tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85228431968647441382011-10-12T08:16:45.255-04:00" I'm a vindictive little bitch, truth be told! "Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-62544059187053775152011-07-29T12:50:00.000-04:002011-07-29T12:50:12.488-04:00

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

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-47558603654448972602011-07-23T20:44:00.000-04:002011-07-23T20:44:04.587-04:00

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

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-89792756285681325712011-07-22T19:57:00.000-04:002011-07-22T19:57:23.566-04:00

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

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-81391107461816097112011-07-14T19:25:00.000-04:002011-07-14T19:25:39.522-04:00

This 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

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-34642351710674731072011-06-29T22:32:00.000-04:002011-06-29T22:32:33.109-04:00

It 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

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-48929417483571084222011-06-25T11:18:00.002-04:002011-06-25T11:58:36.329-04:00

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 this

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-32457558758645488022011-05-26T11:43:00.000-04:002011-05-26T11:43:48.878-04:00

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 the

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-65129146569220111362011-05-17T16:59:00.000-04:002011-05-17T16:59:56.198-04:00

  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 this book

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-90803760372949900632011-05-16T17:51:00.000-04:002011-05-16T17:51:37.252-04:00

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

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-53385384883759694122011-05-14T18:38:00.001-04:002011-05-14T18:40:25.932-04:00

If 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,

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-26634117659432817342011-05-06T12:30:00.000-04:002011-05-06T12:30:46.544-04:00

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

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-18730118741319167612011-05-04T09:59:00.000-04:002011-05-04T09:59:14.325-04:00

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

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-28254573750981565522011-04-26T19:08:00.000-04:002011-04-26T19:08:26.179-04:00

  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 town,

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-60750079383258819832011-04-22T17:08:00.000-04:002011-04-22T17:08:09.335-04:00

Believe 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

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-91972378564497925022011-04-10T11:15:00.000-04:002011-04-10T11:15:12.916-04:00

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

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-75686934904501250592011-04-06T13:43:00.000-04:002011-04-06T13:43:48.352-04:00

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

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-50567175914226492722011-04-05T14:17:00.000-04:002011-04-05T14:17:15.804-04:00

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 Pine

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-61353022764810378702011-04-04T18:53:00.000-04:002011-04-04T18:53:01.215-04:00

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

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-53059472682570948442011-03-25T14:58:00.000-04:002011-03-25T14:58:47.702-04:00

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

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-39647071562364891602011-03-22T14:38:00.000-04:002011-03-22T14:38:50.279-04:00

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

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-10623604124941406882011-03-15T12:39:00.000-04:002011-03-15T12:39:38.104-04:00

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 on

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-84702310369818076942011-03-09T10:34:00.000-05:002011-03-09T10:34:42.861-05:00

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

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-50414886956998994132011-03-04T14:15:00.000-05:002011-03-04T14:15:57.542-05:00

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 bane

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-89702727325856613482011-02-26T15:47:00.000-05:002011-02-26T15:47:23.253-05:00

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

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-84790720593617397212011-02-21T18:30:00.000-05:002011-02-21T18:30:38.544-05:00

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

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-55030462219043241642011-02-17T15:14:00.000-05:002011-02-17T15:14:09.375-05:00

Jody Stroud is afraid. She's afraid of being alone, as evidenced by living with several different guys over the course of her lifetime. She's afraid of walking the streets of San Fransisco, crossing the street whenever a perceived threat crosses her path. Unfortunately, she didn't see the vampire that attacks her on her way home one night. The one that bites her, makes her drink from him, and

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-62264296190685929722011-02-15T15:30:00.000-05:002011-02-15T15:30:13.084-05:00

Oh, vampires. I am so very not sick of you and all of your iterations. Seriously, I still love vampires. Sparkly ones, ancient ones, sexy ones, evil ones, nice ones, all of them. So when my cousin let me borrow two bags of books and I saw this title in the pile, I thought, "Awwww, yeeeeah." Jody is a vampire. (As I found out only after I read more than half of the book, her back-story is the

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-2517327984224888312011-02-13T20:41:00.000-05:002011-02-13T20:41:20.875-05:00

Oh, Stephen King! I just can't quit you! No matter how many times you disappoint (Under the Dome) or underwhelm me ('Salem's Lot), I just keep coming back for more. It's a good thing that you are on more than you are off, sir. Good for you and good for me. This collection of stories is another batch of good. Unlike the last King short story collection I read, Full Dark, No Stars , there is no

