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Hey, it's that Time of the Month again where I post...book reviews!
(Pretty much all I do these days is read. Also, I guess spend time with the boyfriend type person. He's pretty cool. I guess.)
Also, hey, if you have a few extra bucks and love to help sick kids and me, please feel free to sponsor me as I do a 5k walk for St. Jude's Children's Hospital. I've raised over 300 so far, but I would love to do more. Any amount is welcome and cherished! <3
Anyway, onto the books.
92. From Dead to Worse, Charlaine Harris.
Yet another Sookie Stackhouse book. I think this was the one with the fae war, and you guys know how much I LOVE fairies. (read: not so much).
93. Snow, Orhan Pamuk
A moving novel set in nearly modern-day Turkey, about a poet. It's told in a strange sort of first person that takes some getting used to, but it is incredibly well done, just like everything else I've read by Pamuk.
94. Dead and Gone, Charlaine Harris
Maybe this one was with the Fae War. Whichever it was, it was awful.
95. Dead in the Family, Charlaine Harris
I think she's wrapping up the series because she can't come up with any more "dead" puns. It's getting a little boring, what with Sookie fixated on Eric and ugh.
96. The Other Tudors: Henry VIII's Mistresses and Bastards, Philippa Jones
This was slightly historically inaccurate, and a lot of it was farfetched on the part of the bastards' supposed parentage. It was good to read about people I didn't know a lot about like Baron Hundson, Henry Carey.
97. Dead Reckoning, Charlaine Harris
Holy crap, what a long series ;)
98. Deadline, Mira Grant
The second book in the zombie thriller series by Grant, this edition was nearly as thrill packed as the first and has stuck with me far longer than the first did. Warning: graphic zombies and a surprising game changer.
99. Tomorrow Sucks, edited by Greg Cox
Science fiction based vampire stories. Most of these were actually pretty good! A lot of obscure writers taking on different aspects of the vampire legend and setting them in a science-fiction background.
100(!!!!!). A Partisan's Daughter, Louis de Bernieres
I'm a big fan of de Bernieres -- Corelli's Mandolin was one of my favourite books for the longest time (it still is!), and I spotted this one at Goodwill for a buck, so I snapped it up. I wasn't disappointed. It was a he-said, she-said tale of an unlikely friendship that ends in a surprising and yet not surprising way. Well worth the read.
101. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Ransom Riggs
Riggs takes vintage photos of strange poses and odd arrangements and composes an intriguing story around them. I really liked that the young man at the centre of the story wasn't an annoying little boy who is all WOE IS MEEEEEE. I was surprised by the twist, and I really liked the way the story unfolded. I look forward to a potential sequel!
So what are you reading? I'm right now finishing a collection of vampire short stories called "Louisiana Vampires." Again, it's a mixed bag, but some of them are spot on.
(Pretty much all I do these days is read. Also, I guess spend time with the boyfriend type person. He's pretty cool. I guess.)
Also, hey, if you have a few extra bucks and love to help sick kids and me, please feel free to sponsor me as I do a 5k walk for St. Jude's Children's Hospital. I've raised over 300 so far, but I would love to do more. Any amount is welcome and cherished! <3
Anyway, onto the books.
92. From Dead to Worse, Charlaine Harris.
Yet another Sookie Stackhouse book. I think this was the one with the fae war, and you guys know how much I LOVE fairies. (read: not so much).
93. Snow, Orhan Pamuk
A moving novel set in nearly modern-day Turkey, about a poet. It's told in a strange sort of first person that takes some getting used to, but it is incredibly well done, just like everything else I've read by Pamuk.
94. Dead and Gone, Charlaine Harris
Maybe this one was with the Fae War. Whichever it was, it was awful.
95. Dead in the Family, Charlaine Harris
I think she's wrapping up the series because she can't come up with any more "dead" puns. It's getting a little boring, what with Sookie fixated on Eric and ugh.
96. The Other Tudors: Henry VIII's Mistresses and Bastards, Philippa Jones
This was slightly historically inaccurate, and a lot of it was farfetched on the part of the bastards' supposed parentage. It was good to read about people I didn't know a lot about like Baron Hundson, Henry Carey.
97. Dead Reckoning, Charlaine Harris
Holy crap, what a long series ;)
98. Deadline, Mira Grant
The second book in the zombie thriller series by Grant, this edition was nearly as thrill packed as the first and has stuck with me far longer than the first did. Warning: graphic zombies and a surprising game changer.
99. Tomorrow Sucks, edited by Greg Cox
Science fiction based vampire stories. Most of these were actually pretty good! A lot of obscure writers taking on different aspects of the vampire legend and setting them in a science-fiction background.
100(!!!!!). A Partisan's Daughter, Louis de Bernieres
I'm a big fan of de Bernieres -- Corelli's Mandolin was one of my favourite books for the longest time (it still is!), and I spotted this one at Goodwill for a buck, so I snapped it up. I wasn't disappointed. It was a he-said, she-said tale of an unlikely friendship that ends in a surprising and yet not surprising way. Well worth the read.
101. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Ransom Riggs
Riggs takes vintage photos of strange poses and odd arrangements and composes an intriguing story around them. I really liked that the young man at the centre of the story wasn't an annoying little boy who is all WOE IS MEEEEEE. I was surprised by the twist, and I really liked the way the story unfolded. I look forward to a potential sequel!
So what are you reading? I'm right now finishing a collection of vampire short stories called "Louisiana Vampires." Again, it's a mixed bag, but some of them are spot on.
