[alansplace]

Originally Posted by alansplace

I've read 3 of the 4 books in the Steampunk series, Tales of the Ketty Jay by Chris Wooding. Lisa Mantchev is only the 2nd author that I've read who writes in the genre, Steampunk. Ticker was Steampunk but a lot different than the world of the Ketty Jay! It was fast-paced and exciting like that other world. The characters were likeable and interesting. It was overall, a quite enjoyable read.

Now I'm going back to an old favorite (not Steampunk) author, Patricia Briggs and her collected Mercy Thompson short stories, Shifting Shadows: Stories from the World of Mercy Thompson.

Originally Posted by alansplace

The short story collection, Shifting Shadows: Stories from the World of Mercy Thompson was highly enjoyable for me, as a fan of the Mercy Thompson novels.

I just saw the movie Winter's Bone on TV and since the novel, Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell was already in my TBR pile I decided that it was the time to give it a read.

I got just a few pages into Winter's Bone and then was sidetracked by a bunch of Thanksgiving Holiday honey-do's. Finally I got to return to my new Kindle Voyage and lo and behold, magically, instead of Winter's Bone being in front of me, right where I'd left off, Stephen King's new novel, Revival opened. I immediately read the first chapter and, like pretty much all of King's books, I was hooked.