Electra Galaxy's Mr. Interstellar Feller
Thank you to the anonymous benefactor who sent me this book. This is a great example of the reason why I enjoy reading bad books. I ripped through this one so fast because it was fun bad not facepalm bad. It was an unintentional laugh every other page. As one might guess from the title, this is a (very) light sci-fi romance novel. A story of two space cops finding smugglers, love, and so much more in the middle of an all-male beauty pageant. How can I fail to enjoy that?
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Shadow's Daughter
I experienced a lot of flux in my enthusiasm level for this book. It starts out hitting hard on one of my pet peeves: made-up words. So many made-up words that the glossary at the end of the book is 8 pages long. So at first I hated it. Then I kinda started to dig the book when the parents of the protagonist didn’t immediately die and I made it past the halfway mark without her ever being sexually assaulted. By the end, I was back to really, really not enjoying it and I was annoyed that my expectations based on the first half of the book were dashed on the rocks of predictable plotting and a rushed ending.
Vazkor, Son of Vazkor
Vazkor, Son of Vazkor. I’ve taken much delight in just saying the title of the book. Not so much saying it as announcing it. “Oh hey, what have you been up to? I’ve been reading Vazkor, Son of Vazkor!” with an appropriately grand gesture. It’s unfortunate that I haven’t been taking nearly as much pleasure in actually reading it. Luckily it was a short read. A short, very purple read. With a whole lot of rape.
I have discovered that visiting the library with a 7 month old is an adventure. The aisles are wide enough for a stroller, but not wide enough for someone else to navigate past it, so I leave it in the car. Putting her in the mei tai keeps her on me but makes it easy for her to grab whatever I am grabbing, or everything else. Holding her on one hip gives me better control over her position, but is harder on the back and leads to shorter library trips.
