tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85228431968647441382024-03-05T00:48:38.617-05:00Pinky McLadybits Has A Blog" I'm a vindictive little bitch, truth be told! "Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-62544059187053775152011-07-29T12:50:00.000-04:002011-07-29T12:50:12.488-04:00CBRIII: Book#34: A Feast For Crows by George R.R. Martin
After the constant emotional beating of the last book, I was looking forward to a book others had told me was slower, less action-packed, and even a tad boring. I wouldn't agree with that assessment.
A Storm of Swords was brutal and unrelenting with killing and action and information. A Feast For Crows is softer, slower, and less bloody. But the information within is just as important and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-47558603654448972602011-07-23T20:44:00.000-04:002011-07-23T20:44:04.587-04:00CBRIII: Book#33: Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
This book was interesting to me because it uses authentic vintage photographs as a starting point for the narrative. Riggs has culled some quite peculiar photographs for his story's inspiration, this is plain. The pictures are scattered throughout the story and used to great effect at times. It is an unusual device, to be sure, though I'm not certain the book lives up to the promise of the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-89792756285681325712011-07-22T19:57:00.000-04:002011-07-22T19:57:23.566-04:00CBRIII: Book#32: A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
Holy shit, you guys. (You know, the two people that read this.) Everyone told me that this was their favorite. That I would be blown away. They were not lying. SPOILERS AHOY.I don't even want to get into exactly what is happening in this book. I just want to say that Martin is terribly cruel and wonderful and extremely adept at what he does. Characters that I never, ever thought I would be able Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-81391107461816097112011-07-14T19:25:00.000-04:002011-07-14T19:25:39.522-04:00CBRIII: Book#31: A Clash of Kings by George R.R. MartinThis is the second book in Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series. There will be spoilers in this review, as I can't really speak of the events in this book without referencing what occurred in the previous one.
King Robert Baratheon is dead and the Seven Kingdoms are in chaos. Prince Joffrey has become King Joffrey and ordered the beheading of Lord Eddard Stark of Winterfell. Robert Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-34642351710674731072011-06-29T22:32:00.000-04:002011-06-29T22:32:33.109-04:00CBRIII: Book#30: Dead Reckoning by Charlaine HarrisIt has been a long time since I read a Sookie Stackhouse novel. So long, in fact, that I couldn't quite remember what had happened in the last book and needed to re-read my own review to catch up. I was less than pleased with Harris's last outing in the Stackhouse series, but I tore through this one. Seriously, I picked it up from the library around three in the afternoon and finished it at a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-48929417483571084222011-06-25T11:18:00.002-04:002011-06-25T11:58:36.329-04:00CBRIII: Book#29: A Game of Thrones: Book One of A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin
Well, I was finally coerced, er, convinced to read this book. I was terrified. It looked like Medieval lore and HARD SCI-FI all rolled into one 800-plus page paperback. Not to mention the various other large tomes in the series and the new HBO series that I would likely either come to hate or be obsessed with after reading the novel that started it all. I am so going to be obsessed with Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-32457558758645488022011-05-26T11:43:00.000-04:002011-05-26T11:43:48.878-04:00CBRIII: Book#28: Many Bloody Returns edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner
Oh, man. I only got this for the Charlaine Harris Sookie story and the Kelley Armstrong story. This book, it isn't really bad so much as predictable and less enjoyable than other kinds of short story collections. Let me explain.
When you read most short story collections, you may have a theme or you may have a certain style throughout, such as the collections authored by only one person. In theUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-65129146569220111362011-05-17T16:59:00.000-04:002011-05-17T16:59:56.198-04:00CBRIII: Book#27: Bossypants by Tina Fey
I don't even know what to tell you about this book. I mean, if the fact that Tina Fey wrote it doesn't make you want to read it, nothing will. Also, you may be some kind of a walking turd. I don't know.I didn't have any expectations going into the book, aside from the facts that:
1. Tina Fey is a DELIGHT and I LOVE HER.2. I was going to laugh my ass off.3. Everyone told me I must read thisUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-90803760372949900632011-05-16T17:51:00.000-04:002011-05-16T17:51:37.252-04:00CBRIII: Book#26: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Thar be SPOILERS AHEAD. This is the third book in a trilogy, after all. I'll be discussing all three books here. There are no big spoilers, as I don't spell it all out, but you won't have many surprises if you do read this.
