There will still be a pile left when I get this batch typed up - but it is getting nearly down to manageable proportions now! Maybe I will be done early next week, and can just type up brief descriptions of books as I read them, from that point of time onwards.
Long Time Listener, First Time Werewolf by Carrie Vaughn is an omnibus with her three Kitty novels (Kitty and the Midnight Hour, Kitty Goes to Washington, and Kitty Takes a Holiday) along with the short story called "Kitty and the Band".
Kitty Norville is a pretty little twenty-something girl, who is a fairly recent college graduate, a midnight shift radio DJ, and a werewolf. She was attacked in recent years, and is still getting used to her new life and all of its implications. Which is cool - because, as she learns about her new life, we, the readers, can learn right along with her. But the main thing about Kitty is that she is a nice girl - whether she is human or wolf. There is a basic decency to Kitty, and that makes the books well worth reading, beyond the funness of the plot.
I have been reading a lot of crappy paranormal fantasy/horror type stuff lately - so thank God for authors like Vaughn, Armstrong, and Briggs - who make the genre fun and worth reading!
False Colours by Georgette Heyer is a Regency romance centered around a man named Christopher (Kit) Fancot. Kit is the younger twin, but the more responsible one. Everyone wishes that he, not his older twin brother, was the heir to the family title and fortune. But the birth order cannot be changed, so Kit becomes a junior diplomat abroad while his brother stays at home and raises trouble. When Kit comes home on leave and discovers that his brother has mysteriously vanished on the eve of announcing his engagement to a serious young lady, Kit feels forced to take his place (with and by the strong encouragement of his very irresponsible beauty of a mother). When the missing twin does not immediately return, Kit's life becomes very messy.
Bite Me If You Can by Lynsay Sands is a chick lit little novel about the Argeneau vampire family. Most of the books in this series are rather alike - lonely vampire meets the boy/girl of her/his dreams, they fall in love, and the lover eventually becomes one of the family. This book is no different. I will give the author a lot of credit, though, in that she usually keeps things light and fun, in a genre that sometimes takes itself much too seriously (coughLaurellKHamiltoncough) (coughAnnRicecough). And she tries to make a logical scientific explanation for vampirism. You have to give her credit for trying to do that!
Mouse Guard Fall 1152 by David Petersen is one of the most beautiful graphic novels I have ever encountered. I am in love with the artwork in this lovely book! Set back in the European Middle Ages, mice go about having the normal careers and lives you would expect humans to have in that time period. But mice are vulnerable little creatures, so they have the Mouse Guard to protect them. The Guard not only protects towns, but also travelers on their journeys, etc. Three of the Mouse Guard's bravest in Lieam, Saxon, and Kenzie discover a traitorous plot and all sorts of excitement follows...
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