Forever Odd, the second in the series of Odd Thomas books, doesn’t quite live up to the first. For one thing, there’s a noticeable lack of the 400 pound, six fingered man named Ozzy who, along with his evil cat Terrible Chester, is one of the better characters. He’s in this one for about half a scene, and no one blows up his cow this go around. Also, the bad guy in this book has come specifically to hunt down Odd because she wants him […]
Black Heels to Tractor Wheels
This book is sappy and silly; a romance written about a superficial city girl and a mostly silent cowboy. The main character is obsessed with her spiky black boots and her wavy auburn hair; the boy gets his way in a slightly domineering manner that she just loves. But despite all this, I really enjoyed the real life love story of the Pioneer Woman (Ree Drummond) and her husband, whom she always refers to as “Marlboro Man”. I think that even though it’s a silly […]
Blaine the Train is a Pain
In the third installment of the Dark Tower series, the gunslinger and his companions (Eddie, Susannah) continue their journey towards the tower. Roland feels like he’s slowly losing his mind, as he struggles to reconcile the events of the first book and the second — in one, Jake the boy dies and in the other, he lives. Meanwhile, in New York in the 1970s, Jake, too, feels like his mind has split into two separate narratives that he cannot combine. “Roland grabbed Jake and hauled him […]
I think the darkest place is Gillian Flynn’s mind
I read Gone Girl when it first came out and loved it; Sharp Objects a few months which was great but not as good as Gone Girl, and I just finished Dark Places which I think was the weakest of the three, but still a good thriller. Gillian Flynn has a talent for both plotting and writing, but her main characters tend to be incredibly unlikable. Libby Day, of Dark Places, was the worst offender of the three (Day, Camille Preaker of Sharp Objects and of course, Amazing Amy from Gone Girl). Although […]
Vortexes and Tarot Cards
I downloaded Steve Hockensmith’s The White Magic Five and Dime from the public library solely based on the cover, so I guess that works out sometimes. It was well-written and very funny, and had enough twists and turns to make it just fly by. The illustrations of tarot cards were great. I’m definitely going to put the sequel on my “to-read” list (although it doesn’t appear to actually be out yet…). Alanis McLachlan (she made that name up when she was 18, and admits that it shows) has been out […]
Well, this was kind of terrible
Look, I know that Dean Koontz is hardly a literary genius, but I’ve been reading him since middle school and I enjoy his books. They can be repetitive, and once you notice what kind of themes and characters he likes to re-use, it’s hard to unsee that. But I like his flowery, occasionally babbling style, I like his over the top bad ass ladies, I’m a big fan of golden retrievers and I’ve truly enjoyed probably 90% of the books he’s written. The City, however, kind […]
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