As we’ve discussed before, I haven’t reread the Harry Potter books in over a decade. For Prisoner of Azkaban, that probably puts the last time around late 2003 or early 2004. This is where the darkness of my own timeline greatly affected my reading of the series, and the meaning I have pulled from the books over time. You see, my own dad passed away in 2003 and I had just been sent home from university for failing to maintain my grade point average, which […]
Go ask Alice, I think she’ll know…When logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead
Okee dokee. I feel like this keeps happening to me. I thought this was the last book in the series, so I just kept reading from book one to book seven. I got to the end and was like “um, what?”. There are apparently at LEAST two books left. That is not really a problem, but I wouldn’t have just kept mowing through the series if I knew it wasn’t finished! Anyway, this book is called Family. Logically, I thought we’d learn more about Alice’s […]
We Slowly Drove – He Knew No Haste
The Vaginal Fantasy group over on Goodreads is doing a casual reread of their older books, and since I have no desire to read this month’s (for May) main and I’ve already read the alt I thought I’d read the re-read book instead. Grave Witch is that book and I liked it. I’m even interested enough to keep reading in the series. I mean, I have quibbles (of course) but overall it was a satisfying urban fantasy/paranormal romance read. Alex Craft is a grave witch, […]
Working 5 to 9
Once again, I’m reviewing a sequel book in a series without having covered the first book. Some of the review will be very lightly spoiler-ish. The central conceit of the series: Fred Fletcher lived a quiet, boring life as an accountant. He liked this life. Then he died. (Hot tip: nothing good can happen at your high school reunion.) Fred did what any of us would do after becoming a vampire: made his day job his night job. Only the clients look a lot different now than […]