Dire Means by Geoffrey Neil

Another free book from FreeBooksy!

This book started with so much promise. It's a thriller with zero fantasy elements. There WILL be spoilers.

It does start off pretty creepy. People are disappearing and you aren't told WHO or WHY. (Unless you read the teaser) You do get to see HOW they're being abducted so that's sort of neat.

Neil tries really hard to make the protagonist an average Joe. He has an average job doing computer work, he's not married, a few friends, and he tries to be a "nice guy." The novel basically begins with him doing a good deed and getting screwed over (and beat up).

He gets to know what it feels like to be homeless for all of a few hours. OMG he *truly* understands now! (insert me rolling my eyes)

He ends up saving the day when people start turning up dead. Classic ending.

Now for the sarcasm!

If you want to piss me off when I'm reading your book be sure and do this:
- Introduce a character
- Make that character seem important. Make us CARE about this guy. Keep talking about him.
- NEVER SHOW HIM AGAIN.

I ended up seriously frustrated. Really? It's something small, but it was a big deal to me.

Other than that, the book is your standard thriller. Something scary is happening and the protagonist has to swoop in and save the day. The concept was interesting though. The ending also felt rushed after the beginning was drawn out.

Dollhouse by Anya Allyn

I got this book free thanks to a heads up from FreeBooksy!

If you like creepy without graphic violence or sex THIS is the book I recommend. It's Young Adult so the language is clean, the violence is tame, and there's no sex. It's just downright creepy.

I recommend it so highly I don't want to spoil it!

I will say, however, don't feel rushed to read the sequel. It serves as a background to this book and it's really not as good. Necessary, but sort of boring. I'm hoping that the 3rd book is better!

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Rant

This isn't so much a post on a book or TV show...more just a rant.

WHERE IS THE WHISPER PACKAGING FOR SNACK FOODS?

I've ranted about this on my Facebook before. I want quiet packages for foods that I don't want to share. That way I can eat a freaking Oreo without children running in and asking for a piece.

Seriously, we have quiet packaging for tampons but not this? Heaven forbid another WOMAN in the BATHROOM know that you're on your period. Grow up. As a girl in college said, "Once a month you bleed from your vag and you need to be adult enough to talk about it."

So take that science and use it somewhere useful. Moms around the world need this! We deserve chocolate that we don't have to share OR have to wait until bedtime to enjoy. We're tired of hiding in bathrooms and closets to get our fix. We're junkies, dammit. I don't care if the Hershey bar says "package provided by Playtex" on it. I'm just tired of the "can opener effect" when it comes to junkfood and my kids.