The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year – Book 158

Slayers: A Buffyverse Story by Amber Benson and Christopher Golden

Goodreads Blurb: A decade has passed since the epic final battle that concluded Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV). The game-changing spell that gave power to all potential Slayers persists. With new Slayers constantly emerging, things are looking grim for the bad guys. Rebellious vampire Spike (James Marsters) is working undercover in Los Angeles with his old pal Clem (James Charles Leary) when he meets feisty, rookie Slayer, Indira (Laya DeLeon Hayes), who wants Spike to be her mentor. Stakes intensify as Cordelia Chase (Charisma Carpenter) emerges from an alternate reality where she alone is the Slayer, and Buffy Summers doesn’t exist. Cordelia enlists Spike’s help with a classic big bad terrorizing her world…his ex, Drusilla (Juliet Landau). Giles (Anthony Head), Anya (Emma Caulfield Ford), Jonathan (Danny Strong), and Tara (Amber Benson) also return, but through the years and the vastness of the multiverse, not everyone is who they used to be…

(Goodreads Page)

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: Fantastic – Spike, Drusilla, and multidimensional travel. The perfect read for any Buffy fanatic.

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The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year – Book 157

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Goodreads Blurb: Kirsten Raymonde will never forget the night Arthur Leander, the famous Hollywood actor, had a heart attack on stage during a production of King Lear. That was the night when a devastating flu pandemic arrived in the city, and within weeks, civilization as we know it came to an end.

Twenty years later, Kirsten moves between the settlements of the altered world with a small troupe of actors and musicians. They call themselves The Traveling Symphony, and they have dedicated themselves to keeping the remnants of art and humanity alive. But when they arrive in St. Deborah by the Water, they encounter a violent prophet who will threaten the tiny band’s existence. And as the story takes off, moving back and forth in time, and vividly depicting life before and after the pandemic, the strange twist of fate that connects them all will be revealed.

(Goodreads Page)

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: Wow. Very well written, but heartbreakingly sad at certain parts.

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The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year – Book 156

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han

Goodreads Blurb: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is the story of Lara Jean, who has never openly admitted her crushes, but instead wrote each boy a letter about how she felt, sealed it, and hid it in a box under her bed.

But one day Lara Jean discovers that somehow her secret box of letters has been mailed, causing all her crushes from her past to confront her about the letters: her first kiss, the boy from summer camp, even her sister’s ex-boyfriend, Josh.

As she learns to deal with her past loves face to face, Lara Jean discovers that something good may come out of these letters after all.

(Goodreads Page)

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: Slightly slow to start but once it does what a ride 😎 You know it makes me want to watch the Netflix film all over again.

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The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year – Book 155

The Lost King: The Search for Richard III by Philippa Langley and Michael Jones

Goodreads Blurb: On 22 August 1485 Richard III was killed at Bosworth Field, the last king of England to die in battle. His victorious opponent, Henry Tudor (the future Henry VII), went on to found one of our most famous ruling dynasties. Richard’s body was displayed in undignified fashion for two days in nearby Leicester and then hurriedly buried in the church of the Greyfriars. Fifty years later, at the time of the dissolution of the monasteries, the king’s grave was lost – its contents believed to be emptied into the river Soar – and Richard III’s reputation buried under a mound of Tudor propaganda. Its culmination was Shakespeare’s compelling portrayal of a deformed and murderous villain, written over a hundred years after Richard’s death.

Now – in an incredible find – Richard III’s remains have been uncovered beneath a car park in Leicester. THE KING’S GRAVE traces this remarkable journey. In alternate chapters, Philippa Langley, whose years of research and belief that she would find Richard in this exact spot inspired the project, reveals the inside story of the search for the king’s grave, and historian Michael Jones tells of Richard’s fifteenth-century life and death. The result is a compelling portrayal of one of our greatest archaeological discoveries, allowing a complete re-evaluation of our most controversial monarch – one that discards the distortions of later Tudor histories and puts the man firmly back into the context of his times.

(Goodreads Page)

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: Wow, Henry the VII does not come off looking good in this book. A fascinating read both for those who’ve always been a little annoyed by the one dimensional villain portrayal of England’s last warrior king ; and those who just love history in all its forms. Not possibly for Tudor lovers.

