Thursday, October 25, 2012

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.
 

Sunday, October 7, 2012

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


 The Casual Vacancy

770 books to go!

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

771 books to go!

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. 
 

Friday, September 28, 2012

Book 228 More Stories from the Twilight Zone


Twilight Zone: 19 Original Stories on the 50th Anniversary
772 books to go!

Summary:
 This book contains 19 short stories inspired by the Twilight Zone series. This is a second anthology of short stories.

Opinion:
I dig the twilight zone a lot, some of these stories were pretty interesting, some were possibly a little bit too over my head but I enjoyed them anyway.

Why I chose to read this:
I found it in the short story section of the library before I left for the wedding and decided to pick it up. 
 

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Book 227 One for the Money by Janet Evanovich


One for the Money (Movie Tie-in) (Stephanie Plum Novels)

773 books to go!

Summary:
Stephanie Plum finds herself working as a bounty hunter for her cousin Vinny. She's after Joe Morelli in order to earn $10,000 commission. This debut novel for this series follows Stephanie as she chases after Morelli, and dodges unwanted advances from a boxer who abuses women. Stephanie finds herself in a lot of interesting trouble that will sometimes have you literally laughing out loud.

Opinion:
I enjoyed this book and will now eagerly plow through this series among the many other books I'm reading. I love Stephanie's character as I'm sure many people do. I would also like to see the movie.

Why I chose to read this:
Among the many books Shawn found for me to put on my kindle when he got it for me as a Christmas gift a few books in this series were included. In order to get to the ones on my kindle I had to start the series with the first novel and continue.