How to write 250 words about Saga, Volume 5? I really struggle to sum up my thoughts on each volume, because I am possibly the worlds most ridiculous person when it comes to spoilers. I like to go into things like a newborn babe, with no knowledge or framing of the experience. So, what to say about this that doesn’t give anything away? Our main heroes (anti-heroes?) are still being chased, and still vacillating between making good and bad choices, with the dial swaying to […]
Time Travel & T-Rexs
I’ve been struggling to get into Book 6 of The Expanse (sorry guys, but it’s just dragging for me…) and so was in a reading rut. Then I found this on my kindle having picked it up for 99p earlier this year and less than 6 hours later I’d finished the whole damned thing! So thank you Jodi Taylor for writing a fun, fast-paced, romp of a novel that had me turning pages like crazy (even during a boring conference call at work). The book […]
Witches, Ghosts, and Policemen. oh my!
Most of the time I ignore the book advertisements that appear on my kindle ‘wake-up’ screen. For the most part, they’re not books that appeal to me in the slightest. However, something about this one caught my eye and so on a whim I purchased it. And I’m not mad about it. It’s not ground breaking fiction, by any means, but it was fun and engaging. Charlie has the ability to see ghosts and comes from a long line of witches. She’s not super happy […]
Even grim reapers can be unlucky in love
Second Grave on the Left is Darynda Jones’ second book about Charley Davidson, full-time grim reaper and private detective. Charley doesn’t have a hood, just a gun and the ability to see dead people. She helps them cross over literally through her body as a portal to heaven. Book two begins with Cookie, Charley’s neighbor and receptionist, dragging her to a diner for a potential case. When they arrive, the client Mimi is nowhere to found, but she scrawled a name on the bathroom mirror. Suddenly, […]