My favourite genre is fantasy but I also love comedy, which means I am a big fan of Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, Neil Gaiman and CK McDonnell. Truth is, I'll read anything!
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In Discworld, time is a resource managed by the highly capable Monks of History. Everybody …
Death books are probably my favourite, but this book is perfect! Monks that control time and people that waste it. Auditors that keep missing the magic of life and the wonderful magic that is to be alive. When time, life and chocolates collide - this one cannot be missed.
Twelve-year-old Barney Willow gets his wish to be a cat but soon discovers that not …
Barney's parents are divorced and his dad is missing, he hates his new school and every little bit of his life. How much easier it would be to be a cat...
This book is intended for children and tells a very nice story about growing up and learning to accept yourself. Great narration as well.
It has a dark past—one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen …
Zorian Kazinski has grown in the shadow of his two older brothers, and can't wait to be back in the academy to finally actually perform magic. He is not very friendly nor kind to his colleagues, but he has a lot of ambition and thinks that is enough. Until a strange occurrence keeps him locked in time.
This was the first time I tried reading a web serial and I am pretty amazed at how good it is. The way the sentences are phrased sounds a little weird, as well as the choice of words, but the story is amazingly good! The pace is great, we keep learning new things and the characters develop in unexpected ways. It is probably one of my favourite reads ever, hopefully the remaining arcs are as good!
"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."
In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, …
A group of scientists is exploring a planet and they have a security bot to keep them safe. However, said bot is more of a free agent than they supposed as it hacked its own module. This gives it more time to do what it enjoys: watching series. That is, until its crew gets into trouble.
I wa surprised by this book. It's shorter than it should be, there's some great and very quotable sentenced and I can't wait to read the next! I hope we get to learn more about Mensah eventually.
Oswald Wednesday is the main fugitive Stephanie is after this time, and he is not only a hacker but also a deranged murderer. However, she is not alone in pursuing Oswald: Diesel Diesel is back and he is also after Oswald, not to mention Morelli. Diesel is a nice welcome back (I haven't read his series), there's car explosions and everything we've come to expect of Stephanie but there's also some newfound maturity and a bit of a change in her stars. As always, I had a lot of fun listening to this story - Lorelei King is amazing!
This book collects a series of short stories for children about Christmas. As expected, the stories are funny and you'll probably have a laugh reading them even if you're an adult. The illustrated version is particularly fine.
I appreciate when characters grow and change their ways according to what they've lived. Sunshine and her daughter Aurora are two such characters. In a small town where stabbings seem to be all the fashion, Sheriff Sunshine Vicram tries to understand what is going on, while balancing a teenager daughter, a stalker and way too many hormones. I enjoyed this book a lot! And there is a beautiful but heartbreaking moment that brings a lot of depth to the plot.
This book has some serious good pointers on how to help people cope in transition periods, which frankly happens every other day on technology companies. It also makes good comparisons between what is change and what is transition, and why it takes time for us to adapt and how to use that space in the best way. Somewhere along the middle I was a bit lost but I connected again to the book by the end. Worth it if you need some clarity on how to deal with changes.
Dan Deadman has a peculiar name, but very appropriate since he is dead. On the bright side, he can stitch his body back together and will not die in a fight, but he is dead... and stinks. As a private detective, Dan focus on weird monsters and it's during an assignment that he meets Ollie and then things get weirder - even for Dan.
I enjoyed this story, even though part of the Space Team catalogue it is hugely different. It is set in a darker scenery and is less silly, but equally funny and adventurous. Dan is trying to finding a missing girl and realising he is not much of a detective. Ollie is my favourite and I am pleased to see her staying as a main character. Phil Thron does a tremendous job voicing this one, well done!
Fred - the vampire accountant - is the mellowest vampire, but thanks to his friends he always finds himself in very tricky (and deadly) situations. Thanks to his good nature, he keeps adding good friends to his little family, which warms my heart. Fred is possibly the only vampire that goes against the very popular depiction of strong alpha vampire, and that makes this take on vampires truly refreshing. I am not sure how the author manages to come up with so many different plots involving the supernatural community, but I will keep reading them.
Sunshine Vicram is elected sheriff of a small town called Del Sol (of course) and on her first day on the job a girl is abducted from her home. The girl knew this would happen and described everything in detail, including her death - which means Sunshine has only three days to find her.
Darynda Jones is good with her crime plots. I never see the twists coming, even though I know they will. It's interesting to read a book from Daryinda where the main characters do no have superpowers, even though there is a bit of supernatural flowing around. There's even a nice nod to Charley Davidson that I particularly loved. The only reason I'm giving it 4 stars is because it takes some time to pick up pace, I gave up twice before switching to the audiobook and that's when I finished it. Stick with it, the story …
Sunshine Vicram is elected sheriff of a small town called Del Sol (of course) and on her first day on the job a girl is abducted from her home. The girl knew this would happen and described everything in detail, including her death - which means Sunshine has only three days to find her.
Darynda Jones is good with her crime plots. I never see the twists coming, even though I know they will. It's interesting to read a book from Daryinda where the main characters do no have superpowers, even though there is a bit of supernatural flowing around. There's even a nice nod to Charley Davidson that I particularly loved. The only reason I'm giving it 4 stars is because it takes some time to pick up pace, I gave up twice before switching to the audiobook and that's when I finished it. Stick with it, the story and funny dialogues are worth the time and there's a lot of material left for more series.
Another great and funny adventure of the Space Team. This time the team finds a kidnaped girl, whose voice is immensely powerful, and gets involved in a set of adventures to bring her home. And the fun does not stop there. Warning: it involves too many descriptions of bananofee. Great narration by the Graphic Audio team.
The story picks up exactly where it stopped in the last book, the space team is looking for Splurt that is somewhere with Zertex after Vajazzle caught him.
This book is a little more serious than the previous two. It is still fun but Cal and the others go through a lot more dangerous situations than before, and it changes them. A fun read, and a great listen if you have access to the Graphic Audio version.
Fred was a dull human and a boring accountant, being turned into a vampire didn't exactly turn him into a sexy man nor a predator of the night. Being a vampire did not happen to Fred, Fred happened to vampirism and his new way of death will not change the fact that he cannot handle conflict. However, he is not alone and being a vampire will force him to realise that the world is a much stranger place than he thought.
I am not sure how I liked this so much, probably because it was unexpected. The short story format works very well and the people from Graphic Audio just make everything better. Fred is an incredibly lovable character and the friends he collects along the way are as funny as "special". The joust alone deserves the five stars.
