My wife got me this book for Father's Day. I present to you the best joke in the book.

Dad, if you could have any superpower, what would it be?

China.

I don't watch The Bachelor. But I've always been fascinated by behind the scenes looks at big TV shows which is why I checked this out.

Fun facts I learned:
- Most contestants rejected at the callback stage is because they have herpes and don't know it
- One Bachelor needed permission from the Attorney General to go on the show
- Reality TV show producers are more evil than I imagined.

And a lot more! Just wish it wasn't so repetitive at times.

I have no idea why I just checked this out from the library. I don't watch The Bachelor. But sure, why not.

Largely I liked this. But given the build up to this final book of the series I expected a much more climactic finale. Instead everything just kind of...happened? I'm invested enough that if there was another book in the series I'd read it.

I really liked the worldbuilding in this book but the plot just seemed to drag on forever. It took me four weeks to finish the book, while in comparison I read all of Obsidio in one day (in fact, instead of reading this!). It's part of a planned series and I might get the next one but...meh.

Man, this book was great. I'm usually worried when new main characters are introduced in the final book of a series (I'm looking at you, Wheel of Time) but thankfully it's not an issue here. Great conclusion to the series, and I'm sad we don't get to see any more of these characters.

This is my library haul for the week! The Trish Trash book I grabbed because what a title!

Another great volume. And the writing is really good! This line above from Jughead was one of my favorites.

I keep trying to get through this book but I have no time because of my kids! Still, a couple pages at a time is still progress.

Wow, there's a lot going on here. It's easy to see why this plotline is considered one of the best in recent history.

Because this is a crossover with the series Fray, about a vampire slayer in the far future, most of the volume is a convoluted time travel plot that makes very little sense. I have no idea at the end who wanted what. I have dubbed this volume "Slays of Future Past."

The B part, so to speak, is important to the overall season arc, but I'm still hung up on how much the main part confused me.

Still, Fray's worldbuilding seems really neat.

Wow, so much happens in this one. Let me mention some highlights.

1) Xander gets to meet up and work with Dracula again. Hilarity ensues.
2) A giant Dawn (who has been a giant since volume 1) ends up on the streets of Tokyo. You can guess what happens next except no you can't there's another part you won't see coming.
3) Buffy has sex with a woman. Which is an interesting character development, albeit seeming a bit forced.

Overall, great stuff.

This volume isn't so much a Buffy story as a Faith and Giles one. And boy, is it good. Faith has to deal with all sorts of her own issues to get the job done and Giles gets to show off some of his badassery. Buffy does show up in this story but who cares.

I read a lot of Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics over the weekend, so brace yourself.

This was way better than I expected. Archie brought up to date but still the same. We learn the background to Jughead's name! Archie isn't trying to date two women at once! There's an art joke about Chip Zedarsky! Definitely reading volume 2.

I've been reading this off and on for the last couple of weeks. The worldbuilding is fantastic.

It's a very sweet book and one I enjoyed a lot.