Book Twenty-Three: FIRST GRAVE ON THE RIGHT

First Grave on the Right, by Darynda Jones, 2011. This is the first book of the Charley Davidson series, which I intend to catch up on before the summer ends.


TTR: a day and a half.

Comments:

I love Darynda Jones' book for many reasons, among which are the fact that I've met Darynda and chatted with her at a couple of writer's events (we were even on the same panel for new writers at the Jack Williamson Lectureship in 2012). It love to support local authors, in part because it is probably karma of some sort. One day soon I'll be a published author looking for local support *crosses fingers*. But also because--YEAH--people from around here are awesome. They're my people. They should definitely succeed.

The setting is AWESOME. As a New Mexico girl, I am always happy to see New Mexico in books, movies, television, etc.

I also just love supernatural detective stories, and Darynda is great at writing them.

Book Twenty-One: KITTY GOES TO WASHINGTON

Kitty Goes to Washington, by Carrie Vaughn, 2007. Book Two of the Kitty Norville series.

(See, I'm not all excuses! Told you I'd read this sometime near the beginning of the summer).
     

TTR: Uh, a day and a half? Something like that.

Comments:

I read the first Kitty book after listening to Carrie Vaughn speak at the Jack Williamson Lectureship in Portales, NM. She talked about the roots of Urban Fantasy and mentioned the Bronte sisters, which was awesome because I LOVE ME SOME VICTORIAN LITERATURE. And anyone who can reference it on a whim is worth talking to, or reading as the case may be.

I liked this book better than the first Kitty book. I like that the series takes place in different locations, and I like that Kitty is much more self-confident in this book.

Consensus? I'll keep reading the series. I like the premise.