemed like it would be right up my alley — BL! Vampires! The somewhat dystopian future of 2096! — but something about it was not working for me although I think I will still keep it for my collection for now. Haru works at a clothing boutique and one night on his bike ride home, he tries to help a man who’s about to be attacked. The man has to turn him into a vampire to save him. Before you become a full-fledged vampire, […]
The Confessional by Paige Hender
Recently I entered a “Grab a Galley” sweepstakes thingie and I have been honored to win a few that I really wanted. But one of them I was on the fence about putting my name in for. This was The Confessional by Paige Hender. But (and I know one shouldn’t judge a book by its cover) the cover was calling me. Which might not be a good thing since it is about vampires. Picture it: New Orleans, 1922. Cora Velasquez is a fairly newly turned […]
By the Pint by Jemma Croft
The decennial Bloodsuckers in Business conference was held, unsurprisingly, once per decade at Dreadmourne Castle. A fortress built approximately half a bajillion years ago, and so gothic and cliched, it was borderline offensive to my brethren. ― Jemma Croft, By the Pint “Didn’t quite go as you expected?” I needled. I didn’t need to read his thoughts to understand what he was trying to achieve. “Thought you’d go all,”—I held my hands up like paws and hissed—“scary vampire dude on me. Show me what kind […]
To Start A War: How the Bush Administration Took Us Into Iraq by Robert Draper
The Travelers by Chris Pavone
A Walk Among the Tombstones by Lawrence Block
Dark Fire by CJ Sansom
The Menendez Murders: The Shocking Untold Story of the Menendez Family and the Killings that Stunned the Nation by Robert Rand
Stasi Child by David Young
The Cover Wife by Dan Fesperman
So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison
Revelations of Divine Love by Julian of Norwich
Geiger by Gustaf Skördeman
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll
Slow Horses by Mick Herron
The Devil Knows You're Dead by Lawrence Block
I’ve read some interesting stuff lately and I wish I had made more time to document it but life gets in the way that life sometimes does. Not all bad, just life. To Start A War**** I had a long thing here about connecting this to the 2024 election but I don’t want to talk current electoral politics on here, at least the specifics of them. A good book if you want to know the intelligence (ha) perspective of how we wound up in a […]
