Ernest Cline has written a book that genre geeks and 80′s nostalgia fans everywhere can down with. I tried the first chapter as a sample download from Kindle and I love what I read.
Warm Bodies
Zombies fall in love… I didn’t know they did that. I thought they shuffled, moaned, and ate brains. Guess I was wrong.
HHhH
I’m not much for war novels or war films or war… But this cover? I know my hands would gravitate of their own free will to pick it up and at least see what I might be getting into. I’d put it back down when I read the dust jacket and found out that it’s about a real life mission during World War II to assissinate a high ranking SS officer. Not my cup of tea… But that cover!
The Flame Alphabet
I like the crazy craft punch cover. The paper flames are laid out in orderly rows though, with the title and author tags tucked in just so. Creepy. Fitting for a book about an epidemic: children speak and their parents die. I really, really want to read this one.
The Fault In Our Stars
Simple and graphic. I’m intrigued…
Grail
This is the third book in Elizabeth Bear’s Jacob’s Ladder Trilogy. It seems this is a week of discovering sequels or new books by authors I love. I own and enjoyed the previous books in this series: Dust and Chill. I’m looking forward to getting my hands on this latest entry.
1Q84
I just found out today that Haruki Murakami has a new book out. I’m a few months late to the party on this one but I’m glad I found out about it. This guy is, hands down, my favorite writer of all time and I’m looking forward to sinking my teeth into it.
Please Look After Mom
There is some controversy over a review of this book… I didn’t realize that when I picked it out for it’s cover. I see some similarities to the Bad Marie cover… That’s probably why I like it. The picture seems to tell a story in itself.
Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin.
