pickReading in the Rivers of London series universe is always a good time. What follows are primary observation from each short story.
The Home Crowd Advantage: cheeky among the pathos.
The Domestic: Little bit grim, little bit sad, wouldn't be an Rivers of London collection without it.
The Cockpit - haunted (? 😏) bookstore!
[Toby cameos!]
The Loneliness of Long-Distance Grannies: Respect your elders. ☺️ 1/?
Flew back home and took a short break from ‘The Faithful and the Fallen‘ to read Jade City. Feels like the Godfather tune played on a Chinese harp. Enjoying it so far.
First book of May completed. Yay! 🎉
Now trying to decide if I should pick up the next one or finish something else I started in April. Hm, decisions, decisions. 🤔🤣
pickAnother good installment in the October Daye series, but I did find one thing disappointing. I was excited that this book was set in Toronto (close to where I live) but almost all the action happened in the hidden faerie realm. The only Toronto references were the overused Tim Hortons jokes. We really do have more than Tim Hortons here in Canada! 😄
pickGlad for the author's acknowledgements, it confirms that this is a duology, that the bit of pacing that felt rushed to me is likely the result of the transformation from a planned trilogy, and needing to wrap up a lot of loose ends in a shorter time frame. All of which did not take away from my enjoyment of the tale. 1/?
so-so3.4⭐️ don‘t give me wrong with, this book wasn‘t bad, it just wasn‘t the best when I read this month. Though Grownup is still the absolute worst for the year!
The good news is, in amongst the duds and the meh, there were some real treasures read in April.
pickThe second InCryptid book was just as fun as the first. McGuire populates her urban fantasy with memorable, entertaining characters—take Istas who walks around asking “if there will be carnage,” for example—and sets them in a world where dragons, talking mice (who happen to really like cake), & other such creatures hide & thrive amongst humans…until the Covenant of St. George shows up to purge them. Humorous with a good dash of danger & mayhem.
pickLet's play review catchup!
It took me long enough to get into this one that I considered DNFing despite the spectacular title, but the beginning was, in fact, somewhat boring. But the story picks up once Brian realizes his new werewolf life coach is no good. At that point it got a lot more interesting and really turned around for me. Basically a college student turned werewolf working as a batista gets suckered into a self help pyramid scheme.
A Dedicated Follower of Fashion: Trippy
Favourite Uncle: More Abigail !
Vanessa Sommer's Other Christmas List: I'm hoping this is a character from one of the novellas I've yet to read, because I'm drawing a blank on any other appearances - pleasant diversion as a story. 4h
The Moments that ended the collection just made me want more!
End note by author promised there will be/are more short stories, for now I will satisfy my craving with those novellas I haven't caught up on. 4h