Monthly Archives: August 2006

Despite the title, this isn’t much like Why Girls are Weird, excepting that it’s good. A bit darker and harsher. Abrupt chapter titles. With periods. Less stuff I recognize from Squishy, although some was a bit familiar. The book has … Continue reading →

A great swashbuckling adventure novel set in historical Spain. Requires no knowledge of the period whatsoever to understand, and is just great fun. I can’t wait to read the next one… (Incredibly cheap over on Amazon; $4.99 for this one … Continue reading →

A quick, taut thriller with an unreliable narrator you want to root for. Lots and lots of fun.

I really like these books. My only problem with them is that I read them like popcorn when I should probably be taking a little more time with them. It’s just easy to devour them in large bites; the last … Continue reading →

I took a break from the Dresen Files books– not really by choice, but because I accidentally didn’t buy one– and read this book, checked out from the library. It was… strange. No, not the book. The experience of reading … Continue reading →

As always, novelizations are very much popcorn books. Some authors in this series “got” the characters better than others. The most confusing thing about these eight books, however, is that there is little consistency between them. The line editor obviously … Continue reading →