book reports 12/01/06-02/25/07
12/01/06 MAKE LOVE THE BRUCE CAMPBELL WAY -Bruce Campbell- autobiographical fiction. humor. movies. I loved Bruce's If Chins Could Kill, so this was a bit of a dissapointment. The writting is funny but I often do not get wrapped up in the plot in humor fiction and I didn't in this.
12/10/06 LAST CHANCE TO SEE -Douglas Adams & Mark Carwardine- nonfiction. ecology. endangered animals. travel. Douglas Adams travels the world visiting endangered animals before they become extinct. I was expecting more animal/conservation info and less of a travel memoir. But it was good, and sad.
12/16/06 WE -Yevgeny Zamyatin- fiction. sci-fi. utopia/dystopia. Russian written in 1920 story of a citizen of OneState, D-503, and his corruption by the woman, I-330. Similar to 1984 and Brave New World. A citizen begins to view his world from a new perspective.
12/16/06 THE LAUGHING CORPSE -Laurell K. Hamilton- fiction. horror. animator. zombies. vampires. The second book in the Anita Blake vampire hunter series. This one deals more with her profession as an "animator". She makes zombies, usually for legal cases and for families of the dead.
12/29/06 THE LOOKING GLASS WARS -Frank Beddor- ya fiction. fantasy. An alternative take on the world of Alice In Wonderland. Alyss Heart's parents are killed by Aunt Redd and Redd takes over the kingdom, Alyss escapes to our world and forgets her own. Great character development, danger, suspense. I'm looking forward to it's sequel.
12/31/06 CIRCUS OF THE DAMNED -Laurell K. Hamilton- fiction. horror. vampires. giant snakes. werewolves. Third book in the Anita Blake vampire hunter series. This one deals more with snake monsters. I find this series entertaining but I don't like biased the main character is with non-humans especially with her religion.
01/02/07 THE LUNATIC CAFE -Laurell K. Hamilton -ficiton. horror. vampires. werewolves. Fourth book in the Anita Blake vampire hunter series, the same action/gore style of the previous books. Now she's trying to solve the case of the missing werewolves.
01/20/07 DEAD UNTIL DARK -Charline Harris- *reread* fiction. horror. fantasy. vampires. I was feeling stressed and wanted the comfort of light reading so I reread the first book in my beloved Southern Vampire Mysteries series. I prefer Harris's series much more to Hamilton. They are very differnt style but quotes on the books and in review always seem to compare them.
01/28/07 BURNING CHROME -William Gibson- fiction. sci fi. cyberpunk. Short story collection, Hinterlands really got to me.
01/30/07 LOST GIRLS -Alan Moore & Melinda Gebbie- fiction. graphic novel. love. lust. memory. Erotic adventures of Alice (wonderland), Dorthy (oz), and Wendy (neverland). Moore knows what he's doing. This is highly recommended for the not easily sexually offended.
02/05/07 HOW THE UNIVERSE GOT ITS SPOTS: DIARY OF FINITE TIME IN FINITE SPACE -Janna Levin- nonfiction. physics. math. diary. Janna mixes her eveyday life and thoughs with thoes of her physics studies. Explaining why she belives the universe to be finite. Beautifully written but I fear much of the theoretical math was beyond me.
02/08/07 FATHER OF FRANKENSTEIN -Christopher Bram- fiction. monsters. The basis for the movie Gods and Monsters. The fictional story of James Whale's, director of Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein, mysterious death and the events leading up to it.
02/20/07 MOON CALLED -Patricia Briggs- fiction. fantasy. walkers. werewolves. Coyote shapeshifter mechanic raised by werewolves. I love the way the dominance/submission of wolf nature was such a heavy influence on the story. Thanks Angelo this was a terrific read.
01/25/07 -BLOOD BOUND- Patricia Briggs- fiction. fantasy. walker. werewolves. vampires. demons. The sequel to Moon Called. Coyote girl now has a problem with a demon possesed vampire in town. Briggs writes great character interaction, I get disappointed when the "lets fight the bad guy" part of the story gets in the way, but I'm sure it's necissary for plot flow. I wish there was a third book out in this series.
no time for spellcheck...gotta go.
