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This is not your typical Christie novel. While there's a mystery or two, Postern of Fate is more of a recap of Tommy & Tuppence's adventures while they have one more.
I read some where that this was Christie's last novel, and that she made voice recordings of it over typing it out. As such, the story may be a bit more meandering than people expect.htt
Originally posted at readbakecreate.com.
This is not your typical Christie novel. While there's a mystery or two, Postern of Fate is more of a recap of Tommy & Tuppence's adventures while they have one more.
I read some where that this was Christie's last novel, and that she made voice recordings of it over typing it out. As such, the story may be a bit more meandering than people expect.htt
Originally posted at readbakecreate.com.
I added My Roommate Is a Vampire to my TBR when I first learned about it, almost a year before its release. It saddens me to know that it has taken me this long to read it. Overall, I enjoyed my time with Cassie and Fredrick.
I found this to be a quick and easy read, full of interesting characters. Though he is only a side character, Reginald is great fun and one I would love to know more about. Thankfully, he is one of the main characters in Levine’s second book, My Vampire Plus-One. Even Edwina, Fredrick’s mom, is an interesting character.
While there are some sexy scenes, most of those are over the halfway point of the book. In general, I would classify this as a slow-burn romance with a lot of will-they-or-won’t-they energy. From the moment Cassie meets Fredrick, she admits he’s the sexist man she’s ever met. And through Fredrick’s diary entries and texts with Reginald, we learn he is attracted to Cassie.
Most of the story is told in the first person from Cassie’s POV. However, most of the chapters do start with something from Fredrick. There are a few places where Fredrick’s thoughts are interjected in the middle of a chapter.
My biggest issue is Cassie herself. While it’s great to have a character who doesn’t have their stuff together, it gets a tad frustrating when they seem to ignore the assistance offered by their friends and family. I guess what I’m trying to say is that Cassie has a little too much woe-is-me energy for my liking.
Overall, My Roommate Is a Vampire is a quick and easy read that is lots of fun. Who will enjoy it? Honestly, that depends on how you like your vampires. Fredrick is not a sparkling, sex-crazed, needs to bite everyone kind of vampire. He’s more of a dark, broody one. But he’s more than that, too.
Originally posted at readbakecreate.com.
I added My Roommate Is a Vampire to my TBR when I first learned about it, almost a year before its release. It saddens me to know that it has taken me this long to read it. Overall, I enjoyed my time with Cassie and Fredrick.
I found this to be a quick and easy read, full of interesting characters. Though he is only a side character, Reginald is great fun and one I would love to know more about. Thankfully, he is one of the main characters in Levine’s second book, My Vampire Plus-One. Even Edwina, Fredrick’s mom, is an interesting character.
While there are some sexy scenes, most of those are over the halfway point of the book. In general, I would classify this as a slow-burn romance with a lot of will-they-or-won’t-they energy. From the moment Cassie meets Fredrick, she admits he’s the sexist man she’s ever met. And through Fredrick’s diary entries and texts with Reginald, we learn he is attracted to Cassie.
Most of the story is told in the first person from Cassie’s POV. However, most of the chapters do start with something from Fredrick. There are a few places where Fredrick’s thoughts are interjected in the middle of a chapter.
My biggest issue is Cassie herself. While it’s great to have a character who doesn’t have their stuff together, it gets a tad frustrating when they seem to ignore the assistance offered by their friends and family. I guess what I’m trying to say is that Cassie has a little too much woe-is-me energy for my liking.
Overall, My Roommate Is a Vampire is a quick and easy read that is lots of fun. Who will enjoy it? Honestly, that depends on how you like your vampires. Fredrick is not a sparkling, sex-crazed, needs to bite everyone kind of vampire. He’s more of a dark, broody one. But he’s more than that, too.
Originally posted at readbakecreate.com.
As someone who grew up in the 1980s, I remember watching Fox as Alex P. Keaton every week, though mostly after the period covered in the book. And like most Gen-X, I remember watching him as Marty McFly for the first time. For me, it wasn’t on the big screen, but the impact of Back to the Future was the same no matter what! So it felt like a no-brainer to read Future Boy. And I’m glad that I did.
From reading Future Boy, I learned things about the filming of Back to the Future that I hadn’t known. Like someone else had originally been cast to play Marty McFly. That seems preposterous to me. It turns out the role was actually written for Fox, but he wasn’t initially offered it because of his obligations to Family Ties.
I listened to the audiobook, which Fox himself narrated, and I highly recommend it as well. There are sound bites of various interviews conducted while writing the book. The physical copy has photos from Fox’s life, both before he became famous and from the sets of both the show and the movie.
Overall, anyone interested in TV and movie production would enjoy reading Future Boy. I also recommend it to everyone in search of a quick, refreshing, and blunt memoir.
