I read this both because my book club assigned it for the month of April and also because I am a Hugo voter and got a free copy of it in the voting packet. I was familiar with Anders’ work, mostly essays and some short stories, and thought this book sounded really interesting from the description. It was a combination of magic and science, takes place in the SF Bay Area, about modern life with fantastical elements. Sign me up! But this book kind of […]
God bless busybody community matriarchs, and all that sail in them.
More, please. More, more, more. I just love me some Peter Grant. And fair warning to the reader who may be interested in this series: this book, Broken Homes, which is Book 4 of the “Rivers of London” series, isn’t the strongest of the bunch. But it’s still a delight and a treat, and I will fight anyone who isn’t a fan. Listen, I have five more “Dark Tower” books to read in the next five weeks, but I still just checked out Foxglove Summer […]
I’ll be fine,” said Bayliss. “I just need to dinosaur Jell-O escalator.”
When I read The Everything Box, it never occured to me that it was the first in a series!! HUZZAH AND HURRAY, more Coop! I love these books. I’m going to get to more Richard Kadrey eventually (see also: I’m working through the “Dark Tower” series AND the “Rivers of London” series concurrently, currently), because I absolutely howl with laughter when I read his books, and I cannot put them down unless absolutely compelled to. He is my new Douglas Adams. I’m on board for […]
Like young men from the dawn of time, I decided to choose the risk of death over certain humiliation.
Oh boy, did I miss Peter Grant while I was taking my super fun journey through the last four heartwrenchers. It felt like I was waiting FOREVER for Whispers Under Ground to become available at the library. Peter Grant is a delight. He is the perfect not-very-straight straight man for all the madness in this fantastic world of Ben Aaronovitch’s creation. I keep reminding myself as I read these books that for all of Grant’s self-deprecation and insistence that he’s a terrible cop with bad […]