Sniffing A Book

I know it's an unpopular opinion, but I like to watch new shows before I read the books they're based on. If I hate the premise of the show, I'm certainly going to hate the book. But there have been a couple of TV shows over the years that have made me want to read the books that they're based on, just because I love the worlds that are built so much. Outlander is one of those shows that I heard about for so long, but I never really watched it. I knew everyone loved it, and it was really good, but I just never got into the idea of it. Then someone recommended the book to me. I know this is backwards from what this post was supposed to be, but I read the first book, and then watched the first season, and decided I was going to continue reading the series and then following it up with the show.  Currently I'm on book 4 Drums of Autumn. I know the last season has a lot of spoilers for it, but I'm still excited to finally get a chance to sit down and re...

Author: Charlaine Harris Read: 2/3/2019 Pages: 340 Rating: 3/5 Format: ebook   Response:   "Criminal trash like the Rats roamed the highways and trailer parks of America, not smart enough or moral enough to settle down to productive living. They never made a positive mark on the world, or amounted  to a hill of beans, to my way of thinking."  There were parts of this book, like that quote, that I loved and made me laugh. And others that made me snort from how dumb it was. It was a decent book and I'll be continuing the series as it kept me entertained and it was a quick read. This was a fiction book, so it worked for one of the February bingo prompts, even if it didn't get me a bingo in the end. The main issue I had was Bubba. I didn't mind that he was (spoiler?) …. Elvis, what I minded was the execution of it. Bubba was turned by fan who wor...