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-952716110723875242011-02-03T19:38:00.000-05:002011-02-03T19:38:02.126-05:00

I must admit, it took me a while to really decide that I wanted to finish reading this book. I started reading it and then was unable to make myself pick it up for long periods of time. Then one day, it all clicked. I snuggled up in a blanket, bullied my family out of my face, and read a huge chunk of Moore's novel. It really is worth the time. And it is deliciously perverse, which I love when

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-39814325861339346422011-02-02T13:46:00.000-05:002011-02-02T13:46:13.126-05:00

Not my home, but a good representation. Holy shit, kids. The weather people said we'd get ice and power outages and then a layer of snow on top and we got it. At my house we're on Day 2 of Everyone Is Home and Momma Needs Some Time To Herself, Gawl. I need time to sing to myself, clean when no one is walking behind me and mucking things up again, and curl up and read. I can't do these things

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-81617460702474229202011-01-24T09:47:00.000-05:002011-01-24T09:47:51.127-05:00

I say with no sarcasm or undue praise that this collection of short stories is probably the best work that King has done in a while. The stories are haunting at times, terrifying at others, and always a study of the pitfalls of human behavior. We begin in 1922. Wilfred James is a farmer in Nebraska that has murdered his wife, Arlette. Arlette inherited 100 acres of land from her late father and

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-27213829377805932862011-01-18T09:12:00.000-05:002011-01-18T09:12:42.456-05:00

If you've read any of this blog, you may have seen my reviews of Joe Hill's Horns and Heart-Shaped Box . If so, you already know that I adore Joe Hill and his writing. I believe that he has a real gift for writing and infusing his horror stories with real emotion and relatability. I only learned, or perhaps re-learned, that Hill had his own collection of short stories when the lovely and

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-91958021774743476152011-01-11T09:40:00.000-05:002011-01-11T09:40:59.691-05:00

For the past two weeks I've been helming the Eloquent Eloquence at Pajiba. You should head over there and read it here and here. Sadly, my last EE will be posted next Monday. I've also had my review of I Am Ozzy posted over there. Go, read, lavish me with praise.

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-44237548774875117232011-01-08T21:01:00.000-05:002011-01-08T21:01:18.296-05:00

I never thought I would ever read a novel written in the first person voice of a five year old boy. I chose to read Room when I saw it listed on a Best of 2010 list. The only description there was basic and enough to get me interested in reading it. I really had no real idea of what I was in store for and I was riveted when I began to read. Jack is a five year old boy that lives with his Ma.

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-41604216308179515892011-01-05T08:23:00.000-05:002011-01-05T08:23:29.559-05:00

I used to be terrified of Ozzy Osbourne. His album covers were nightmare material and I suspected that the Prince of Darkness would emerge from the shadows of my back yard and murder me. I was afraid that listening to his songs would be akin to calling out Candyman in my bathroom mirror. I was such a pansy. But I got over it. And I listened to Black Sabbath and Ozzy and I realized this was just

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-70531063671902845952011-01-02T22:23:00.000-05:002011-01-02T22:23:18.375-05:00

The Keep is an interesting sort of novel. The blurb provided by the jacket and short reviews focus on an event that occurs when two cousins are teenagers and how they come together later in life with different lives because of that event. After reading the book I feel like it isn't about the cousins or the event. It is about perception and the lengths that people will go to in order to be close

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-53778483107955912622010-12-20T23:13:00.000-05:002010-12-20T23:13:13.864-05:00

Gentle reader, will you join me on a trip into the hills and hollers of West Virginia? Into the midst of Boone County where there resides a clan of infamous hillbillies known as the Whites? Will you examine the festering branches of a moldering and rotted family tree to examine where society can go so very, very wrong? If yes, then I sincerely hope that you've had all of your shots because we're

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-18171361014494409962010-11-22T18:39:00.000-05:002010-11-22T18:39:28.276-05:00

Looking for an easy but super delicious recipe for Thanksgiving? I mean, a dessert recipe? Then head on over to  Godtopus Eats and check out my Memaw Godsey's Peanut Butter Pie. It even has the bloody admin Seal of Approval!

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-9009808785437579322010-11-17T15:21:00.001-05:002010-11-17T15:25:12.605-05:00

Cannonball Read v3.0 will commence in January, 2011. I will be participating in this cycle and I hope to read a greater range of novels this go round. Or just win. Either one. Want to learn more? Want to participate? BLAM! Click that link for all the information and just know that I'M NUMBER FOUR! I'M NUMBER FOUR!