The Hunger Games introduced us to Katniss Everdeen. Her life was a hard one. She lived in District 12, part of the new nation Panem. As a way to keep the citizens of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-53385384883759694122011-05-14T18:38:00.001-04:002011-05-14T18:40:25.932-04:00CBRIII: Book#25: Catching Fire by Suzanne CollinsIf you haven't read The Hunger Games Trilogy, DO NOT READ THIS REVIEW! SPOILERS AHOY! I mean, duh.
Katniss Everdeen has done the unthinkable: she has survived the Capitol's Hunger Games and was able to help fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mallark survive as well. The Games have never had two winners but the fabricated romance of Katniss and Peeta was a key to their survival. Unfortunately, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-26634117659432817342011-05-06T12:30:00.000-04:002011-05-06T12:30:46.544-04:00CBRIII: Book#24: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
All of the hype surrounding the upcoming movies based on The Hunger Games combined with the adoration for the series led me to request the novel from my library. I thought it would be months before my place in line netted me the book. Instead, I had it within a week or two. And here I've finished it in around than three days and I'm twenty-third in line for the second book in the series. If you Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-18730118741319167612011-05-04T09:59:00.000-04:002011-05-04T09:59:14.325-04:00CBRIII: Book#23: Death's Excellent Vacation edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner
I grabbed this anthology of stories because of the Sookie Stackhouse short story. I loves me some Sookie Stackhouse: Book Version Only. I really hate "True Blood" now. It went off the rails, jumped the shark and then pissed in the shark's mouth. I hate it. Anyway, that's why I grabbed this collection of stories about different supernaturals and their vacation tales.
The Sookie Stackhouse Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-28254573750981565522011-04-26T19:08:00.000-04:002011-04-26T19:08:26.179-04:00CBRIII: Book#22: The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong
This is another young adult offering from Otherworld series author Kelley Armstrong. I really enjoy the Otherworld novels and I am waiting for the latest to be released so I can devour it. Until then, I've got the first novel in her Darkness Rising Trilogy.Maya is adopted. She lives in British Columbia with her parents in the town of Salmon Creek. Salmon Creek is a very exclusive small Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-60750079383258819832011-04-22T17:08:00.000-04:002011-04-22T17:08:09.335-04:00CBRIII: Book #21: The Raising by Laura KasischkeBelieve it or not, I was introduced to this book by a women's magazine. Family Circle or Woman's Day, actually. Generally they recommend books that I can't even begin to have an interest in, but this time I was intrigued. This is an extremely well-written book.
How do I begin? Craig Clements-Rabbitt is returning to college for his sophomore year. He's been home all summer after a car accident Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-91972378564497925022011-04-10T11:15:00.000-04:002011-04-10T11:15:12.916-04:00CBRIII: Book#20: A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
Alas, this is the last Christopher Moore book I had to read. I'm fairly sad about it, but this was a good book to end the run. It combines all of the humor, action, sweetness, and awesome that I've come to enjoy in Moore's novels while being something different than those before it. Yep.
Charlie Asher is a Beta Male. I'm not going to explain the Beta Male, because Moore does it well and often Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-75686934904501250592011-04-06T13:43:00.000-04:002011-04-06T13:43:48.352-04:00CBRIII: Book#19: Bite Me by Christopher Moore
I have a soft spot (in my head) for Jody and Tommy, the focus of the Vampire Trilogy of Bloodsucking Fiends, You Suck, and Bite Me. They're two lonely kids that meet each other and immediately begin falling in love, even though vampire stuff and people trying to kill and separate them is happening all around. I really want these kids to make it and I really wanted to see their story through to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-50567175914226492722011-04-05T14:17:00.000-04:002011-04-05T14:17:15.804-04:00CBRIII: Book#18: The Stupidest Angel by Christopher Moore
If the last novel, Fluke, was my least favorite then The Stupidest Angel is my favorite. Maybe it's the recurring characters, the Christmas theme, or the undead walking the Earth. I know it's at least one of those things, if not all of them, that make this my favorite. I grinned while reading it, which is odd. But it is so much fun and so good!
