Showing posts with label christopher fowler. Show all posts
Showing posts with label christopher fowler. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
what I thought about "white corridor" and "tears of the giraffe"
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
what I thought about a bunch of halloweeny books
I got way behind on books.
1. A Newbery Halloween, compiled by Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh
2. Spirits, Spooks, and Other Sinister Creatures, selected by Helen Hoke
3. Seventy-seven Clocks, Chistopher Fowler
4. We'll Always Have Paris, Ray Bradbury
1. Many of these stories suffered from being extracted from larger works, and the maturity level varies widely. Uneven and not very engaging.
2. This one was better. There's nothing too awful in it that would scare older elementary or junior high kids.
3. I am conflicted about this book. It's very creative, like the other Bryant and May book I read, but there was a referral to sexual assault as "having intercourse" that bothered me intensely. Don't worry, it's not an Oprah-type book that will make you want to throw up while the flames from your eyes are burning the organs of all pedophiles past, present and future. I mean, because you want to do that anyway, right? But this one will not substantially intensify that desire.
4. This was not the strongest Bradbury collection I've ever read.
1. A Newbery Halloween, compiled by Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh
2. Spirits, Spooks, and Other Sinister Creatures, selected by Helen Hoke
3. Seventy-seven Clocks, Chistopher Fowler
4. We'll Always Have Paris, Ray Bradbury
1. Many of these stories suffered from being extracted from larger works, and the maturity level varies widely. Uneven and not very engaging.
2. This one was better. There's nothing too awful in it that would scare older elementary or junior high kids.
3. I am conflicted about this book. It's very creative, like the other Bryant and May book I read, but there was a referral to sexual assault as "having intercourse" that bothered me intensely. Don't worry, it's not an Oprah-type book that will make you want to throw up while the flames from your eyes are burning the organs of all pedophiles past, present and future. I mean, because you want to do that anyway, right? But this one will not substantially intensify that desire.
4. This was not the strongest Bradbury collection I've ever read.
Sunday, August 12, 2012
what I thought about "the water room"
It's such a delight to find new, well-written series. I have a bunch of No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agencies and Peculiar Crimes Units that will keep me busy for a long time.
The detectives in "The Water Room" are old Englishmen, one of whom has false teeth and buys kidneys from street butchers. It talks about London's underground rivers, and I found the whole thing thoroughly fascinating. I am going to read the crap out of this series.
The detectives in "The Water Room" are old Englishmen, one of whom has false teeth and buys kidneys from street butchers. It talks about London's underground rivers, and I found the whole thing thoroughly fascinating. I am going to read the crap out of this series.
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