Margaret Rogerson is definitely officially on my must read authors list after Vespertine. So far her books are consistently enjoyable with strong stories and great female leads. Vespertine is no different.
And though it’s not a stand alone like her other books I think it could easily still work as a stand alone.
I was going to do a Final Girls vs. Final Girls Support Group anyway but the trailer for the new Scream hitting today does make it even better…
“I’m Sydney Prescott of course I have a gun.”
I feel teenage nostalgia coming on!
Black Water Sister was a nice surprise even for a book I was expecting to enjoy I wasn’t expecting the full range of emotions and story it took you through.
I would also strongly suggest the audio book if you are so inclined. The narrator Catherine Ho was really excellent.
A bunch of people on-line were upset about the casting of Chris Pratt as Mario in the new Super Mario Brothers movie coming out next year and I’m not big on Pratt either but did you not see whose going to be Princess Peach? Can’t we happily concentrate on that perfect casting…
Welcome to Book Series with Big Old Time Commitments that I am very torn on and we’re starting perhaps with the biggest of all… The Eye of the World the first book in the enormous Wheel of Time Series.
All opinions and thoughts on this one are welcome because I am really torn on whether or not to keep reading!
The last bit of my summer reading has been a big old hm… or even a what the hell? But I thought I’d share a wrap-up in case anyone else was interested in these books.
Or in case anyone has read In Watermelon Sugar and can explain it to me 🙂
I honestly feel like even the wildest most outrageous (scandalous) super couples of today would have a hard time topping Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in their heyday.
Which makes them fun to read about. And also because for all the scandal and all the jewels and fighting it actually was a deep, true love that most people probably don’t ever get even if in the end it’s all consuming in destructive ways.
Fall is my favorite time of year and it looks like there are plenty of good (hopefully), interesting and exciting books to read upcoming so I picked 10 that sounded best of the best that I don’t actually hear that much about.
Release dates are subject to change of course.
I am ready for scary, creepy book season and happy to say I started with a winner right out of the gate!
But I’m always a sucker for ghost towns.
I’ve been having some fun with the myth retellings this summer but even so this one about Helen of Troy and her sister Clytemnestra was a nice surprise. Mainly because you think you know a story fairly well and the author actually does some new things with it.
Except Agamemnon.
I’m pretty sure he’s the worst in any retelling. Maybe he’s just the biggest asshole in the whole Troy mess.
