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August 20, 2010
The Ice Cream Girls – Dorothy Koomson
I've read and adored several of Dorothy Koomson's books and so was quite excited when this one was released. Had I known was it was about, I probably wouldn't have been quite so excited, but I'd have still grabbed it from the bookshop shelf regardless.
Koomson's books can be hard to categorise. They're kind of chick lit, but not. Despite their cute colourful covers, they're not really light and fluffy. They're actually pretty dark and deal with some of the more unpleasant facets of human...
Kiss of Death: The Morganville Vampires Book Eight – Rachel Caine
Book eight of The Morganville Vampires begins with something pretty normal – laundry. Claire's screwed up and dyed everyone's laundry pink. Not the end of the world for her and Eve, but the boys are going to be pretty peeved. Soon, though, it's the least of Claire's worries.
Bad-ass vampire Morley shows his face again and demands that Claire use her influence over Amelie to get him and his comrades out of town. Otherwise he'll kill Eve and Shane. Naturally, Claire agrees, despite having no...
Fade Out: The Morganville Vampires Book Seven – Rachel Caine
Fade Out is the seventh book in Rachel Caine's The Morganville Vampires series and she shows no signs of stopping. Which is a good thing, because I'm still thoroughly enjoying the books!
Just when you think things are starting to settle down for Claire Danvers and her friends, think again. **spoiler alert** Now that Bishop has been run out of town and Amelie is more or less in charge again, things are getting back to normal. Sort of. Amelie has agreed to do things differently this time...
August 17, 2010
Totty Tuesday – Harry Judd (McFly)
17th August 2010 – This week's Totty Tuesday is McFly's Harry Judd. Despite fancying the pants of off him since McFly began (hey, they're the same age as me, so even seven years ago it wasn't wrong!), I couldn't find a hugely sexy photo to post, because they're all ones of him looking awfully young, which makes me feel awfully old, and look more than a little perverted.
Sooo… I decided to post a video instead. It's the trailer to a short film being released by the boys next month, and it...
August 16, 2010
Carpe Corpus: The Morganville Vampires Book Six – Rachel Caine
Book six and the storyline is still going strong. **spoiler alert** – Claire and her friends are still pretty much in one piece, even after everything that has happened to them. Claire is still being forced to work for evil vampire Bishop, although she's still loyal to Amelie.
Bishop is still revelling in his victory, ordering people around left, right and centre. And although most people are just going along with it for a quiet life – and to stay alive – there are some who are seriously...
August 12, 2010
Scandalous Innocent – Juliet Landon
I wasn't sure what to expect from Scandalous Innocent. As a Mills and Boon book I knew it was going to be romantic, but it had also been touted as a bit saucy too – surprising as it's in support of The National Trust. The book has The National Trust's property, Ham House, as one of its settings and is selling it in many of its outlets, as well as more traditional book retailers.
When I started reading, I was impressed right away. Although the first part of the book is set in 1676 and the...
August 11, 2010
Single in the City – Michele Gorman
I took Single in the City to a spa with me and when I started reading it, I started to wish I hadn't. Brought it with me, that is, not started reading it. Reason being, just a few short pages, possibly even paragraphs, into the book and I was laughing. Out loud a couple of times. I quickly started to get funny looks from some of the patrons of the establishment. I ignored them and carried on reading, careful to bite my lip when I got to some more funny bits, of which there were plenty.
The...
Lord of Misrule: The Morganville Vampires Book Five – Rachel Caine
Lord of Misrule is the fifth book in The Morganville Vampires series by Rachel Caine. **spoiler alert** In the previous book, queen vampire Amelie's father had turned up. Mr. Bishop is one mean vampire, too. He makes ice cold Amelie look like a pussy cat. Sadly though, Bishop's return didn't signal an emotional family reunion. Bishop wants to take over Morganville, and if it means killing his daughter, he will. It's face off time.
Both Amelie and Bishop begin collecting followers as quickly...
August 9, 2010
Feast of Fools: The Morganville Vampires Book Four – Rachel Caine
Book Four of The Morganville Vampires and by now these books firmly have their fangs into me. Feast of Fools hots up the action in the Glass House once more with the arrival of Mr. Bishop, head vamp Amelie's father. Only the trouble is, Amelie isn't too pleased to see her daddy. She thinks that he plans to take over the town, even if it means killing her. It soon becomes apparent that this is true.
Morganville's generally an OK place to live as long as you abide by the rules and don't piss...