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-63541993983591720292010-11-04T08:45:00.000-04:002010-11-04T08:45:37.683-04:00

This is a few days late, but CBR II ended on November 1st. One year and I managed to read and review 62 books. Phew! Of course, that's nothing compared to some other people (Jen K.), but I'm proud of myself anyway. I don't know the final tally for everyone, but I know that a lot of Pajibans read a lot of books and wrote a shit-ton of reviews. Hell, admin's kid wrote a review of a book she read

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-35280158361378297532010-10-17T17:33:00.000-04:002010-10-17T17:33:21.793-04:00

I've returned to Kelley Armstrong's writing with her latest novel, and the only one I had not yet read. This one centers on a new narrator, twenty-one year old Savannah Levine. The daughter of a half-demon witch and a sorcerer takes on her first investigation without the help of her guardian, witch Paige Winterbourne, or Paige's husband, Lucas Cortez. Savannah is extremely powerful and has been

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-55119223073353823242010-10-15T17:10:00.000-04:002010-10-15T17:10:31.772-04:00

I'm not sure if anyone is reading this, so I'm not sure that anyone has noticed: I get obsessed with things for a bit before moving on to something else. Book series, authors, movies, actors, songs, television shows, whatever. So when I requested Mary Roach's book Bonk, I also requested this book so I could binge on Mary Roach. It's just how I roll. If I were to have a dinner party and invite

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-89376299851160100202010-10-06T10:58:00.000-04:002010-10-06T10:58:01.782-04:00

I love Mary Roach. It was with great curiosity and high recommendations that I read her book Stiff. I was not disappointed. I looked for her books every time that I visited the library before realizing that I would need to specifically request her books and make the library ship them to me. So I did. Once again, I'm glad that I read a book by Mary Roach. As one might glean from the title of

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-3180572070192436052010-09-21T18:07:00.000-04:002010-10-21T12:50:09.338-04:00

As with any books I review that are part of a series, there may be spoilers in this. Hope Adams is an Expisco half-demon fathered by Lucifer. She enjoys chaos and has the power to recognize other supernaturals in the vicinity. Her boyfriend is Karl Marsters, Pack werewolf and jewel thief. He is her rock and touchstone, able to reign her in when the chaos threatens to render her helpless with 

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-31693890964653568222010-09-08T09:24:00.001-04:002010-10-21T12:52:43.070-04:00

Hey kids! It's time for the Six-pack Abs portion of the good Dr.'s Strong and Sexy workout. Will she change into another gloriously awful bodysuit? Will the six-pack abs be on another flabby martial arts champion? Is anyone going to break some mondaythroughfriday boards? Let's find out!! Nope, same outfit. Christina, the ab helper (hairstylist and makeup artist to the 'rich and famous') is in

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-78777362574780827062010-09-07T12:38:00.001-04:002010-10-21T12:50:09.339-04:00

Another day, another Kelley Armstrong book. Haters to the left. Also, there may be SPOILER IN HURR! This is book number seven in the Women of the Otherworld series. This book focuses on necromancer Jaime Vegas. Jaime was actually the star of the short story that got me on an Armstrong kick, so you can blame or congratulate her for that. No Humans Involved begins with the viewpoint of a '

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-12015635938908919852010-08-31T09:55:00.001-04:002010-10-21T12:50:09.339-04:00

This is the fifth book in Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld series. I don't think that there will be too many spoilers in this review, as we don't meet the narrator in the series until after she is dead. So, her being dead isn't a spoiler, just who the character is. In life, Eve Levine was a witch and half-demon banished from her Coven because of her acquisition and mastery of "dark magics"

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-50970715894381884042010-08-31T09:34:00.002-04:002010-10-21T12:52:43.070-04:00

A couple of weeks ago, I entered a contest at Fit Fig & Friends to win the Poise Strong & Sexy exercise DVD. I won. I promised Fig and some other Pajibans that I would record myself doing the workout and then post it since the DVD cover makes this workout look crazy as hell. I decided that I should watch the DVD before I attempt to do the exercises on camera. (Don't worry, I'll still look a fool

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-70804870889920010522010-08-11T11:12:00.001-04:002010-10-21T12:52:53.592-04:00

There may be spoilers all up in huuurrrrr. This is the fourth book in Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld series. This book focuses on the magical races of Armstrong's world; namely witch Paige Winterbourne and sorcerer Lucas Cortez. Lucas and Paige have been living together, with Paige's ward Savannah, in Portland, Oregon since the events in  Dimestore Magic  . Lucas is continuing his lawyer