As someone who grew up in the 1980s, I remember watching Fox as Alex P. Keaton every week, though mostly after the period covered in the book. And like most Gen-X, I remember watching him as Marty McFly for the first time. For me, it wasn’t on the big screen, but the impact of Back to the Future was the same no matter what! So it felt like a no-brainer to read Future Boy. And I’m glad that I did.
From reading Future Boy, I learned things about the filming of Back to the Future that I hadn’t known. Like someone else had originally been cast to play Marty McFly. That seems preposterous to me. It turns out the role was actually written for Fox, but he wasn’t initially offered it because of his obligations to Family Ties.
I listened to the audiobook, which Fox himself narrated, and I highly recommend it as well. There are sound bites of various interviews conducted while writing the book. The physical copy has photos from Fox’s life, both before he became famous and from the sets of both the show and the movie.
Overall, anyone interested in TV and movie production would enjoy reading Future Boy. I also recommend it to everyone in search of a quick, refreshing, and blunt memoir.
As someone who grew up in the 1980s, I remember watching Fox as Alex P. Keaton every week, though mostly after the period covered in the book. And like most Gen-X, I remember watching him as Marty McFly for the first time. For me, it wasn’t on the big screen, but the impact of Back to the Future was the same no matter what! So it felt like a no-brainer to read Future Boy. And I’m glad that I did.
From reading Future Boy, I learned things about the filming of Back to the Future that I hadn’t known. Like someone else had originally been cast to play Marty McFly. That seems preposterous to me. It turns out the role was actually written for Fox, but he wasn’t initially offered it because of his obligations to Family Ties.
I listened to the audiobook, which Fox himself narrated, and I highly recommend it as well. There are sound bites of various interviews conducted while writing the book. The physical copy has photos from Fox’s life, both before he became famous and from the sets of both the show and the movie.
Overall, anyone interested in TV and movie production would enjoy reading Future Boy. I also recommend it to everyone in search of a quick, refreshing, and blunt memoir.
As someone who grew up in the 1980s, I remember watching Fox as Alex P. Keaton every week, though mostly after the period covered in the book. And like most Gen-X, I remember watching him as Marty McFly for the first time. For me, it wasn’t on the big screen, but the impact of Back to the Future was the same no matter what! So it felt like a no-brainer to read Future Boy. And I’m glad that I did.
From reading Future Boy, I learned things about the filming of Back to the Future that I hadn’t known. Like someone else had originally been cast to play Marty McFly. That seems preposterous to me. It turns out the role was actually written for Fox, but he wasn’t initially offered it because of his obligations to Family Ties.
I listened to the audiobook, which Fox himself narrated, and I highly recommend it as well. There are sound bites of various interviews conducted while writing the book. The physical copy has photos from Fox’s life, both before he became famous and from the sets of both the show and the movie.
Overall, anyone interested in TV and movie production would enjoy reading Future Boy. I also recommend it to everyone in search of a quick, refreshing, and blunt memoir.
As someone who grew up in the 1980s, I remember watching Fox as Alex P. Keaton every week, though mostly after the period covered in the book. And like most Gen-X, I remember watching him as Marty McFly for the first time. For me, it wasn’t on the big screen, but the impact of Back to the Future was the same no matter what! So it felt like a no-brainer to read Future Boy. And I’m glad that I did.
From reading Future Boy, I learned things about the filming of Back to the Future that I hadn’t known. Like someone else had originally been cast to play Marty McFly. That seems preposterous to me. It turns out the role was actually written for Fox, but he wasn’t initially offered it because of his obligations to Family Ties.
I listened to the audiobook, which Fox himself narrated, and I highly recommend it as well. There are sound bites of various interviews conducted while writing the book. The physical copy has photos from Fox’s life, both before he became famous and from the sets of both the show and the movie.
Overall, anyone interested in TV and movie production would enjoy reading Future Boy. I also recommend it to everyone in search of a quick, refreshing, and blunt memoir.
As someone who grew up in the 1980s, I remember watching Fox as Alex P. Keaton every week, though mostly after the period covered in the book. And like most Gen-X, I remember watching him as Marty McFly for the first time. For me, it wasn’t on the big screen, but the impact of Back to the Future was the same no matter what! So it felt like a no-brainer to read Future Boy. And I’m glad that I did.
From reading Future Boy, I learned things about the filming of Back to the Future that I hadn’t known. Like someone else had originally been cast to play Marty McFly. That seems preposterous to me. It turns out the role was actually written for Fox, but he wasn’t initially offered it because of his obligations to Family Ties.
I listened to the audiobook, which Fox himself narrated, and I highly recommend it as well. There are sound bites of various interviews conducted while writing the book. The physical copy has photos from Fox’s life, both before he became famous and from the sets of both the show and the movie.
