Some Recent Reviews...

Here's the next batch of quick reviews. I've got 3 middle school/YA books, 1 steampunk magic adventure, and 5 adult UF books. Yep - I've been running a bit behind.

Vacation Reading...

So I had my Kindle stocked with all of the books I've bought (but put off reading so I could get to ARCs and library books), hopped in the car, ready for a week-long vacation and read...next to nothing. I barely touched a book, checked e-mail only a couple of times, and had one of the best get away from it all vacations I've had in awhile.

I visited the folks and had a massively great time at a little ol' place with a castle and giant rodents, dogs and assorted princesses.

But I missed talking books with my favorite readers, and while I was gone I did find one very fun book. The folks love books as much as I do, so I enjoy perusing their shelves. There I found:

Weird California by Greg Bishop, Joe Oesterle, Mike Marinacci

A guidebook to the weird, spooky, and wacky places you can visit in the Golden State (as well as some caveats for some of the spookier ones). It has a wonderful snarky undercurrent too, not too much, just enough to keep me grinning throughout. Must go check out Weird U.S. too.

Powerful as Hell Grannies

One of my favorite supporting characters is the "Granny" or "Auntie" - basically the wise woman who gives advice, shares experiences, and, my personal preference, can kick some ass no matter what decade they're rockin'. These are the women who might look sweet on the outside, but you would not want to cross them. I think we need more characters who still get the job done after their 20s are over.

Here are some of my favorites:

Knights of Badassdom

Oh hell yeah! If I don't see this movie, I need to turn in my Geek card (and that would be a travesty - all those lovely geek shirts would go to waste).

Peter Dinklage, Ryan Kwanten, Summer Glau, Steve Zahn, Danny Pudi - what happens when LARPers open a gate to hell.

Link goes to io9 - an awesome source for the sci fi/fantasy fan. There's a trailer that was released at Comic Con.

http://io9.com/5824161/in-the-first-knights-of-badassdom-trailer-larpers-open-the-gates-of-hell