recent reading

[bunrab]

Read a whole bunch of xmas-themed short story and novella anthologies, not worth mentioning (although Wolfsbane and Mistletoe, werewolf Christmas stories, is a pretty funny concept, erractically implemented) and I'll mention one xmas novel, Donna Andrews' Six Geese a-Slaying - it's the latest in her Meg Lanslow series, and it's back to being funny, which the previous volume wasn't, which is why I mention it even though it's a series book.

And Jim Butcher's Welcome to the Jungle, a Harry Dresden graphic novel, which I felt was eh. I mean, OK, but thinnish on plot and I really like having more detail in these; in this case, the pictures were NOT worth a thousand words to me, and I much would have preferred a good ol'-fashioned text novel. Oh, and when it has a cape/mantle, people, it's not a duster any more, it's a freakin' greatcoat, OK??

And a graphic novel I didn't finish, Preacher, Vo. 1: Welcome to Texas - not my cup o' tea, too weird, with a plot line that has too little coherence and too much violence and profanity just for the sake of violence and profanity. Though I do sorta like the Irish vampire character. But I'm not gonna bother finishing this or looking for the rest of the series.

Comments

[n5red.livejournal.com]

Both of my dusters have a cape. It helps shed water from the shoulders and upper back.

[bunrab.livejournal.com]

then it's not a duster, it's a freakin' greatcoat, OK????

[fadethecat.livejournal.com]

I felt the same way about Preacher. I was told repeatedly it was a really excellent series, but the author seemed far too in love with his "Look at how edgy I am! Am I edgy, or what! Ha! Look at that! Edgy!" dialogue, storyline, characters...everything. I kinda liked the vampire too, but not enough to ever go past the first volume.

[n5red.livejournal.com]

no, it isn't!