How to Survive a Horror Movie Review

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(More customer reviews)While there were attempts at making "self-aware" horror movies before, it could be said that "Scream" was the best attempt at doing so. It is fitting then that Wes Craven writes a short introduction to "How to Survive a Horror Movie," a tongue in cheek manual on doing just that. This is one of those rare books that you could pass by in a book store, start flipping through, and decide then and there you must own it. It starts very strong with chapters on deciding if you are currently in a horror movie, what kind of horror movie you're in, and the unique skills required in surviving the many different genres of horror movies.
There are several laugh-out-loud passages, that I won't spoil here, and the book is filled with decidedly creepy pictures evoking the mood of the old EC comic books. Where the book falters is in the later chapters as the witty, self-aware horror movie depictions give way to simple how-to lists that offer no humor (the worst of which is the snakes on a plane bit that just falls flat).
"How to Survive a Horror Movie" does end with perhaps the funniest tip of the whole book with a "sure fire" way to defeat the devil (do yourself a favor and don't read it until the very end). While not a five star homerun, due to the last third of the book that starts to drag, this is an entertaining and light read that will please any horror fan and even the simple movie buff.


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Heaven's Spite (Jill Kismet, Hunter, Book 5) Review

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(More customer reviews)Book 5 of Lilith Saintcrow's Jill Kismet series is much like its predecessors, with lots of graphic violence, wry commentary, and mysterious goings-on. The plot unfolds in a familiar fashion, with a house full of nursing student zombies popping up here, a pile of disemboweled bodies showing up there, and a Hellish altar materializing someplace else. All that you really need to know about the plot is that it involves a constant stream of bad stuff that keeps Jill running frantically from battle to battle. Only in the rather bitter end will the pattern behind the chaos become clear.
Like the plot, the cast of characters is familiar, including the usual cops, the usual Weres, Sanctuary lady Galina, apprentice Gabriel, and boyfriend Saul -- who, to the sure disappointment of romance fans, spends almost all of his time offstage. Melisande Belisa, killer of Jill's mentor Mikhail, also makes an appearance -- an odd coincidence, given that Jill has just learned something disturbing about Mikhail. Perry, Jill's Hellbreed patron, remains an untrustworthy ally and an unpredictable adversary. Readers who have been hoping to learn more about Perry's motivations will have gotten what they asked for by the time they reach the line "To Be Continued" at the bottom of p. 298. They will also regret not having wished more carefully.
Yes, this book is the first volume of a two-parter, but it ends in a reasonable place. Readers will be much less distressed about being left hanging than they will about the unexpected and unwelcome turn of events that precedes the concluding pages. They will be even more upset about a piece of news buried in the "extras" section of the book: the next volume, titled "Angel Town" and due some time in 2011, will be the *final* entry in the series. This is disappointing not so much because the series has been so good -- it has been just OK -- but because this ending feels forced, like a finale thrown together at the last minute for a TV show that had been plotted out for five seasons but was canceled before the conclusion of its first. I had harbored hopes that this series would develop into something really interesting, but clearly that will not happen. Sigh.

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When a new hellbreed comes calling, playing nice isn't an option. Jill Kismet has no choice but to seek treacherous allies - Perry, the devil she knows, and Melisande Belisa, the cunning Sorrows temptress whose true loyalties are unknown.Kismet knows Perry and Belisa are likely playing for the same thing--her soul. It's just too bad, because she expects to beat them at their own game. Except their game is vengeance.Nobody plays vengeance like Kismet. But if the revenge she seeks damns her, her enemies might get her soul after all...

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Children of the Frost (Penny Books) Review

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(More customer reviews)I really enjoyed this, but in the spirit of full disclosure, I'm a huge Jack London fan. This is not a book like Call of the Wild or Martin Eden. Rather, it consists of short vignettes that are, on their immediate face, about indigenous people in the Pacific Northwest. Really, though, the vignettes describe the human condition in general, from greed and spite to love and loyalty--and everything in between. Loved it.

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A weary journey beyond the last scrub timber and straggling copses, into the heart of the Barrens where the niggard North is supposed to deny the Earth, are to be found great sweeps of forests and stretches of smiling land. But this the world is just beginning to know. The world's explorers have known it, from time to time, but hitherto they have never returned to tell the world.-----------------------------------------------------------------** Check Out More Great Titles From Penny Books **-----------------------------------------------------------------Simply click on "Penny Books (Editor)" under the title to see a full list of all of our great discounted books!!New titles are being added daily, so be sure to check back often to find more great discounted books!!**Check out PennyBooksPublishing.com to get more information about Penny Books, learn how to follow us on Twitter, and look at all of our great titles!!

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Trader Vic's Book Of Food & Drink Review

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(More customer reviews)This book is by "Trader Vic" Victor Bergeron, and Lucius Beebee only does the introduction. I had to clear that up... This book is the first and best thing ever done by Trader Vic, the man who popularized Polynesian food and drink, and added so many colors to America's culinary palate. Funny, smart and very well executed, it's a book of great importance to the American culture -- I believe it's a turning point. This is grand history.

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