A fun book and a tribute to These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer. It was a fun read. You can find my review here but here are some fun quotes from the books that I didn’t mention in it: Roman blinked again and smacked Aspid’s nose with his hand. “What did I say about…
Tag: Humor
November 2017 — A Wrap-Up!
I know, I know. It has been forever since I last posted. So, I combined my wrap-up post with an infographic to atone for my er blogging sins. For all that they are “novellas”, these books have way too much happening in them! I read and loved the first one (Read my ravings here). This…
October 2017 — A Belated Wrap-Up!
Things are starting to get just a bit darker and the stakes higher when it comes to Ms. Marvel’s life! She has to think whether she should be blindly following orders, even if they do come from someone she has looked up to all her life: She has to concede that she can’t…
September 2017 — A Month with an Abysmal Reading Record
The previous month was all about graphic novels, comics, and anthologies. Here is what I read in September and what I thought about it: Preacher, Vols. 4-9 It was irreverent as heck: It was full of sexist characters who say things like: But oh, it was so good! I read this one as…
August 2017 — A Wrap-Up for the Month of Graphic Novels & Comics
The previous month was all about graphic novels and comics. Here is what I read in August and what I thought about it: Monster of Frankenstein Vol. 1 As part of Project Frankenstein, this volume failed to make an impression. I was sad to see that all the stories missed the most essential characteristic…
I Review for You, A Treasure Trove of 17 Stories about Chess-Playing Unicorns, Presidential Candidates Stuck on Mars, & Everything in Between!
Unicorn Variations by Roger Zelazny If an anthology starts as strong as this one did, then there’s no way I would not continue reading it! Consider the human species about to become extinct and our fate hinging on a chess match between a bartender, a unicorn, and a sasquatch. Fire Watch by Connie Willis I…
Eight Reasons Why You Should Not Read The Bonehunters by Steven Erikson
This is not a review. This is me gushing about the fact that The Bonehunters did not disappoint. However, you should avoid reading this series, if you are not interested in the following: It Has Dragons: The book had two ghosts who haunted lizard skeletons, were compulsive liars, had a secret agenda,…
