[Sundae]

Second attempt. No reason you should know this except I wiped out a fair amount of type and it might make me more angry as I'm now doing this second time round. Bear this in mind.

I'm usually pretty bad at remembering to review books I've had from the library. I'm also not great at being objective - my general review would be Great story, liked it or, Bleurgh. I have tried to be more fair, but I am not a reviewer.

Also, of the last batch, I've included some I got out for Mum - this was over the operation/ recuperation period, so they were not all that taxing.

Skin Trade - Laurell K Hamilton - what can I say? I picked it up out of sheer laziness. At least I have that in common with the author. Less group sex than usual. Less sex in fact. It was okayish. I don't recommend it. Will I get the next one from the library if I see it? Yes I will. I'd like to think that's a comment on modern horror rather than my own tastes. But if I wake screaming in the night it's despair not fright..

The Cure - Athol Dickson - Hmmmmmmmmm. Something is foreshadowed, perhaps explained/ resolved in this book. I went back twice to try to find it because I didn't quite get the denouement. I couldn't find it. My fault, but it bugged the hell out of me. All I wanted was to reread the pivotal point of the book and I couldn't find it.

Twas okay. Glas I read it. Would read again, but only to find the one part I need clarification for. Don't get me wrong, I rarely skim (see later book) and never speed read, but in order to grasp the heart of this book, you need to really understand this one point. I didn't get it when I read it, and until I read it again I cannot match up the two sides. That's all.

Jonathan Maberry - Bad Moon Rising I might have missed out by reading the third in a trilogy, but the intro assures me it can be read as a stand-alone.
The reviews also say it rivals Stephen King.

Don't believe them.
The multiple and concluding plot lines make it hard to read as a stand-alone and the author lacks King's lightness of touch.

It's okay - but in the last 2/3 I started to skim. Oh, big battle in hospital? I can skim that. Oh, big battle in hollow? I can skim til that ends up with main characters alive. Some intersting folklore, but choked, choked, gagging in detail.

The Serial Killers Club [sic] - Jeff Povey
Good, clean fun!
Okay, a bit gruesome, but laugh out loud funny without being a comedy.
Very well observed with a very flawed hero. Nice piece of fluff - if you like fluff that comes with blood on.

Murder Most Fab - Julian Clary Ah now. Talking about fluff and blood. This is the ultimate accidental/ oops did I do that/ blood and guts and every day life and showbusiness tale. Brits know Julian Clary as a very camp gay stand-up. Very intelligent and cutting. He brings 75% of that to the book, which is more than may writers. He has a deft touch with the plot too, outrageous though it is. And some fun comes from wondering if/ who is based on real life characters. I recommend wholeheartedly to Brits, and to borrow for Merkins (to see it it translates)