Via some unknown stupidity, a random act of idiocy, I managed to delete my site and lost all information, including reviews on it. So if you notice that some reviews have similar dates, it is because I am reposting as I can.
In between bouts of self-flagellation that is.
Please be patient with me as I get all my past reviews back up and get caught up on my current ones as well.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Crooked Little Vein
Crooked Little Vein is the title of the latest (and greatest) creation of Warren Ellis.
This has to be, hands down, the funniest novel I've read in some time. After reading his comic books for years, I had often wished he would write a novel and this is why. The sharp wit and dry humor will leave you gasping for air and your jaws aching from laughing so much.
Our protagonist is a PI named Michael McGill and is a bit of a stereotype. The guy sleeping in his office, wearing yesterdays shirts and wondering if he'll be able to pay the rent of have to sneak out of town.
Just he is wondering about this (and if his shirt is too yellowed to wear another day) he gets a visitor like no other. And no, it's not a beautiful bombshell, but rather a very strange little man making him an offer he can't refuse.
Michael is hired to find the 2nd (and very secret) Constitution. The so-called 'real' one.
So he's off and running. Unfortunately, Michael has a talent for falling into the worst sort of situations. Things just go bad around him and getting this job is only the smallest part of how bad things are going to get.
If you like mysteries, humor and very strange events, this is the book for you. In fact, you should buy it even if those aren't your things. Crooked Little Vein will convert you. Buy 2 copies and give one away. Afflict someone else with the writings of warren Ellis!
This has to be, hands down, the funniest novel I've read in some time. After reading his comic books for years, I had often wished he would write a novel and this is why. The sharp wit and dry humor will leave you gasping for air and your jaws aching from laughing so much.
Our protagonist is a PI named Michael McGill and is a bit of a stereotype. The guy sleeping in his office, wearing yesterdays shirts and wondering if he'll be able to pay the rent of have to sneak out of town.
Just he is wondering about this (and if his shirt is too yellowed to wear another day) he gets a visitor like no other. And no, it's not a beautiful bombshell, but rather a very strange little man making him an offer he can't refuse.
Michael is hired to find the 2nd (and very secret) Constitution. The so-called 'real' one.
So he's off and running. Unfortunately, Michael has a talent for falling into the worst sort of situations. Things just go bad around him and getting this job is only the smallest part of how bad things are going to get.
If you like mysteries, humor and very strange events, this is the book for you. In fact, you should buy it even if those aren't your things. Crooked Little Vein will convert you. Buy 2 copies and give one away. Afflict someone else with the writings of warren Ellis!
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
A book of course!
I like to read and I like to talk about what I read. So this gives me a chance to talk to myself about books I've read or want to read.
To start off-
Dead To Me by Anton Strout.
Urban Fantasy at it's best and funniest.
Simon has a peculiar view of good and evil in that it is simply a black and white affair. You are good or you are evil, there isn't anything in between. A good part of this novel is of Simon learning the hard and usually humorous way that there is a lot of gray in the world as well.
Not to mention the foibles of falling for a ghost or a minion of evil. Then there are the attack-prone bookcases, file cabinets that eat people and the occasional outbreak of brain-loving zombies to be put down.
I haven't enjoyed a novel so much in quite a while and am eager to read the next book in the series. In fact, I couldn't put it down and read it non-stop from beginning to end with breaks for resting my sides from laughing so much.
This really is a must-read book and an exceptional first attempt for Anton Strout.
Now a brief message from the Penguin Group;
To start off-
Dead To Me by Anton Strout.
Urban Fantasy at it's best and funniest.
I believe this is Anton's first novel, although he does have a few short stories out that are excellent as well. As a first attempt, I would rate it very high.
Maybe even 5 bookworms out of 5!
Simon has a peculiar view of good and evil in that it is simply a black and white affair. You are good or you are evil, there isn't anything in between. A good part of this novel is of Simon learning the hard and usually humorous way that there is a lot of gray in the world as well.
Not to mention the foibles of falling for a ghost or a minion of evil. Then there are the attack-prone bookcases, file cabinets that eat people and the occasional outbreak of brain-loving zombies to be put down.
I haven't enjoyed a novel so much in quite a while and am eager to read the next book in the series. In fact, I couldn't put it down and read it non-stop from beginning to end with breaks for resting my sides from laughing so much.
This really is a must-read book and an exceptional first attempt for Anton Strout.
Now a brief message from the Penguin Group;
An excerpt from debut author Anton Strout's terrific urban fantasy novel, Dead To Me:
Possessing the power of psychometry has meant a life of petty crime and failed relationships for Simon Canderous, but now he's gone over to the good side. A recent recruit to New York City's underfunded and (mostly) secret Department of Extraordinary Affairs, Simon's learning his way around mazes of red tape, office politics, and the basics of paranormal investigation. But it's not just the paperwork that has him breathless...
After Simon spills his coffee on (okay, through) the mysterious ghost of a beautiful woman—who doesn't know she's dead—he and his mentor decide to track down her killers. But Simon's not at all prepared for the strange and nefarious plot that unfolds before him, one involving politically correct cultists, a large wooden fish, a homicidal bookcase, and the forces of Darkness, which kind of have a crush on him.
http://us.penguingroup.com/static/html/scifi-fantasy/deadtome.html
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