Book 235 The Counte of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics)

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This is the story of Edmund Dantes. Edmund's life is destroyed when he's accused of a crime, he's sentenced to jail and as a result of spending years in jail before he manages to escape he loses his father and his fiancee. After escaping jail, Edmund plots out a mission of revenge against those who've wronged him after discovering a fortune of treasure hidden on the small remote island of Monte Cristo. 

Book 234 I, Monster by Tom Philbin

I, Monster: Serial Killers in Their Own Chilling Words

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This book is an account of various serial killers, each serial killer featured has a paragraph or two of background information followed by the serial killer's own words. Each killer's words came from written accounts, accounts of court trials, and accounts of interviews. 

I didn't really enjoy this book, I felt like I had to suffer through it. It's good for some quick research on certain killers, especially killers that don't have much information about them published, but the author's sources are sometimes not credible so the research aspect quality is questionable.

 

Book 233 Two for the dough by Janet Evanovich

Two for the Dough (Stephanie Plum Novels)

Number two in the Stephanie Plum series. Stephanie is on the hunt for Joe Morelli's cousin Kenny Mancuso. While searching for Mancuso she gets wrapped up hunting for some missing coffins. With Grandma Mazur as her sidekick she visits some funerals and tries to solve the case of the missing caskets and nab Mancuso.

Book 232 My big fat Supernatural Honeymoon edited by P.N. Elrod

My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon

I'm reformatting this blog again to a more loosely based format. I'm no longer liking the Summary, Opinion and why I chose to read this thing, I just want to write, describe the book a little, maybe give an opinion if I feel like I really hated it or something. So until I figure out if another format works for me I'll just be writing a few paragraphs about each book in an uncategorized paragraph/category entry. 


This is a sequel to My Big Fat Supernatural wedding. There's a few different short stories, written by different authors on the fictional subject of a supernatural honeymoon. The stories were amusing, some were funny, nothing overly creepy even though the stories were of a supernatural subject. A nice read if you are into short stories. 

 

Book 231 - Cindy Sherman: The complete untitled film stills by Peter Galassi

Cindy Sherman: The Complete Untitled Film Stills

Summary:
In the beginning of the book there's a brief introduction by Cindy Sherman, followed by plates of her untitled film stills. 

Opinion:
This book was a good book for a brief section of Sherman's work. I think I read the essay introduction before in another book.

Why I chose to read this: 
I'm mildly obsessed with Cindy Sherman's work, so I basically tried to get my hands on whatever the library system had in order to read about her.

 

Book 230 - The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling

 The Casual Vacancy

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Summary:
The sequence of events in this book start when Barry Fairbrother passes away. His death leaves an open seat on the Pagford Council, a casual vacancy that some of the town members battle for.

Opinion:
This book was a little strange, it was decent, well written, I couldn't stop reading it, but I hated the ending. The ending was incredibly sad, I wish the book ended differently but I could see why J.K. Rowling chose the ending she did.

Why I chose to read this:
I was interested in this since I found out over the summer she was publishing this book in September.

Book 229 My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding

My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding

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Summary:
This is a collection of short stories featuring weddings and the supernatural.

Opinion:
This book was pretty entertaining, nice to read for the month of October, this month I'm trying to read some spooky scary works here and there.

Why I chose to read this:
Nabbed this book from work shortly before taking off for my own wedding, I think it was listed as part of a series I might start reading by P.N. Elrod.