Fiction

The Late, Lamented Molly Marx

2 Comments / 2009, Books in Bed, Chick Lit, Favorites, Fiction /

I couldn’t decide whether to read The Late, Lamented Molly Marx or let it go back to the library. TW said it was good, sort of. Sassymonkey had read good things about it but sent her copy back to the library unread. I saw some reviews that seemed like I would like it. I saw some others that made it sound like just another bit of fluffy chick lit. My TBR list is feeling a little too long for just another fluffy chick lit.

But.

I took a chance. I think I was still recovering from Tathea and all of the kind of tough books I’ve been reading. I felt like I wanted just one more thing that I was SURE I would enjoy. Just one more thing that I could just relax and enjoy.

Molly Marx fit the bill. I did enjoy it. Every single one of the characters except for that bitch Stephanie. I did just sit back, relax, and enjoy it. It read quickly. The chapters were exactly the right length. The mix of “memory” and “real life” was excellent. I even liked the ending.

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Zombie Jailbait

2009, Books in Bed, Favorites, Fiction, Sci Fi and Fantasy /

I am a Mario Acevedo fan. He’s no Chris Moore but he comes just about as close as a person can come.

I read Zombie Jailbait straight through, could not put it down. Laughed out loud and yelled NO DON’T TURN HER! because lord, teenage girls are trouble and that one in particular… Yep, big trouble.

Oh, by the way, I liked this fourth book in the series better than I liked book three.

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Ash

2009, Books in Bed, Favorites, Fiction, Queer, Young Adult /

I’m a fairy tale fan. I’m also a modern day fairy tale fan. When I’m Here, I’m Queer, What the Hell Do I Read mentioned Ash I went immediately to my library website and reserved the book.

Awesome.

Not just a lesbian Cinderella but there are also fairies and huntresses. Best adaptation of Cinderella I’ve read in a long long time.

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Tathea

1 Comment / 2009, Books in Bed, Don't Read This, Fiction, From the Stacks Challenge /

A story about a woman bringing the word of God to her people – to all people – should not be so bloody tedious. And that’s what Tathea was. Tedious and also painful.

I should have put it down about 1/3 into it. I didn’t because there were bright, interesting moments when I got a glimpse of what the story could have been. I held onto the hope that it would become that story. By the time I realized it never would be, it was too late. I was 2/3 into the book and I just had to keep plodding on.

I won’t be reading the sequel.

Another From the Stacks book finished. Thank GOD. Now excuse me while I go read about zombies for awhile.

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Eccentric Neighborhoods

1 Comment / 2009, Books in Bed, Fiction, From the Stacks Challenge /

One of the problems with creating a From the Stacks Challenge list based on the colors on your bookshelf is that you find yourself with books that you aren’t really sure you want to read. Like Eccentric Neighborhoods.

Every time I’d start to read a book from my challenge, I’d pick this one up and put it back down. I kept sliding it toward the bottom of the stack. I just didn’t feel like I wanted to read it.

When I got down to mostly books I wasn’t sure I really wanted to read, I picked this one up and started reading. And while I wouldn’t say I couldn’t put it down, I can say that I didn’t have any problems picking it up.

It was a much quicker, easier read than I expected. I liked all of the families and their stories. I wasn’t exactly sad when it ended but I wasn’t happy to be finished with it either. Not a bad book at all, I’m definitely glad I read it.

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Spinning Forward

7 Comments / 2009, Books in Bed, Chick Lit, Favorites, Fiction, Women /

When sassymonkey Chattered/Tweeted about Spinning Forward all I did was look at the cover, see the pretty yarn and reserve it at the library. I didn’t look to see what it was about.

When I picked it up on Thursday I realized it was about a woman who opened a yarn store in Cedar Key… and I really did almost cry.

I miss my LYS and my LYSOs. I miss Florida. I miss Cedar Key.

The book itself was nice enough. Not an award winner but a nice story about a woman finding herself. I wouldn’t have liked it nearly as much if it hadn’t been set in Cedar Key and if I didn’t have such great LYSO friends.

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Going Bovine

1 Comment / 2009, Audiobooks, Books in Bed, Chick Lit, Fiction, Queer, Young Adult /

Not sure why I grabbed Going Bovine on audio, probably related to having just finished South of Broad on audio and feeling like something was missing by being in the car without an audio book.

It was a good choice for audio. I think it was probably better in audio than I’d have found it if I’d read it in paper.

Amusing story and I appreciated that the ending wasn’t fairy tale (TW was less appreciative of that and I bet if the kids had heard the ending, they’d have been disappointed.)

The best parts were related to the CESSNAB (Church of Everlasting Satisfaction and Snack and Bowl) and the “freeing of the snowglobes”.

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