After seven novels, the Throne of Glass series has concluded. Overall, I enjoyed the novel and the series and basically devoured this book in less than three days. And it was long! I also may do a reread now that they are all released though I apparently should have started it before this novel. I couldn’t quite remember who all the supporting characters were and how they came into play – which makes sense because while it’s only been a year since the last Throne of Glass novel, that one was […]
Double Bingo, so at least this book was good for something
Ugh, I didn’t enjoy this book in the slightest, which I guess makes sense since it fills the Not My Wheelhouse square for Bingo. The Vacationers is the story of a family from New York that goes on vacation to Mallorca, along with their oldest son’s girlfriend, and the best friend of the wife and his husband. I would use names here to help distinguish between characters but I’ve honestly forgotten half of them already. Man, I just. . . I really hated this book. […]
Durr, that Mr. Darcy
When I was in my 20s I adored Bridget Jones’s Diary and the sequel. I haven’t read either of them in a long time, but I picked up the first to fill my “The Book was Better?” square. Bridget Jones’s Diary hasn’t aged well, in many respects. Bridget monitors her weight obsessively and freaks out any time it goes above 128 pounds, which is laughable. She smokes like a chimney. There’s the line about the Japanese being “a very cruel race.” But in other ways […]
Damn, That Was Good
CBR 10 BINGO Square: Farenheit 451 (As recently as 2000-2009 it was in the top 100 of banned books, which is so ironic it could have replaced all the verses in Alanis Morisette’s hit.) Best for: Everyone. All of us should read it. In a nutshell: In the future, firemen don’t put out fires – they set them. Specifically, they set books on fire. Worth quoting: “You weren’t hurting anyone, you were hurting only things! And since things really couldn’t be hurt, sine things felt […]