Half-Resurrection Blues | 
I've been looking for quotations recently, & remembered one of my favorite passages that is really an ultra short story.
The page previous Carlos walked into a Mexican Bakery.
“At the only other table in the place, an ancient mustachioed man in a Yankees cap plays Uno against an eight-year-old girl with pigtails.“
so-soHmmm… More gory than I expected. A complete job of world-building and singular characters.
so-soCarlos is a half dead/half alive hunter of the things that create problems between the living and the dead. Life seems to pass around him until he‘s confronted his new target: the first other halfer he‘s met.
Hoped I would like this better in audio and years later, but I was still constantly annoyed with Carlos. And the romance was mostly one sided, “OMG She‘s hot, I‘m in love.†😒
Setting was amazing though. NYC breathed on the page. 🌕🌕🌗🌑
#audioassembly Putting the nibling‘s new play kitchen together!
It‘s got a little k-pod coffee maker! 😂
panUrban fantasy for me is always a hit or miss, and this was a miss for me. I liked the way it celebrated the Caribbean diaspora in New York and I liked the concept, but the actual story was not great. The characters were poorly developed, the MC was weirdly incurious about everything, and the pacing was odd. And it had one of the most cringe worthy cases of instalove I've seen outside of YA.
This is the most unbelievable thing I‘ve read for a long time. What sort of heathen does this?
I got in about 8 hours of reading today! 5 hours of it was audiobook listening while I got a bunch of stuff done! Then I figured I‘d done enough so it was okay for me to sit down with a book!
This book is definitely getting me in the Halloween spirit! Ghosts, Underworld, Council of the Dead 💀
Now the hubbies back, so its dinner and socializing the rest of the night.
#unofficialreadathon #eighthoursofreading #perfectsaturday
#SundayFunday 🤓
*Fingers-crossed* my coffee helps this massive headache go away, so I can fully immerse myself in books today. 🤞
pickA fun supernatural romp. Like his YA novel, Shadowshaper, this book nearly every character is a person of color. Recommended
It‘s really frustrating when I order a book from ThriftBooks and they send me an ARC.
Like I paid for a book, not an ARC... this is the 2nd or 3rd time this has happened to me.
(I don‘t care if it‘s a special comic-con version)
When you pay for an hour‘s parking in the city, and it only takes ten minutes to renew your license, that means you get the other 50 minutes at the library, right? Right?
And I was trying to read down my library stack, too. Ugh 😑
I remember receiving the first book in this series in a quarterly box from @bookriot and I'd never heard of DJO before. When I picked it up months later to read, I was totally hooked. Plus, Reza is such a badass character. My print copies are in storage so here are my digital ones.
#bookriot #riotgrams #belovedseries
This has been on my #mounttbr for I don't know how long. And I've actually read about half of it. I recently read his teen book and wasn't a fan of it, so this might be hard to get back into. Should I keep going?
#paranormal #readingresolutions @Jess7
"I never drank again. I sold all my coke."
"You sold it? Most people just flush it."
"I'm a business man."
"Understood."
So happy to get back on track with #riotgrams today! Part 1 of 3 for #booksinnature is a throwback to warmer days and beach reads. ☉
#riotgrams Day 3: A trilogy of #threewordtitles from a three name author!
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#bonestreetrumba #halfresurrectionblues #midnighttaxitango #battlehillbolero #danieljoseolder #brooklyn
pickReally enjoyed this book! Interesting & unique story that had me hooked from the first page. It's obvious Older has a love for New York, it shines throughout the book. So glad I purchased the other two in the series I can't wait to get started on the second. Plan on diving in on my lunch break 🤓
When you're a hardcore UFC fan & a bookworm lol. Reading during the breaks of UFC213 🥊📖
pickThis was a quick, fun read. I love how Older's book is set in the real world and enriched with the paranormal, just as Shadowshaper was. When I read this, I could feel and hear NYC. I know I'm not going to wait too long before I pick up the next book. I want to find out more about Carlos and hang out with Riley and Mama Esther too. #LRC21 #ontbrover1year #readinmarch
pickI enjoyed the descriptions of Brooklyn although it took me awhile to get into the book's plot. It seemed like there was more world-building than plot/story in this one, but it's definitely refreshing to have diverse voices in the genre. I'd like to see more development of minor characters. Looks like the next book may do so.
pickI can't remember the last time I read a whole novel in a day. I love DJO's characters and his world-building. I enjoyed this re-read. #BoneStreetRumba
Time for dinner and then book #2!