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-13292241776937933522010-08-06T10:25:00.001-04:002010-10-21T12:52:43.071-04:00

I've been lazy. Well, lazy about reading books lately. I have watched a butt-ton of movies though. I'm thinking I might start trying to review movies since I've hit the magic number for Cannonball Read and have begun to slack on that front. The thing is, I need to remember that I want to review something before I watch it so I can take notes and such. I also have to turn off the damned Facebook

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-70068827546631121222010-07-30T09:23:00.001-04:002010-10-21T12:50:09.340-04:00

This is what I've been waiting for ever since reading Bitten. Armstrong hinted at strong backgrounds for all of the characters and mentioned lots of previous escapades preceding some of the books. In this collection, as in Men of the Otherworld, we get some of the stories that didn't fit into the novels. Including the beginning of Elena and Clay's relationship and the inevitable bite that

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-59611112594872848612010-07-25T20:31:00.001-04:002010-10-21T12:50:09.340-04:00

Alright, you can mock my choice of reading materials all you want, but Kelley Armstrong is a hell of a writer. I know that some people are over the whole supernatural lean that most everything has anymore. But her books are different. There are relationships that one can actually relate to. The characters are not just one-dimensional men and women that happen to change into werewolves or cast

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-53520757798428042502010-07-24T21:21:00.001-04:002010-10-21T12:50:09.340-04:00

There will most definitely be spoilers in this review. Elena Michaels is the only female werewolf. Her mate, Clay,  is the protector of the Alpha, Jeremy, of her Pack. She is the spokesperson for her Alpha. And she is pregnant. The first female werewolf pregnancy that anyone has heard of. If the mutts of the world thought they could torment Clay by abusing or attacking Elena before....let's

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-68602431365038514802010-07-22T09:42:00.001-04:002010-10-21T12:50:09.341-04:00

There will probably be spoilers about the first two books in the series in this review! BEWARE. This is the third book in Armstrong's women of the Otherworld series. Unlike the first two, this book revolves around young witch Paige Winterbourne. Paige was introduced in the last book Stolen when she made werewolves aware that there were other supernaturals in the world. Since the events in the

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-81486251653539467362010-07-14T16:53:00.001-04:002010-10-21T12:50:09.341-04:00

This book is the second in Armstrong's Women of the Underworld and also the second to center on female werewolf Elena Michaels. There may be spoilers in this review, but I'll try not to be too spoilery. Also, this book successfully completes my Cannonball Read for this year. I'll still be reviewing books and numbering them from this book, but everything past this is just to piss off geep (just

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-51743056143388584332010-07-12T19:28:00.001-04:002010-10-21T12:58:20.998-04:00

I can honestly say that I've never read as many collections of short stories and essays as I have through this Cannonball Read. I've also shown everyone just how much horror and thriller novels I read. However, I previously had a very small list of just which horror authors I read. Stephen King and...uh, I can't think of another horror writer whose novels I read before this foray into

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-54988231967462637302010-07-07T11:19:00.001-04:002010-10-21T12:51:45.504-04:00

The lovely Ranylt , former Pajiba contributor and all the time wonderful, has started, along with Sharon, the blog Godtopus Eats (That is a lot of link right there, kids). I have contributed a peanut butter cookie recipe as my first foray into recipe sharing. Please, be gentle with me, as we all know I am highly fragile. Cookies!

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-57701821715160082852010-07-01T21:16:00.001-04:002010-10-21T12:50:09.342-04:00

This novel is another that takes place in Armstrong's Otherworld setting. It is chronologically the eighth novel in her series and only the third Otherworld novel that I've read. Again, there are some events that took place in novels two through seven that are mildly spoiled in this story, but they are not fully explored or explained and will still be new when I read them. Characters that took

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-25048300248329372402010-06-29T10:04:00.002-04:002010-10-21T12:50:09.342-04:00

This novel is a collection of short stories concerning the male characters of Armstrong's Otherworld novels. When reading Armstrong's first Otherworld novel, Bitten, I was impressed with the amount of back-story that she seemed to have mapped out while not fully exploring it in her first foray. Of course, that left me with curiosity about the specifics of this fully formed background that we,

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-81596649391233861342010-06-28T13:01:00.002-04:002010-10-21T12:50:09.342-04:00

Elena Michaels is a thirty year old woman living in Toronto. She has a very patient boyfriend named Philip, a job as a journalist, and a big secret. Elena is the only female werewolf in existence. She was bitten when she was nineteen and was taken into the Pack. The Pack is the organized collection of hereditary werewolves that rules from their sanctuary in Stonehaven, located in New York state.

