June 2010
16 posts
Too Many Curses →
by A. Lee Martinez
at its best, evokes late witch-canon Pratchett in celebrating down-to-earth qualities. Quite nice.
I Am Not A Serial Killer (John Cleaver, #1) →
by Dan Wells
Wow - this is what I was hoping for but didn’t get when I read the first Dexter book (which just made me queasy and then bored). Features a seriously conflicted main character…
Dead Reign (Marla Mason, #3) →
by T.A. Pratt
Monster →
by A. Lee Martinez
Comedy fantasy horror is my favorite kind of horror!
Changeless (The Parasol Protectorate, #2) →
by Gail Carriger
The first one was probably the stupidest fantasy novel I’ve ever read, so why did I pick up the second? Is this how Twilight readers feel? Confused and afraid? …nah,…
Milrose Munce and the Den of Professional Help →
by Douglas Anthony Cooper
A pleasant ghost story, including abduction and potential murder by school/authority figures. Somewhat Dahlian!
A Nameless Witch →
by A. Lee Martinez
less haunting and more funny than other Martinez fantasies I’ve read. Still funny, though. Celebrates witchiness in a nearly Pratchetty way.
Divine Misfortune →
by A. Lee Martinez
A comedy of errors, with a boorish raccoon god and a reformed Quetzalcoatl.
Feed (Newsflesh, #1) →
by Mira Grant
Such a good zombie story! With journalism and presidential politics and young people and much drama!
61 Hours (Jack Reacher Series, #14) →
by Lee Child
What, it’s like the 27th Reacher book. It’s better than the last one I read, OK?
Bone Shop (Marla Mason Prequel) →
by T.A. Pratt
Pretty grim stuff for a modern fantasy escapist fluff whatever thing! Sadly, the publisher abandoned the series after this one. ::shrug:: I would have kept buying more.
Sh*t My Dad Says →
by Justin Halpern
just a tiny little morsel, but enjoyable.
Poison Sleep (Marla Mason, #2) →
by T.A. Pratt
The second Marla Mason book. I barely likes the first one, and picked this up because of John Gillette’s fierce burning love of the series. And yeah, this one was better.
Like Warm Sun on Nekkid Bottoms →
by Chuck Austen
Ok, it’s a sex comedy. I liked it in the end (ha!) but struggled through a few parts where I wanted to punch the main character in the face for making yet another stupid awful…
The Gabble - and Other Stories →
by Neal Asher
Great stories from Neal Asher, set in the Polity world of most of his novels.
Moving to a Standing Desk →
looks like a sensible way to make a standing desk — with adjustable-height sawhorses and a flat wooden door!