Title: Lois Lenz, Lesbian Secretary
Author: Monica Nolan
Published: 2007 by Kensington Fiction
Genre: Pulp fiction!
Pages: 250
This is the second time I've read Lois Lenz,... and it was still as good as at first time. Set in the USA in 1959, it tells the story of Lois Lenz (who would have guessed?), a naive high school graduate from a small suburban neighbourhood, who gets offered a job as a secretary in an advertising company in the Big City. In stead of becoming a member of the busy typing pool as intended, she is immediately swooped to be the personal secretary of the big boss. The all-women boarding house of Magdalena Arms isn't all she thought it would be, either: the other girls of the fifth floor seem friendly enough, but seem to have secrets they do their best to keep from Lois.
Why did the previous occupant of her room disappear so suddenly? Why is one of the girls on the fifth floor so interested in getting into Lois' room? Why is her old friend from cheerleading days in little Walnut Grove visiting another girl on the floor so often? Why do her coworker and boss, both female, want to practice kissing with her, just like Faye back home? And what's with all the blackmailing?!
Humour, seduction, women, typing and filing to the extreme - Lois Lez, Lesbian Secretary has it all!
""What?" asked Dolly, looking around. "You're worried about Luscious here?" She leaned forward and put a hand on Lois's knee. "You like girls, don't you?" she queried.
"The sudden silence in the room was thick with a tension Lois didn't understand. "Well, of course," she said curiously. She thought of Faye for the first time in several hours, her sparkling blue eyes, her red full lips. "My very best friend is a girl!"
""See?" said Dolly triumphantly."
keskiviikko 23. syyskuuta 2009
perjantai 4. syyskuuta 2009
Storm Front
Title: Storm Front
Author: Jim Butcher
Published: No idea.
Genre: Noir urban fantasy
Pages: 8 cd's
First of Butcher's Dresden files books, but! In audio form, read by the ever fantabulous James Marsters. Therefore I don't know page count etc., since I don't actually have the book. Or the cd's, since I kinda found this when I was... googling Mr. Marsters. Yeah. That's it. *cough*
Anyway. I have this very short list somewhere with books or authors I've wanted to check out, a list which was written a few years ago already. Other writers on it were Sarah Waters and Kate Mosse, who I found I liked. Jim Butcher and his Dresden files were the third item, so when the opportunity came to check one out, AND to get to listen to Mr. Marsters for hours on end, of course I took it.
The book's about Harry Dresden, a wizard in Chicago, a world very much like ours but with magic and creatures of the night. Harry's not doing so well: no work, no pay, no food, no way to pay the rent. Then he gets a call from a distressed housewife. And another from a friend of his, a police offiver Murphy. When it rains, it pours, and Harry soon enough finds himself drenched, up to his magic marbles in water. Pretty much literally, as well. The plot could be summed with a quote from Jeremy Clarkson: "And then it got worse."
Storm Front's a great start for a series, urban fantasy sprinkled from themes and dry humour from classic detective stories and film noir. I wouldn't have spent hours with earphones plugged into my ears if I hadn't liked it (must have spent close to four or five hours yesterday listening, while walking around Helsinki. My feet hurt.). While I'm reading a book at home, it's usual for me to comment out loud on what happens in it. I tried not to do that while sitting in the bus on my way to work, smirking in amusement due to Butcher's choice of words or Marsters' breathless girly voices. But a few giggles and groans might have escaped.
So, no quote, with no actual book, but I'll definitely be checking out more of the series, and! Here's a link to downloading the first few chapters for free: Click this!
Author: Jim Butcher
Published: No idea.
Genre: Noir urban fantasy
Pages: 8 cd's
First of Butcher's Dresden files books, but! In audio form, read by the ever fantabulous James Marsters. Therefore I don't know page count etc., since I don't actually have the book. Or the cd's, since I kinda found this when I was... googling Mr. Marsters. Yeah. That's it. *cough*
Anyway. I have this very short list somewhere with books or authors I've wanted to check out, a list which was written a few years ago already. Other writers on it were Sarah Waters and Kate Mosse, who I found I liked. Jim Butcher and his Dresden files were the third item, so when the opportunity came to check one out, AND to get to listen to Mr. Marsters for hours on end, of course I took it.
The book's about Harry Dresden, a wizard in Chicago, a world very much like ours but with magic and creatures of the night. Harry's not doing so well: no work, no pay, no food, no way to pay the rent. Then he gets a call from a distressed housewife. And another from a friend of his, a police offiver Murphy. When it rains, it pours, and Harry soon enough finds himself drenched, up to his magic marbles in water. Pretty much literally, as well. The plot could be summed with a quote from Jeremy Clarkson: "And then it got worse."
Storm Front's a great start for a series, urban fantasy sprinkled from themes and dry humour from classic detective stories and film noir. I wouldn't have spent hours with earphones plugged into my ears if I hadn't liked it (must have spent close to four or five hours yesterday listening, while walking around Helsinki. My feet hurt.). While I'm reading a book at home, it's usual for me to comment out loud on what happens in it. I tried not to do that while sitting in the bus on my way to work, smirking in amusement due to Butcher's choice of words or Marsters' breathless girly voices. But a few giggles and groans might have escaped.
So, no quote, with no actual book, but I'll definitely be checking out more of the series, and! Here's a link to downloading the first few chapters for free: Click this!
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