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Books 11 — 14

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The one nice thing about excessive amounts of  laundry days is that I can finally get caught up and finish the 8,000 books I have on the go at any one time.

Book 11: Undead and Unworthy by MaryJanice Davidson

So I was wrong. This is the book where the series changes. Thank goodness I asked to have it brought home as I had no memory of what happened. The summary: Quick, tie up any loose ends and dramatically change the series in one fell swoop. And make sure that when you fell swoop, you fell swoop. Rating: B

Book 12: Undead and Unwelcome by MaryJanice Davidson

Quick: crossover all unresolved werewolf plotlines that bled into this series from the other one and stuff all the plot you can think of into this book so you can do little bits of the consequences over the next four titles (a standard Besty trope btw). Rating: B

Book 13: Peter and Max: A Fables Novel by Bill Willingham

This was a nice story about some of the stories Bill wasn’t able to put into the story about the Fables. Or something like that. I really enjoyed it even though it took me forever to read it. I think that’s more the fault of my wanting to switch genres to hard-core sci-fi than anything in the book. When I did sit down to read it I was absorbed. There are some nice little tie-ins to the overall Fables universe that I think add an amazing amount of depth and answer a question I had not really even thought of asking. I love how Willingham takes some of the cute little rhymes we know and turn them on their head.  Rating: A, A+ if you’ve read the graphic novels.

Book 14: R is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton

In anticipation of U coming out I’m rereading the last few. Can you believe that she has been writing this series since 1982? Crazy. R is essentially summed up in the epilogue “In the passing drama of live, I’m usually the heroine, but occasionally I’m simply a minor character in someone else’s play.” I thought it was a neat twist to the series having Kinsey essentially just along for the ride without anything to really solve. She just has to survive. Rating: B+

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