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-80196207302995177272010-06-21T12:18:00.002-04:002010-10-21T12:50:09.343-04:00

I have read and reviewed the first two books in the Dark Powers trilogy: The Summoning and The Awakening. There may be spoilers in this review, as the events in the previous novels are addressed in this one. Chloe Saunders is a fifteen year old necromancer who has just come into her powers. Powers that were greatly enhanced by the shadowy Edison Group. Chloe and Derek, a werewolf, Simon, a

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-12294022528142825812010-06-17T16:18:00.002-04:002010-10-21T12:50:09.343-04:00

I read the Darkest Powers books out of order, so this is the first book and I reviewed the second book here. Chloe Saunders is a normal fifteen year old kid, or so it seems. She does look young for her age and she hasn't gotten her period yet, but no one knows that. Chloe is enrolled in a theater arts program in a high school focused on the arts. She wants to become a writer and director of

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-66757966531700149492010-06-09T17:38:00.000-04:002010-06-09T17:38:22.990-04:00

I've been going back and reading several of my posted book reviews and I'd like to say "I'm sorry". My writing skills have been diminishing rapidly since high school and have, clearly, nearly been snuffed out lately. I blame medication. The same medication that lets me quell my panic attacks and curb my incessant anxiety has also served to make me forgetful. This forgetfulness makes me think that

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-68234300005509868912010-06-08T13:17:00.004-04:002010-10-21T12:52:13.671-04:00

This book was first brought to my attention via an item on Pajiba. I must admit, the synopsis makes the premise of this book sound horrible. Just bad and idiotic. Add to that the fact that Farnsworth's book had been picked up to be made into a movie before the book was even released and you'll appreciate my reluctance to read this book. Then I decided, screw it. I'm reading it. And then I did.

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-76703819198572813402010-06-04T08:35:00.002-04:002010-10-21T12:50:09.343-04:00

As I mentioned in my review of Blood Lite, I enjoyed Kelley Armstrong's short story "The Ungrateful Dead". So, while browsing the library I wandered over to the young adult section and looked for her name. I found the second novel in her Darkest Powers series, The Awakening. While it would have been nice to read the first novel in the series, Armstrong did an admirable job of giving background

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-91018512541748370132010-06-01T08:36:00.003-04:002010-10-21T13:01:35.773-04:00

If anyone reads this blog (does anyone read it? Well, besides Jen K., ha!), then you know that I love love love the Sookie Stackhouse novels. They are crazy and sexy and entertaining. Well, all of the novels to this point have been all of this. As per usual with Sookie's adventures, SPOILERS AHOY! We meet up with Sookie as she is recovering from the torture inflicted upon her during the fairy

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-5850528998995749072010-05-28T11:21:00.004-04:002010-10-21T13:03:18.165-04:00

I picked this collection of short stories up while browsing the library. I was looking for something that would keep my attention, which has been all ADHD lately. I blame...something besides myself. Anyway, this was a collection of horror stories that are humorous instead of scary. Stories were included from Charlaine Harris, Kelley Armstrong, and Jim Butcher, as well as others. (Also, I

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-29740365485319045592010-05-19T08:38:00.001-04:002010-06-04T10:47:40.090-04:00

I have been laboring, and yes, that is the correct word, to finish what would be my 42nd book for the Cannonball Read. I'm so very picky about what I'll read and I'm very bad at choosing books at random from the library. So, I picked up a book that I've been avoiding since it was released in 2002: Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper Case Closed by Patricia Cornwell. Why was I avoiding it? Well

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-70733971936075151462010-05-03T18:35:00.002-04:002010-10-21T13:03:54.061-04:00

I picked up this book after seeing the author's name on the back cover of another book I was considering borrowing. The title Creepers sounded promising and the cover looked decent enough. The synopsis sounded intriguing as well. A group of "urban explorers", aka creepers, aka "people that go into abandoned buildings and look at stuff" decide to enter the Paragon Hotel in Asbury Park. The long

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-38264795232274914252010-04-28T16:27:00.002-04:002010-10-21T13:04:27.252-04:00