#24in48
Mama. Ester. Hey 👋 girl! I forgot how much I love her because I was so focused on the ladies coming in Midnight Taxi Tango. #BoneStreetRumba
pickI loved this book. It's a lot of fun. #shamelesspromotion4myblog
https://coffeeandcatsblog.wordpress.com/2017/01/16/quickie-review-half-resurrect...
pickThis was a fun supernatural noir detective novel. The perfect mix of my favorites. It had the back drop of New York, which is also something I love. Real backdrop with fictional pieces added in. I will be reading the second in the series!
Lunch time reading. I am enjoying this read so much. Just about half way through and thinking about picking the second one in this series up soon after I am done this one.
Started this one tonight! So far a pretty interesting story. The pup is giving me his usual white noise of snoring :)
#currentlyreading I really should be sleeping. 😆#photoadaynov16 #justonemorechapter @RealLifeReading
so-soParts of this were interesting, and I liked the voice of several of the characters. It's an interesting premise: an undead detective/hunter of rogue supernatural beings gets caught up in a plot to merge the living and the dead. The main character, Carlos, must decide what side he stands on. However, in the end, I just didn't care enough about the outcome. I'm not sure if it was just me, or if I wasn't in the right mood...but I just didn't love it.
pickThis took a little bit of getting into, but once I was there it was fantastic. Excellent world building, characters I want to know more about and an intriguing story line - all great signs for a first novel in a series!
I will read literally anywhere, including in line at Disneyland. Pro tip: makes the line move faster.
I have 132 books in my Litsy "to read" list. I will never get to them all, and I think it is time to clean it up. Wish me luck!?????
I think the #BestSidekick goes to Riley. He's Carlos' (pictured above) partner in keeping the ghosts/spirits of NYC in check. He's a ghost ("all soul" as Carlos puts it), a bit of a horn dog at times and absolutely someone you'd want to back you up when shit goes down (especially against those nasty little ngks).
#Booktober @RealLifeReading
Hard boiled, morbidly funny, and pretty damn thrilling. A vibrant portrait of a diverse Brooklyn and its many mystical inhabitants. A book that is part detective story, part urban fantasy. It imagines an alternate, mythic realm of NYC, a place of phantasms, rituals, and rich cultural traditions. #fantasyorscifi
#octphotochallenge
I went to a pannel to see one author and fell in love with the rest of them as well. I cannot wait to dive into these books. Even more so because Older feature POC in his novels, which are scifi!
Have you guys read this series? Older writes absolutely amazing fantasy fiction. His portrayal of Brooklyn is pretty much spot on, and he writes some badass women. If you haven't read these yet, stop everything else you're doing and just grab them. Book three comes out in January! #diverserecs
pickThis was a fun, fast-paced story. The narration really made the experience, too. The author is a great reader.
Going from listening to a book about dead bodies to a book about a half-dead dude. Daniel José Older is a great narrator, too.
pickReminded me of Ilona Andrews' books in terms of tone and grit. But it was its own tale, a new kind of story filled with powerful ghosts and inbetweeners. A great addition to the genre. I'm looking forward to the next book in the series.
pickReminded me of Ilona Andrews' books in terms of tone and grit. But it was its own tale, a new kind of story filled with powerful ghosts and inbetweeners. A great addition to the genre. I'm looking forward to the next book in the series.
We both hit the profanity portmanteau at the same time over brunch.
