Posts Tagged ‘Books’

This is a another simple, fun, and funny vampire romance. The story centers around Cindy who turns out is looking for answers about why she has lived for many centuries. Currently she is managing an inn that caters to fantasies around fun macabre things. This is when things get interesting and she learns that not [...]

Dead Beat is part of the on going Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher. The series is about a wizard living in the Chicago area. What makes him unique is that he advertises in the phone book and is a real wizard. The magic world does exist and the real world denies it’s existence with [...]

This was another vampire romance novel though this was a lot more serious than the last one I read. It did have some action and excitement. I enjoyed this one because this one delved into the characters quite a bit and showed the strife of life as a top predator. It also lent itself well [...]

This is a different take on the life and times of Superman, Lois, and Lex. It starts with Clark as a teenager in police office in 1935 helping sort out how a criminal got killed. Clark turns out to have a lot of angst about not fitting in though he is still quite the boy [...]

This is the 3rd or 4th of Katie’s books that I’ve read. I think that she is getting into a groove on these stories. The premise is around vampires with her own spin. They are really called Dark Ones and don’t really have any of the “vampire” powers though they are cursed until they find [...]

I think that Scott Westerfeld likes to write for younger audiences though I find his writings all very interesting. Perhaps that is because (regardless of my 40 something age), I think of myself as significantly younger. I’ver read 3 or so of his books now. I find that unlike some of the authors that I’ve [...]

I saw a review of this author on the web somewhere and thought I?d look at his books based on the passion of the review. This book is about a bunch of teens who live in a town called Bixby.  A strange thing about Bixby is that at midnight, all time stops for one hour [...]

Recently, I read a book called Jumper which I enjoyed and as I usually do, I looked to see what the author has also done. I found that in addition to other books, he had a sequel – Reflex. Jumper – 4.0 of 5; Reflex 3.75 of 5 Both books are good. The stories are [...]

You Slay Me, Katie MacAlister 
 
 Rating: 4.25 of 5 
 
 I’ve read a couple of Katie’s books and they’ve all been enjoyable. She has a very easy and personable style. The stories are definitely quick reads so don’t expect Tolkien like details or even Crichton like plot lines. 
 
 This book [...]

For those of you who have not been introduced, Laurell K. Hamilton is the creator of the Anita Blake series. This is a very compelling series that is set in an alternate univerise where magic and such exists along with all of our normal technological nonsense. The first book sets it up that Anita Blake [...]

I liked this book. It’s by Eileen Wilks and is about Werewolfs. I picked up this book because I read a short story by Wilks and liked it so I looked to see if she had any books. She did. 
 
 Guess what – the book was that short story changed a whole bunch [...]

As a full time dad, I have more time to spend than money usually so one of the things that I discovered when I made the move from normal employement to continual chaos (people who think they are busy when they work don’t understand full time parenthood) was the library. 
 
 Soapbox ON: We [...]