Travis is a demonkeeper. Catch is his demon. Well, not really his demon, but Travis does have control over Catch. Well, not really control, as in all of the time. Sometimes. When Travis is trying. And sometimes not. Anyway, Travis and Catch have been together for seventy years. That's a lot of time spent trying to keep the demon from eating people. Augustus Brine is a business owner in the

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-19087260551599745812010-04-27T11:31:00.002-04:002010-10-21T13:04:44.635-04:00

Sometimes when I'm reading, I can feel an invisible wall between myself and the end of the book. I push against it with the words that I read and the pages that I turn, only to feel it become tiring in a way that makes me want to exert myself even more. The ending is so sought after that I have difficulty reading. I want to see the threads joined together. I want to know that I've read what I

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-14322753746478014872010-04-19T21:59:00.002-04:002010-10-21T13:05:09.312-04:00

As I've said before, I've resisted Gaiman because he comes highly recommended and praised, and I'm usually disappointed by the build-up and high expectations of others. In Gaiman's case, the praise is actually deserving and I'm glad that I've begun to read his works. My first brush with him was the short story "Bitter Grounds" in the short story collection The Living Dead. The story intrigued me

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-49964749410037854132010-04-08T09:40:00.002-04:002010-10-21T13:05:49.627-04:00

(Just a note to say that I didn't give up on the CBR. I just tried to be like gp and read outside of my comfort zone. It was a complete failure. So I went back to what I like.) Ignatius "Ig" Perrish has been in love with Merrin Williams since he was 15 years old. They met in church when Merrin used her cross necklace to flash light in Ig's eyes. That was also the first time that Ig ever saw his

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-20935363561966261912010-03-20T19:30:00.002-04:002010-10-21T13:05:09.313-04:00

I've been afraid to read anything by Neil Gaiman. It seems that those familiar with his work absolutely adore him and his stories. Gaiman has also won numerous awards, including the Bram Stoker Award, a Newberry Medal, and Hugo Award. He's very intimidating and I feared that I wouldn't enjoy his writing or wouldn't get it, whatever 'it' is to get. I encountered my first glimpse of Gaiman in the

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-21763672073265141902010-03-15T12:37:00.002-04:002010-10-21T13:05:26.035-04:00

Do you ever wonder who writes the inside flap for books? Do you think it might be the same morons that create movie trailers with the entire plot, twists and all, spelled out for you? Do you ever wander the library, cursing softly to yourself (no one likes to get shushed in the library) as you read inner flap after inner flap with a description like this: Stupid Named Protagonist has left behind

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-91615632469744900672010-03-12T14:06:00.002-05:002010-10-21T13:06:14.312-04:00

My aunt's husband passed away in November of last year due to complications of the H1N1 flu. His remains were donated to science. I hadn't really given much thought to what might happen to his body once it was donated. I briefly imagined that he would be shown to students or something and his organs examined to show the correlation of his health prior to the contraction of the flu and his death.

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-33668270479109067242010-03-02T16:32:00.002-05:002010-10-21T13:01:35.774-04:00

Poor Sookie. I mean, it isn't all bad. She's gotten to bone two vampires and a weretiger, so that should count for something. Of course, she's also had the living poops beaten out of her since meeting all of these studs. But she didn't die...yep, I would like to be Sookie Stackhouse when I'm all groweds up. This time around, it isn't vampires that are the focus, The weres, werewolves and

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-31325978953786683882010-03-02T07:47:00.002-05:002010-10-21T13:06:14.313-04:00

I stumbled upon this book while browsing the library occult section. Sadly, our library's occult section is embarrassingly small. There wouldn't be enough there to research even the simplest demon if, you know, we had to do it so our Slayer could save the day. Just sayin'. Anyway, I was intrigued by the idea of taking different aspects of death and subjecting it to scientific measures. I was not

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-72796515566630602392010-02-24T14:17:00.002-05:002010-10-21T13:01:35.774-04:00

Just a reminder, SPOILERS AHOY! Sookie is recovering from the explosion that rocked the vampire conference she attended in the previous book. Her boyfriend Quinn, a weretiger and event organizer, has not been in touch with Sookie since the explosion that broke both of his legs. The Queen of Louisiana and her surviving entourage are recuperating from the attacks, as are Bill, Eric, and Pam.

