Books 33 and 34
First, sorry about the multiple posts, but I think it makes it easier to search on tags (and less confusing to stare at my tags) if I break books down a bit, and I was fairly ecclectic the last few months. I really need to post as soon as I'm done a book, rather than when I realize I have to REALLY think about what I've read recently.
At any rate, books 34 and 35 were two AMAZING books by the same author: William Browning Spencer.
These works of wonder? Zod Wallop and Irrational Fears. It's hard to describe these two books at all without giving away too much of the plot, since I feel that plot spoilers would ruin the amazing experience of reading the books.
Zod Wallop is basically about a former children's author who a horrible tradgedy has shattered and the outcomes of having gone through a highly unethical drug experiment and the other people from the asylum he had been in and how they are still tied to him. Sort of. But better, like dark fairy tale set in a modern world with bits of science fiction and a completely amazing ending that I didn't see coming, but was left feeling awed by better. I rarely cry when I read a book, but I cried at the end of this one. I felt sincerely let down at the end because it was over.
"Never fear," said my boyfriend, who keeps giving me awesome books to read, "I have another book by the same guy! Read this!"
And as for Irrational Fears I will leave you with this synopsis, which was given to me by my boyfriend. Imagine AA but mixed with Cthulu.
Yes, that sound silly. But it really isn't. And it's probably the best way to describe the plot in a sentence.
With both of these books, the story is written in a very conversational tone that draws you in and holds you. I read one book one day, and the other book the next day because I was so drawn into these people's stories.
And for anyone who has read/reads these...isn't it weird how completely normal and believable the stories themselves are?
1. A History of Pirates: Blood and Thunder on the High Seas by Nathaniel Cawthorne
2. The Apocalyptic Year 1000: Religious changes and expectations 950-1050, edited by Richard Landes, Andrew Gow, And David C. Van Meter
3. Ancient Greek Cults: A Guide by Jennifer Larson
4. Soul Music by Terry Pratchett
5.Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
6.Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
7.Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett
8.Girls Are Weirdos But They Smell Pretty by Todd Harris Goldman
9. Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett
10. Jingo by Terry Pratchett
11. Nanny Ogg's Cookbook by Terry Pratchett
12. Midnight Roads by Matt MacFarland
13. Three Shades of Night by Janet Trautvetter, Sarah Roark, and Myranda Sarro
14.Requiem for Rome by Russell Bailey, David Chart, Ray Fawkes, Will Hindmarch, Howard David Ingham, and Chuck Wendig (forward by Kenneth Hite)
15. The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett
16. Nightwatch by Terry Pratchett
17. The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
18. Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks
19. Where's My Jetpack? A Guie to the Amazing Science Fiction Future That Never Arrived by Daniel H. WIlson, Ph.D
20. Tweak by Nic Sheffe
21. Clan of the Cave Bear by Jane Auel
22. Valley of the Horses by Jane Auel
23. The Boleyn Inheritance by Phillipa Gregory
24. The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett
25. Sourcery by Terry Pratchett
26. Faust Eric by Terry Pratchett
27. Small Gods by Terry Pratchett
28. The Mammoth Hunters by Jane Auel
29. The Plains of Passage by Jane Auel
30. The Shelters of Stone by Jane Auel
31. The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory
32. Engel: Creatures of the Dreamseed by Oliver Graute, Oliver Hoffman, and Kai
33. Zod Wallop by William Browning Spencer
34. Irrational Fears by William Browning Spencer