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The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year – Book 154

A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C.A. Fletcher

Goodreads Blurb: My name’s Griz. My childhood wasn’t like yours. I’ve never had friends, and in my whole life I’ve not met enough people to play a game of football.

My parents told me how crowded the world used to be, but we were never lonely on our remote island. We had each other, and our dogs.

Then the thief came.

There may be no law left except what you make of it. But if you steal my dog, you can at least expect me to come after you.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: This book has a very clever title – there’s a trick here you just don’t see until the end.

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The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year – Book 153

The Time Traveler’s Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century by Ian Mortimer

Goodreads Blurb: The past is a foreign country: this is your guidebook. Take a step back into Ian Mortimer’s guide and experience the middle ages like never before.

(Goodreads Page)

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: And I thought going to the modern day doctor gave me the chills 😁 Another home run for author Ian Mortimer – the sensible time traveler should never leave home without it.

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The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year – Book 152

William Shakespeare’s Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope by Ian Doescher

Goodreads Blurb: Return once more to a galaxy far, far away with this sublime retelling of George Lucas’s epic Star Wars in the style of the immortal Bard of Avon. The saga of a wise (Jedi) knight and an evil (Sith) lord, of a beautiful princess held captive and a young hero coming of age, Star Wars abounds with all the valor and villainy of Shakespeare’s greatest plays. ‘Tis a tale told by fretful Droids, full of faithful Wookiees and fearsome Stormtroopers, signifying… pretty much everything.

(Goodreads Page)

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: Fantastic – I listened to the audio-book of this and it was brilliant, truly a brilliant blend of the formal speech of Shakespeare and the surreal imagery of Star Wars.

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The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year – Book 151

Knight Life [Dramatized Adaptation] by Peter David

Goodreads Blurb: More than 1,500 years after his disappearance into the mists of Avalon, King Arthur has returned. This time, he’s prepared to rule the Camelot of a new New York City. Handsome, charismatic Arthur Penn is running for mayor on a platform of common sense, humor, and knightly virtues. His advisors include a gifted ten-year-old named Merlin; Percival, an immortal accountant; and Gwen, a lovely young woman with no end of problems. Their grassroots campaign steadily gains strength until scandal looms with the sudden emergence of Morgan Le Fay, Arthur’s sorceress half-sister, and her son Mordred, the aspiring mayor’s ambitious heir.

(Goodreads Page)

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: Not since Mary Stewart’s ‘The Wicked Day’ have I felt so sorry for Mordred. There he was just trying to live his best immortal life, when all of a sudden he’s once again pulled into his toxic parents bickering. That’s right I called Arthur toxic too.

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The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year – Book 150

Seven Seasons of Buffy: Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Discuss Their Favourite Television Show by Glenn Yeffeth (Editor)

Goodreads Blurb: This collection of irreverent and surprising essays about the popular television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer includes pieces by leading science fiction and fantasy authors. Contributors include bestselling legend David Brin, critically acclaimed novelist Scott Westerfeld, cult-favorite vampire author Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, and award-winner Sarah Zettel. The show and its cast are the topics of such critical pieces as Lawrence Watt-Evans’s “Matchmaking in Hellmouth” and Sherrilyn Kenyon’s “The Search for Spike’s Balls.” An informed introduction for those not well acquainted with the show, and a source of further research for Buffy buffs, this book raises interesting questions concerning a much-loved program and future cult classic.

(Goodreads Page)

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: An excellent deep dive into what made the seven seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer so great. Answer: Practically everything, it just depends who you ask.

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The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year – Book 149

Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

Goodreads Blurb: A murder…A tragic accident…Or just parents behaving badly? What’s indisputable is that someone is dead.

Madeline is a force to be reckoned with. She’s funny, biting, and passionate; she remembers everything and forgives no one. Celeste is the kind of beautiful woman who makes the world stop and stare but she is paying a price for the illusion of perfection. New to town, single mom Jane is so young that another mother mistakes her for a nanny. She comes with a mysterious past and a sadness beyond her years. These three women are at different crossroads, but they will all wind up in the same shocking place.

Big Little Lies is a brilliant take on ex-husbands and second wives, mothers and daughters, schoolyard scandal, and the little lies that can turn lethal.

(Goodreads Page)

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: This is one of my favourite books – I first read it because of the tv series but I have to say, it’s actually a lot better than that. Not that the series was bad, it just never quite captured the magic of the book.

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