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-38975577325170608922010-02-23T12:54:00.002-05:002010-10-21T13:01:35.775-04:00

Told you. Also? I'm having a difficult time writing about the Sookie Stackhouse novels without using information from the previous installments, so SPOILERS! Sookie has been hired by the Queen of Louisiana to attend a vampire conference in Rhodes. The Queen needs Sookie's telepathic powers to read the minds of those humans at the conference in employ of the other vampire royalty. The Queen

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-6026339833569542372010-02-23T07:57:00.002-05:002010-10-21T13:09:28.954-04:00

Leonard brings back three of his characters to play with each other in the novel Road Dogs. We have Jack Foley, bank robber and lead in Out of Sight. There's the Cuban Cundo Rey from LaBrava and the psychic Dawn Navarro of Riding the Rap. I've seen Out of Sight, but not read it, so I'm familiar with Foley. The only other Elmore Leonard book I've read is Rum Punch so I haven't 'met' Cundo and

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-34932828685797056222010-02-22T07:30:00.002-05:002010-10-21T13:01:35.775-04:00

No, I won't stop reading these. Yes, I have two more I'm picking up from the library today. Sookie's cousin, Hadley (the estranged one that is mentioned in most of the books but never actually seen), has died. And she's definitely dead this time since she was a vampire when she was murdered. It turns out that Hadley had been existing in New Orleans with the vampire Queen of Louisiana. The

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-82756858726206789442010-02-18T09:34:00.002-05:002010-10-21T13:01:35.776-04:00

Oh, Charlaine Harris, you nutbag you. You have to be one of the most delightfully insane, and clearly horny, writers working today. Miss Sookie Stackhouse is a telepath with a name that sounds half Chinese prostitute and half Southern dynasty. The books are populated with (POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHOY!) Viking vampires. Pirate vampire. Yakuza vampire. Fairies. Werewolves. Shape-shifters. Werepanthers.

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-57695951087846080082010-02-16T11:38:00.002-05:002010-09-21T18:55:46.030-04:00

"This is the way the world ends, not with a bang, and not with a whimper, but with the bleak gusto of a low-budget horror movie" - John Langan Adams has collected thirty-four short stories that all begin with the idea of zombies in our midst. Some of the stories bring the zombies to the forefront, some keep them in the background, shrouded in more mystery than usual. Some of the stories speak

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-4304447487391804262010-02-06T11:56:00.002-05:002010-10-21T13:01:35.777-04:00

Spoilers past the jump! Sookie and Bill have broken up following the events of the last book, Club Dead. Sookie works the late shift on New Year's Eve at Merlotte's Bar since she has no vampire boyfriend to fill her evenings. As she leaves work, she spots a man running down the road in only jeans. As she gets closer she realizes that it is actually vampire Eric Northman, owner of Fangtasia,

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-39531678163150356772010-02-06T11:47:00.002-05:002010-10-21T13:01:35.777-04:00

There are spoilers past the jump... Sookie Stackhouse has settled back in with her vampire boyfriend, Bill Compton, after the events of Living Dead in Dallas. As Sookie arrives home from her shift at Merlotte's Bar, Bill is less than excited to see her and continues to give his attentions to his computer. Bill informs Sookie that he will be leaving for Seattle and if anything should happen to

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-10783183035517906032010-02-04T17:47:00.002-05:002010-10-21T13:07:01.090-04:00

The premise of this book is quite intriguing. As long as there is someone alive who remembers who you are, you will live in The City with other dead people after you pass away. When there is no one left with memories of you, you will leave The City of the dead and move on. On to what, this book does not address. It sounds like a beautiful way to view the afterlife and the dead seem to be happy

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-73851002268758485892010-02-04T10:04:00.002-05:002010-09-21T19:01:40.877-04:00

We have a beagle named Wallace. He's the only one in the house that obeys me on a consistent basis. He is also the only one that follows me around all day, tripping me and wanting to be scratched behind the ears. Here are some things that I've said to him. "Oh, I'm sorry. Did I wake you up? Well, tough shit because it's Lost Tuesday, bitch." "Holy Lord, dog! Did you just fart? Maybe those

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-9848967650371124762010-02-01T08:33:00.001-05:002010-09-21T19:05:17.889-04:00

My 79 year old Pepaw fell and broke his leg on Tuesday. He was alone at his house when it happened. He felt the leg break and then crawled back to his house. He got to the phone and called...his buddies. "Where's a good place to get bones set?" he asked. Since he was asking in a normal tone of voice, Pepaw's buddy asked, "For your dog?", to which Pepaw replied, "No, for me." Eventually the

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-69188305546611302622010-01-31T16:38:00.002-05:002010-10-21T13:07:33.766-04:00

