Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin, 1967, e-text [trade paperback has 320 pages ( Read more... )

The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin, 1972, 208 pages ( Read more... )

Title: Beastly
Author: Alex Flinn
Year of Publication: 2007
Genre: YA, fantasy
Pages: 304
First Line: "Mr. Anderson: Welcome to the first meeting of the Unexpected Changes chat group."

(First line of the actual text: "I could feel everyone looking at me, but I was used to it."

Summary: I am a beast. A beast. Not quite wolf or gorilla or dog, but ( Read more... )

31. Movie Mavericks: Trivia from the Filmmaking Fringes - Jon Sandys
Fun to play with at work when things are slow. Some of us know the most obscure things about the movies on our shelves. :)

32. Are You Really Going to Eat That?: Reflections of a Culinary Thrill Seeker - Robb Walsh
Lots of good food writing, a few recipes included.

33. ( Read more... )

First line:"When he woke in the woods in the dark and the cold of the night he'd reach out to touch the child sleeping beside him."
Summary: A father and son wander across a bleak post-apocalyptic landscape in the aftermath of an unexplained global disaster. (If this doesn't sound like much of a synopsis, it's because there's not much of a plot ( Read more... )

First line:"Chill winds still blew. Dusty snow fell. But the ancient sea was in no hurry."
Summary: On a cold night in post-apocalyptia, a band of thieves leaves Gordon Krantz for dead in the Cascade Range. Taking shelter in a crashed US Postal Service truck, this drifter appropriates the jacket of the truck's long-dead occupant. Declaring ( Read more... )

Reviewer's Note: I'm breaking with my reading chronology to get these unimpressive reads out of the way. They're four entries from the middle of a nine book Star Wars series.

Titles:
Sacrifice by Karen Traviss, Inferno by Troy Denning, Fury by Aaron Allston, Revelation by Karen Traviss

Background: Starting in the 1990s, George Lucas' franchise ( Read more... )

156. Truer Than True Romance: Classic Love Comics Retold! Jeanne Martinet (5/5)

I've read this book several times, and it still gets me giggling out loud. Martinet takes romance comics from the 50s and 60s and replaces the dialog to create new plots, often playing off the awkward artwork.

157-161. Bleach Vol. 11: A Star and a Stray Dog, Bleach ( Read more... )

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Slightly behind already. Yay, me.

1. A Little Love Song -- Michelle MagorianA bittersweet coming-of-age story that works on pretty much every level. The background - a tiny seaside village in the early 40s - serves as a very well-drawn backdrop to the even more well-drawn characters. Most of them are largely archetypes, but they’re fully fleshed- ( Read more... )