Sunday, August 24, 2014

Malice in Wonderland by Lotus Rose


Didn't know what I signed up for when I got this from Amazon for free lol. I thought it was a great concept and an easy read (prose-wise). I love fairy tales and twisted fairy tales, of course, but this wasn't as engaging as I thought it would be. That was probably the reason why it took a few days for me to finish something I'd read in half a day. I kept finding more interesting things to do. 

Probably the most entertaining parts were those with the double meanings ... as in Humpty Dumpty tells Alice to "come bend over my lap and I'll give you a spanking, you bad, baaaaad girl" ... or something of that sort.

Saturday, August 16, 2014

The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbøl and Agnete Friis ... and New Book Purchase

A lot of times, for me, the maker and breaker of a novel is the main character. Whether I like them or not. For The Boy in the Suitcase, it's both. Nina Borg is seriously flawed and I loved that the hero of a series is that. No hidden powers or special abilities or out of this world IQ. On the contrary, she's very unstable emotionally ... and I would say mentally. I liked how it makes it possible for anyone to be the hero. Now, to be able to keep a straight face and a clear head in times of distress when you're with OTHER people is awesome but if you can't do that when you're with your family, your kids and your own blood, that doesn't quite sit right with me. I don't know. Helping other people without asking for anything in return is good but it seems like this person has a hero syndrome. Not to the point that she's creating a situation to rescue people but still ...

Actually, scratch all that, my main issue was that I didn't know how to pronounce the names of most characters here. Kidding.

I like thrillers and I like "cultural" books, I learn a lot from them. I like that this is fast paced and didn't drag.

So yeah, I liked it a lot. I'd give it a 4 except if I give it a 4 it means I'd be in a hurry to read the next couple of novels but I'm not so it's more a 3.5.
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Got a couple Terry Pratchett books from BookSale. These are a bit expensive from the usual second hand books I like to buy but the quality is almost new so I'm pretty happy about it. I got A Hat Full of Sky for 180php and Wings for 145php. 

Monday, August 11, 2014

Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett


I'm liking Granny Weatherwax better in every Witches novel I read. She really grows on you. Or me. Not that I didn't like her before. I did. It's just out of the all the Discworld series my favorite were the Watch novels with Rincewind coming to a second close. The rest, I see as equal. This, however, made me want to read her more than Rincewind.  Yeah ... girl power and all. Lol. 

This third installment of the Witches novels is all about making your own destiny and all that shizz. It makes a great deal about how stories and the Grimm's fairy tales so everyone should be able to relate to the humor. I might have said it before but I'll say it again, Terry Pratchett writes the best satire-fantasy novels. I don't think I'll ever write reviews good enough to give this series justice.