Emily Craig began her career as a medical illustrator. After dating a police officer, Craig became interested in forensics and crime scene investigations. She was able to assist in a facial reconstruction through her skill in sculpture. This got her interested in pursuing a new career as a forensic anthropologist and began attending University of Tennessee with the famed Dr. Bill Bass. After

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-1506692962891949012010-01-19T21:02:00.002-05:002010-10-21T12:55:20.068-04:00

The second book in the Sookie Stackhouse novels is a quick read and more interesting to me than the first was. Sookie and Bill's romance is not as convoluted and messy as portrayed throughout most of the first season of True Blood, the series based on the novels. There is less need for artificial melodrama or the introduction of characters that I couldn't give a shit about. There are also less

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-58055798669918663052010-01-18T19:47:00.002-05:002010-10-21T12:55:56.287-04:00

At last I have completed the last book of the Harry Potter series. I was both looking forward to and dreading reading The Deathly Hallows because I would finally know how it all ends and because it would all end. I had heard that more people died in the end of this one and I spent most of the book afraid of when someone was going to die. This is not to say that I did not enjoy the book, because

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-16648954123058781302010-01-11T18:04:00.002-05:002010-10-21T12:55:56.288-04:00

People seemed to be severely underwhelmed by the movie adaptation of Half-Blood Prince. As I hadn't read the book, I didn't know what I was missing when I finally watched the movie a week ago. Let me tell you, I was confused watching Half-Blood Prince. I didn't understand what the hell was going on, even though I had seen all of the previous movies and had just begun reading the book. Having

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I enjoyed this installment of the Harry Potter saga more than I expected I would. Order of the Phoenix begins with Harry staying with the Dursleys and listening for any suspicious deaths on the news that would indicate Lord Voldemort is returning to his former power. Before Harry can hear anything about Voldemort, he is confronted with two dementors and must act quickly to save himself and his

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-47561430874000811452009-12-30T12:04:00.003-05:002010-10-21T12:55:56.289-04:00

Why did I not read these books sooner? Just a warning for all y'all - I will be finishing out the HP series before I move on to any other books. They are filled with so much more detail and explanation than the movies, which I also quite enjoy, that I want to be sure to finish them all before Deathly Hallows pops up in the theater. Harry's new year at Hogwarts has shit getting real before

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-75180772026835651702009-12-23T10:12:00.002-05:002010-10-21T12:56:22.431-04:00

The fourth book in the Dexter series picks up after the previous novel.  So spoilers are coming. Dexter and Rita have gotten married and are now on their honeymoon in Paris. Dexter's Dark Passenger is bored as Rita drags Dexter to all of the sights of the city, leaving Dexter the Dutiful Husband to follow her whims. After leaving the Louvre, Rita is handed a flyer for a real art show. At the

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-45475962518406040422009-12-19T17:40:00.002-05:002010-10-21T12:55:20.069-04:00

Harper Connelly makes her living listening to the dead. She acquired her ability to see the final moments of the deceased when she was fifteen and struck by lightning. Harper was curling her hair in her family's run-down trailer when the lightning coursed through her body and changed her life forever. She now travels with her step-brother turned lover, Tolliver Lang. This is the fourth novel

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-15882650643060471982009-12-17T20:43:00.002-05:002010-10-21T12:58:56.933-04:00

First off, I had to wait about a month or more for my local library to get this book for me. The waiting list was hella long. Also, the day I started reading this novel, I received a disc from Netflix that I though was season one of Venture Bros.. It turned out to be the first two episodes of True Blood. Weird. An now I'm hooked on the HBO series and still not sold on the first novel. Sookie

Pinky McLadybitsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522843196864744138.post-83808638142031146732009-12-16T19:35:00.003-05:002010-10-21T12:55:56.289-04:00

Well, well, well. Harry Potter just got a bit more growed up in his third year. The book starts off like all of the other, with Harry dealing with his puppy-kicking assholes the Dursleys. Uncle Vernon's sister comes to visit and starts talking shit about Harry's parents, causing Harry to become upset and inflate her already large ass into a Macy's Parade balloon. Fearing he will be expelled from

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Harry Potter has spent the summer with his horrifically abusive and demented aunt, uncle and cousin, the Dursleys. The only thing keeping the Dursley family from keeping Harry locked in a room all summer is their fear of his magical abilities. One evening, while Harry is supposed to be hiding in his room from the Dursley's company, Harry is visited by a house-elf named Dobby. Dobby begs Harry

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