Overall, anyone interested in TV and movie production would enjoy reading Future Boy. I also recommend it to everyone in search of a quick, refreshing, and blunt memoir.
As someone who grew up in the 1980s, I remember watching Fox as Alex P. Keaton every week, though mostly after the period covered in the book. And like most Gen-X, I remember watching him as Marty McFly for the first time. For me, it wasn’t on the big screen, but the impact of Back to the Future was the same no matter what! So it felt like a no-brainer to read Future Boy. And I’m glad that I did.
From reading Future Boy, I learned things about the filming of Back to the Future that I hadn’t known. Like someone else had originally been cast to play Marty McFly. That seems preposterous to me. It turns out the role was actually written for Fox, but he wasn’t initially offered it because of his obligations to Family Ties.
I listened to the audiobook, which Fox himself narrated, and I highly recommend it as well. There are sound bites of various interviews conducted while writing the book. The physical copy has photos from Fox’s life, both before he became famous and from the sets of both the show and the movie.
Overall, anyone interested in TV and movie production would enjoy reading Future Boy. I also recommend it to everyone in search of a quick, refreshing, and blunt memoir.
As someone who grew up in the 1980s, I remember watching Fox as Alex P. Keaton every week, though mostly after the period covered in the book. And like most Gen-X, I remember watching him as Marty McFly for the first time. For me, it wasn’t on the big screen, but the impact of Back to the Future was the same no matter what! So it felt like a no-brainer to read Future Boy. And I’m glad that I did.
From reading Future Boy, I learned things about the filming of Back to the Future that I hadn’t known. Like someone else had originally been cast to play Marty McFly. That seems preposterous to me. It turns out the role was actually written for Fox, but he wasn’t initially offered it because of his obligations to Family Ties.
I listened to the audiobook, which Fox himself narrated, and I highly recommend it as well. There are sound bites of various interviews conducted while writing the book. The physical copy has photos from Fox’s life, both before he became famous and from the sets of both the show and the movie.
Overall, anyone interested in TV and movie production would enjoy reading Future Boy. I also recommend it to everyone in search of a quick, refreshing, and blunt memoir.
I want to thank Tor Publishing and NetGalley for the opportunity to read an advanced copy of Dead Weight. All opinions presented here are my own.
I requested the ARC for Dead Weight for two reasons. The first, because I’ve read a book by Knútsdóttir a couple of years ago, and found it interesting. The second is that Knútsdóttir is from Iceland. I suppose I have a weakness for Icelandic authors, even if their genre isn’t my normal.
Now, let’s talk about Dead Weight. This can be a quick read, as it’s around 160 pages. But you may find yourself taking it slowly with the first half or so. Well, after you get past the prologue and the first little bit of the first chapter. But once the ball starts rolling, it speeds to the finish line.
Yes, the events of the final few chapters are obvious from the beginning. But I wasn’t certain who it would be until a chapter or so before it happened. And just because you know what’s coming doesn’t mean it’s not worth the read.
Dead Weight is marketed as a horror; it’s more than that. Yes, there are horror elements, including some blood and gore. But it’s also a look at what happens when people get pushed to the edge. While none of the characters are what one would call good people, you will find yourself able to relate to Unnur’s thoughts and actions as the book progresses.
If you’re looking for a book with interesting pacing and story arc, you should give
Originally posted at readbakecreate.com.
I want to thank Tor Publishing and NetGalley for the opportunity to read an advanced copy of Dead Weight. All opinions presented here are my own.
I requested the ARC for Dead Weight for two reasons. The first, because I’ve read a book by Knútsdóttir a couple of years ago, and found it interesting. The second is that Knútsdóttir is from Iceland. I suppose I have a weakness for Icelandic authors, even if their genre isn’t my normal.
Now, let’s talk about Dead Weight. This can be a quick read, as it’s around 160 pages. But you may find yourself taking it slowly with the first half or so. Well, after you get past the prologue and the first little bit of the first chapter. But once the ball starts rolling, it speeds to the finish line.
Yes, the events of the final few chapters are obvious from the beginning. But I wasn’t certain who it would be until a chapter or so before it happened. And just because you know what’s coming doesn’t mean it’s not worth the read.
Dead Weight is marketed as a horror; it’s more than that. Yes, there are horror elements, including some blood and gore. But it’s also a look at what happens when people get pushed to the edge. While none of the characters are what one would call good people, you will find yourself able to relate to Unnur’s thoughts and actions as the book progresses.
If you’re looking for a book with interesting pacing and story arc, you should give
Originally posted at readbakecreate.com.
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With that ending, there had better be a 5th book! Someone, please, tell me there's another one coming?
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