2018 Reading: Invader Zim #4-5

It just occurred to me that I forgot to write about Invader Zim Volume 4 last September. Let me assure you that I have read it and just got finished with Volume 5 as well.

I, of course, love Invader Zim and pretty much anything created by Jhonen Vasquez is going to be brilliant so I don't know what else there is to say. I really hope that the rumors that it is returning to TV are true. I would watch the hell out of that.

2018 Reading: Let It Snow

#14 A book with a weather element in the title

First of the two books featuring John Green this year. I think I just never picked this book up because I was never in the mood for teenage love stories (who is anymore, especially after the age of 30?). And when it came down to picking something with weather in the title, this was the only one that came to mind that I could probably actually stand to read. I've read a ton of John Green and I've read Maureen Johnson before so the only unknown was Lauren Myracle and I've actually heard good things about her books.

I like that the books are linked together but not in a direct way. It was a nice touch that really came together in the end.

2018 Reading: Dead Ever After

#30 A book by a local author

By "local" I, of course, meant MS.

I had to go back and read a synopsis of the last book because I could not for the life of me remember what happened. It's been such a long time since I was even interested in these books. I don't remember half of the characters and I really don't remember all the stuff that went on especially since the show was SO different from the books that it's hard to know which plot was the from which source.

I was never a big fan of the writing style... or the story line... or the characters for that matter (except Eric, but that's just because I have a thing for tall, blonde, viking vampires *coughAlexanderSkarsgårdcough*). However, since I've read all the rest of them, I figured I might as well get this one out of the way so that I can say I've read the entire series.

Surprisingly, I was much more interested in this book than I thought I would be. Maybe it was because I knew they were going to be wrapping up everything and ANYTHING had to be better than how the show ended so I was just more invested in the story. That being said, I'm glad it's over.

Now on to the next thing.

2018 Reading: Hollow City

#13 A book about time travel

After reading the first book, I was kind of okay with not reading the rest of them because I thought it ended with a nice safe place where you could just imagine them sailing off into the sunset and choose for yourself the way you'd like their story to end.

Nope. Can't do it with this one. Now I NEED to know what's going to happen. Don't know when I'll be getting to the last one, but it will definitely be happening.

2018 Reading: Sweeney Todd

#23 A book that is also a stage play or musical

It's actually called The String of Pearls, but meh, semantics.

At some point in the past, I had tried to read this but never quite got through it. I suppose I was just not in the mood for it at the time. I can say now, though, that it was thoroughly entertaining and I might be in the mind to read some more penny-dreadful type stories in the future.

I knew that the story was going to be different from the musical and I think I have to say that I like the original tale better. Some of the characters were still there, but they held different positions and some of them were in a completely different context than those that I was already acquainted with from the musical.

I don't think I could imagine having to wait weeks for the next installments to come out like they had to when this was originally published, but I suppose it was that or nothing at the time.