We join our friend Theo Crowe, constable of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-61353022764810378702011-04-04T18:53:00.000-04:002011-04-04T18:53:01.215-04:00CBRIII: Book#17: Fluke by Christopher Moore
This book is my least favorite of Moore's novels. That's not to say that this is a bad novel or poor story-telling or any other really negative slam on Moore or Fluke. It just wasn't my favorite.
This time around we have whale researchers Nathan Quinn and Clay Demodocus are working in Maui. They record the song of the humpback whales, photograph the whales, get samples from the whales, and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-53059472682570948442011-03-25T14:58:00.000-04:002011-03-25T14:58:47.702-04:00CBRIII: Book#16: Coyote Blue by Christopher Moore
Yes, another Christopher Moore novel. No, I don't care if I seem to be stuck on his works. That's how I am. Next up? Another Moore novel!
Sam Hunter is a very successful insurance salesman. He lives in a gorgeous townhouse that has gone up in value since he purchased it. He drives a Mercedes. He's able to become different people depending on what his clients need to see in order to buy Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-39647071562364891602011-03-22T14:38:00.000-04:002011-03-22T14:38:50.279-04:00CBRIII: Book#15: Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
I didn't like this book at first. I was frightened. I've never read the Bible and I was concerned that I may not be able to follow what Moore was doing. I'm also Catholic (I converted in my early twenties to marry a Catholic boy. However, the guilt comes to me easily) and I wondered how this novel might fit into the religious views of a former Athiest and current lazy Catholic. I soon stopped Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-10623604124941406882011-03-15T12:39:00.000-04:002011-03-15T12:39:38.104-04:00CBRIII: Book#14: The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove by Christopher Moore
Theophilus Crowe is the constable of Pine Cove, a small town that flourishes in tourist season and slows to a crawl the rest of the year. He's also a forty year old stoner. Molly Michon is the town's crazy lady and a former B movie actress who lives in a trailer park with her signature leather bikini and broad sword. Val Riordan is the town psychiatrist that decides to put all of her patients onUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-84702310369818076942011-03-09T10:34:00.000-05:002011-03-09T10:34:42.861-05:00CBRIII: Book#13: Island of the Sequined Love Nun by Christopher Moore
Tucker Case is a screw-up. He's also a pilot for make-up guru Mary Jean Dobbins. After drinking in a airport bar, Tucker makes the biggest mistake of his life. Well, up to that point.
An attractive woman at the bar wants to join the mile-high club and she'd like Tucker to be her pilot and her partner. She'll even waive her fee for services rendered if Tucker can initiate her into the club Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-50414886956998994132011-03-04T14:15:00.000-05:002011-03-04T14:15:57.542-05:00CBRIII: Book#12: Wicked:The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
I've made a huge mistake.
I expected Wicked to be about the Wicked Witch of the West, as the title implies. Sadly, the book is more about the faux politics of Oz and Animal rights and less about the title character. At least that's how it felt to me. Maguire started out well enough with the Witch's parents and little Elphaba's (the Witch) eventful birth night. Born green, Elphaba was a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-89702727325856613482011-02-26T15:47:00.000-05:002011-02-26T15:47:23.253-05:00CBRIII: Book#11: The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver
There were times while reading Deaver's The Bone Collector that I started to think I was back in college. (I have my degree in criminal justice, emphasis crime scene work.) Deaver really did his homework on the vast and infinitely interesting world of forensics and crime scene investigations and it helped this novel come alive for me. However, it isn't the best book I've ever read but it's not Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-84790720593617397212011-02-21T18:30:00.000-05:002011-02-21T18:30:38.544-05:00CBRIII: Book#10: Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Oskar is a twelve year old boy that lives with his mother in the Swedish town of Blackeberg. He is obsessed with murderers and keeps a scrapbook with macabre clippings from newspapers in it. Oskar is mercilessly picked on by boys in his class named Micke, Jonny, and Tomas. He's sick of being called Piggy and being tormented for the sick pleasure of the other boys. One night Oskar meets Eli on Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4