I caved and got this second novella in the Fallen series – it sounded like it would be better than the first one! And it was in a lot of ways, so it’s really one of those guilty ‘pleasure’ reads! As opposed to the first book, Grayson “Devil” Devereaux and Eliza are already married, but have been estranged for some time. Their marriage started off happily, but after Eliza listened to her mother’s advice and tried to be the proper, obedient wife, Grayson began to […]
Grim Reaper Times Three
Born with the Dead by Robert Silverberg (1979) – I was surprised, after reading the author’s introduction about how difficult it was to write these stories about death, that Mr. Silverberg is still alive today. Seriously, the pains and trepidation he’d experienced writing them made me think that he himself was close to death in the late seventies. These three novellas, written in the early seventies, focus on the topic of death for various pulp science fiction magazines of the time. While they are not […]
A Gamache Novella
A moment of fair warning: I did not enjoy this Gamache story very much. However, I have come to find out that it was written for a good cause, and I feel a bit of an asshat for not enjoying it. Louise Penny wrote the book for an initiative put on by ABC Life Literacy Canada, which aims to increase life literacy skills. The Good Reads program specifically aims to have inexpensive and short books anyone learning English or English speakers learning to read later […]
A sweet novella with one of my favorite heros
Blonde Date (2014) is a sweet novella by Sarina Bowen. Bowen uses the Ivy League setting and characters we already met in The Year We Hid Away. The romance is between Katie, one of Scarlet’s roommates, and Andy, the guy who lives in the dorm room next door to Bridger. When Katie is looking for a nice guy to bring to a sorority party, Scarlet sets her up with Andy. The novella is set up in chapters with the alternating perspectives of Katie and Andy. Andy […]