It's Monday - what are you reading?
Weekly Reads About Zombies, Werewolves and Polygamy Plus a Who Done It Tale
Last Week I Read
Warm Bodies, Isaac Marion. Weird but interesting - devoured this in a little over a day. Not sure if I liked the ending though.
R is a zombie. He has no memories, no identity, and no pulse, but he has dreams. He's a little different from his fellow Dead. After meeting Julie, a human girl who the zombie "R" impulsively saves and hides away in an abandoned plane, he begins to experience thoughts and feelings that he'd forgotten he'd ever had.
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives, Lola Shoneyin. Wow - so well written. All I can say is - READ IT!!!
When Baba Segi awoke with a bellyache for the sixth day in a row, he knew it was time to do something drastic about his fourth wife's childlessness. Meet Baba Segi, a plump, vain, and prosperous middle-aged man of robust appetites, Baba Segi is the patriarch of a large household that includes a quartet of wives and seven children.
Forever (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, #3), Maggie Stiefvater. Not as good as the first 2 books in the trilogy, sadly. Feels like characters were created in order just to tie up loose ends.
Sam and Grace steal breathtakingly sweet moments together between Grace's unpredictable werewolf transformations, and Cole and Isabel struggle to melt each others' icy exteriors - all while Isabel's father plots to wipe out the wolves once and for all.
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, Alan Bradley. I only read this because it was required for a reading challenge - I'm generally not a fan of books portraying young sleuths who tackle murderers and obstruct criminal investigations.
It is the summer of 1950, and at the once-grand mansion of Buckshaw, young 11 year old Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison, is intrigued by a series of inexplicable events: A dead bird is found on the doorstep, a postage stamp bizarrely pinned to its beak. Then, hours later, Flavia finds a man lying in the cucumber patch and watches him as he takes his dying breath.
Currently Reading
A Monster Calls, Patrick Ness. 13 year old Conor has been having the same nightmare ever since his mother first got sick, so when the monster shows up one night, just after midnight, Conor is not surprised. However, it isn't the monster he has been expecting. This is a different kind of monster, one who insists on telling him three stories and warns Conor that once he has told all three, Conor will have to share his story. And although this monster doesn't scare him, Conor is very afraid of the prospect of having to put to words that which he has not allowed himself to acknowledge for so long.
Next Book
Frostbite (Vampire Academy #2), Richelle Mead. Supposed to be better than the 1st book in the series, Vampire Academy (which I read and liked). Truth be told, I only got to this book so quickly (over others that I want to read), because it fit one of the tasks in my reading challenge.
It's winter break at St. Vladimir's, but Rose is feeling anything but festive. A massive Strigoi attack has put the school on high alert, and now the Academy's crawling with Guardians, including Rose's hard-hitting mother. And if hand-to-hand combat with her mom wasn't bad enough, Rose's tutor Dimitri has his eye on someone else, her friend Mason's got a huge crush on her, and Rose keeps getting stuck in Lissa's head while she's making out with her boyfriend, Christian!
- Book Journey's What are you reading meme.