12/10/06 LAST CHANCE TO SEE -Douglas Adams & Mark Carwardine- nonfiction. ecology. endangered animals. travel. Douglas Adams travels the world visiting endangered animals before they become extinct. I was expecting more animal/conservation info and less of a travel memoir. But it was good, and sad.
12/16/06 WE -Yevgeny Zamyatin- fiction. sci-fi. utopia/dystopia. Russian written in 1920 story of a citizen of OneState, D-503, and his corruption by the woman, I-330. Similar to 1984 and Brave New World. A citizen begins to view his world from a new perspective.
12/16/06 THE LAUGHING CORPSE -Laurell K. Hamilton- fiction. horror. animator. zombies. vampires. The second book in the Anita Blake vampire hunter series. This one deals more with her profession as an "animator". She makes zombies, usually for legal cases and for families of the dead.
12/29/06 THE LOOKING GLASS WARS -Frank Beddor- ya fiction. fantasy. An alternative take on the world of Alice In Wonderland. Alyss Heart's parents are killed by Aunt Redd and Redd takes over the kingdom, Alyss escapes to our world and forgets her own. Great character development, danger, suspense. I'm looking forward to it's sequel.
12/31/06 CIRCUS OF THE DAMNED -Laurell K. Hamilton- fiction. horror. vampires. giant snakes. werewolves. Third book in the Anita Blake vampire hunter series. This one deals more with snake monsters. I find this series entertaining but I don't like biased the main character is with non-humans especially with her religion.
01/02/07 THE LUNATIC CAFE -Laurell K. Hamilton -ficiton. horror. vampires. werewolves. Fourth book in the Anita Blake vampire hunter series, the same action/gore style of the previous books. Now she's trying to solve the case of the missing werewolves.
01/20/07 DEAD UNTIL DARK -Charline Harris- *reread* fiction. horror. fantasy. vampires. I was feeling stressed and wanted the comfort of light reading so I reread the first book in my beloved Southern Vampire Mysteries series. I prefer Harris's series much more to Hamilton. They are very differnt style but quotes on the books and in review always seem to compare them.
01/28/07 BURNING CHROME -William Gibson- fiction. sci fi. cyberpunk. Short story collection, Hinterlands really got to me.
01/30/07 LOST GIRLS -Alan Moore & Melinda Gebbie- fiction. graphic novel. love. lust. memory. Erotic adventures of Alice (wonderland), Dorthy (oz), and Wendy (neverland). Moore knows what he's doing. This is highly recommended for the not easily sexually offended.
02/05/07 HOW THE UNIVERSE GOT ITS SPOTS: DIARY OF FINITE TIME IN FINITE SPACE -Janna Levin- nonfiction. physics. math. diary. Janna mixes her eveyday life and thoughs with thoes of her physics studies. Explaining why she belives the universe to be finite. Beautifully written but I fear much of the theoretical math was beyond me.
02/08/07 FATHER OF FRANKENSTEIN -Christopher Bram- fiction. monsters. The basis for the movie Gods and Monsters. The fictional story of James Whale's, director of Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein, mysterious death and the events leading up to it.
02/20/07 MOON CALLED -Patricia Briggs- fiction. fantasy. walkers. werewolves. Coyote shapeshifter mechanic raised by werewolves. I love the way the dominance/submission of wolf nature was such a heavy influence on the story. Thanks Angelo this was a terrific read.
01/25/07 -BLOOD BOUND- Patricia Briggs- fiction. fantasy. walker. werewolves. vampires. demons. The sequel to Moon Called. Coyote girl now has a problem with a demon possesed vampire in town. Briggs writes great character interaction, I get disappointed when the "lets fight the bad guy" part of the story gets in the way, but I'm sure it's necissary for plot flow. I wish there was a third book out in this series.
no time for spellcheck...gotta go.