If you’ve been living under a rock and haven’t heard anything about this book or its subsequent film, I’ll briefly summarize it for you. The Martian is the story of Mark Watney, an astronaut on the Ares 3 which is part of a series of manned missions to Mars. Due to an unfortunate series of events, Mark is left stranded on Mars when is crew believes he is dead. The ensuing novel is Mark’s efforts to stay alive until he can be rescued. Mark is […]
The characters and story were fine. The editing? Not so much.
Now that Bunnybean is tearing her way through the Lunar Chronicles books, I figured I might as well try and finish up the last book (I don’t count the new book of “related short stories” that just came out), Winter. I wasn’t all that excited about reading it, to be honest. I loved Cinder and Scarlet, and really liked Cress. And then I read Fairest. And I despised it. It really almost ruined the entire series for me. It was so heavy-handed and annoying, I […]
Trashy romance, but good
Last year I tore through half a dozen of Courtney Milan’s books, finding them easy to read and with enjoyably modern, independent women, with similarly anachronistic men. After a fairly stressful Christmas/New Year, I turned to Ms. Milan for some comfort reading (and take advantage of the fact that my local library had gotten a new stack of her books). Enter: the Turner series. Turner #1 (Unveiled) is the story of Ash Turner (real name: And ye shall tread down the wicked, for they shall be ashes under […]
Kickstarter kickstart: when fandom and real life collide
Disclaimer: I love fanfic. A lot. Disclaimer the second: I am Australian. Hopefully my spelling and vocab make sense. Many years ago, I watched an episode of Buffy and thought, “I wonder what other people thought about this?” From a simple Yahoo search (this was pre-Google) I found forums, then it was a quick descent (or ascent, depending on the showrunner) into fanfic. So imagine my joy when some big names in fandom announced they were starting up their own publishing company with the express purpose of promoting […]
The opposite of slut-shaming
Bella, the student manager of the Harkness varsity hockey team, loves sex and isn’t afraid to say so. She knows that a lot of guys and especially their girlfriends frequently say uncomplimentary things about her behind her back because of her reputation, but Bella isn’t ashamed of enjoying sex in all its many forms. Hence when her hot downstairs neighbour ends up on her doorstep one evening with a bottle of wine, dejected because he broke up with his girlfriend on his birthday, she cheers […]
Dukes prefer dressmakers
This is a re-read for me while I await the newest Loretta Chase book, “Dukes Prefer Blondes” from the library. I thought it would be a good idea to read the start of the Dressmaker Series again to refresh my memory of the characters. I remembered enjoying this book when I read it originally, and it held up as being as good as the first time. Loretta Chase has maintained the thrill of romance more so than many others. In this book, Marcelline Noirot and […]
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