100. Unholy Ghosts (Downside Ghosts, #1) by Stacia Kane (4/5)
Good world building, credible characters, action non stop from the first page. My only question is how can Chess even move from the sofa consuming all those pills but hey this is fantasy
I like it and I'll be getting the next books.101. I Will Have Vengeance by Maurizio de Giovanni (3.5/5)
Ricciardi is a commissario in Napoles in the 30s and he can see ghosts. Mystery + ghosrs. I love those. And I love that the book is short. It's like watching an old italian movie.
102. Eye of the Red Tsar (Inspector Pekkala #1) by Sam Eastland (4/5)
Compared to Tom Rob Smith's books this one is lacking the feeling of paranoia in a society where everybody is watching you. This is more like an attempt to create a Russian hero survivor of the pre comunist Russia.
103. Misterioso by Arne Dahl (3/5)
104. The Flower Reader by Elizabeth Loupas (5/5)
You know? This book reminded me a little of The World, the Flesh and the Devil one of my all time favorites. The "I made a vow" part... Anyway, great characters, nice story, interesting to learn a bit about flowers and folklore. I want a puppy like that
105. Cold Granite (Logan McRae, #1) by Stuart MacBride (4/5)
106. The House on Tradd Street (Tradd Street, #1) by Karen White (3/5)
Where to start?
First: editor. Is it that difficult or expensive to find one? The book is full of inconsistencies like drinks changing from one minute to the next or they being in the car and next line somewhere else.
And she complains about losing sight, (in a word she cant see an elephant if it steps on her toe) but refuses to wear glasses. Still, thats not a problem to read all kind of letters, diaries and articles.
I wont comment on the order in which they start the restoration of the house. **cries** And where did the pigeons infestation go??
Second: Our heroine. Did the author pick a book on Psychology and dump on her half a dozen random mental problems? To make her what? More real? Not by a long shot. Melanie is one of those people who cant see or say anything positive. Everything is old or dirty, or cracked, or expensive to keep, or an annoyance. She is in permanent denial. She is obsessive compulsive. She cant stay in a chair without some nervous tick. She is a compulsive liar But hey, most of her problems go away in around 250 pages and she even descends from her cloud to buy her first pair of jeans. She is 39 by the way. You should read the part of her weeding the garden wearing heels and pearls.
And. She judges men by their taste in tailoring. (!!!)
OK I had to say all that because she kept reminding me of a series of people Ive known and disliked in my life. Ive met the always negative person. Ive met and got wearied of the compulsive liar. Ive met the person who thinks everything old is crap. I dont want to read about any of them.
The paranormal part: Melanie sees ghosts but denies it all the time even although everybody around her knows it. I think she doesnt deserve those friends who can ignore her lies. Of course when she is lied to she has a one week tantrum. :0 I liked how the ghosts walk around. And I loved her grandmother still phoning her after 34 years in the cemetery. Cool
The mystery part: Very good. It kept me wondering to the last page. It saves the book and now Im curious about the next one. 3 stars.
107. The Sweet Scent of Blood (Spellcrackers.com, #1) by Suzanne McLeod (4/5)
Little surprise at the end. Vamps sexy and scary. I only have 2 problems with this book: the first person pov and scenes being way too long. Still, quite good.
108. Pure by Andrew Miller (4/5)
I'm not very fond of present tense but I recon this time it makes a good work of pulling you to the now. Now being a very unhealthy part of Paris in 1785 where it stood the Innocents Cemetery. A young and utopian engineer is charged with the task to make it disappear. Through the book you see him change, mature, grow. I didn't get the last scene though. I guess it's the consequence of all the graffiti but I'm clueless about what was happening.
109. The Merry Misogynist (Dr. Siri Paiboun, #6) by Colin Cotterill (4/5)
110. The Snowman by Jo Nesbø (5/5)
What a ride. I'm glad I've read this in August or I'd be having nightmares with snowmen for months :0
111. Lost in a Good Book (Thursday Next, #2) by Jasper Fforde (5/5)
112. Mr. Churchill's Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal (2/5)
I think I get it. A private secretary conducts research, writes drafts and produces reports while a mere secretary is only a typist. But they dont allow women as private secretaries doing research, writing drafts and producing reports because men are better at conducting research, writing drafts and producing reports. So women only type. They dont have to conduct research, write drafts and produce reports. **groans
First half of the book was tedious and repetitive. Second half gets more action. Characters are two dimensional. I could care less what happened to them. There are several mysteries mixed here and of course Maggie solves all of them besides giving a lesson in aeronautics, cryptography and topping it with disabling a bomb.
Would a woman in 1940 confess to an abortion to a big circle of friends?
Seriously?
113. Kill You Twice (Gretchen Lowell, #5) by Chelsea Cain (5/5)
I am completely hooked with this series. Her characters are so tridimensional they jump out of the book.
114. Full Dark House by Christopher Fowler (3/5)
115. The Raven Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt (4/5)
116. The Well of Lost Plots (Thursday Next #3) by Jasper Fforde (4/5)
117. The Dark Horse (Walt Longmire, #5) by Craig Johnson (4/5)
118. Kings of Morning (The Macht, #3) by Paul Kearney (4/5)
Since the first 2 books ended in tragedy I wasn't expecting this one to have a hea. And it sounds too close to Alexander's history. Not the best of the 3 but the trilogy is still worth reading.
