This is the 13th and final installment in the Southern Vampire Mystery Series, aka, the True Blood books. Sometimes, you finish a series and you are left wanting more. This was not one of those times. These have been my beach books, my brain candy, and I have enjoyed them for what they are, but the thrill was gone by the end of the book. After so long in Sookie’s world the characters have become predictable, as have the plot lines. Or, when there is […]
Out, Out, Brief Candle
This is book 10 in the October Daye series, and as Malin said in her review don’t start here. However, do start the series so you can get here. I think this might be my favorite of the October Daye books, it’s pretty high up in my estimation if it’s not the most favorite. I’m wavering between 4.5 and 5 stars on this one, and I can’t quite make up my mind. It is hard to discuss this book, and it’s plot, without revealing major […]
I got moles…big, mutant, junky moles
I really enjoy recommending things, and I really enjoy China Mieville, but up till now I haven’t had a go-to China book to recommend to people. He’s not the most easily digestible author, although his stuff is fantastic. I found Railsea in the young adult section of the library, and that might be why it’s a little more accessible, but it doesn’t lack any of his trademark atmosphere and incredible world-building. Sham ap Soorap has been apprenticed to a doctor on a mole-hunting train. The […]
What even is this nonsense I just wrote.
Okay, so, context: 1. Superman is my favorite superhero. I have been smitten since watching the old Fleischer Technicolor Superman cartoons my dad bought me on VHS when I was five years old, but the big oaf became a life-long love in 1994 when Lois & Clark premiered on TV. Each iteration I’ve seen since has only made me love the character more (excepting Man of Steel and its sequel, which do not represent anything that I love about the character, which in fact actively takes […]