Lucas Blogs About Books

Huh, some idiot covered part of the author's name. All right, full disclosure time. I didn't finish reading this one. Whoa! Seriously, you're going to review a book that you didn't finish reading? Yeah, I mean, it's not like anyone's paying me to do this. Also, I thought maybe we could talk about whether you have an obligation to finish a book you're not enjoying. I'll allow it, but make sure you go somewhere with this. Thanks, Hypothetical Reader. You're the best. So, let's put in a little backstory. I enjoyed Mira Grant's Newsflesh trilogy from a few years ago ( Feed, Deadline, and Blackout ). The books are fun and feature engaging narrators in Georgia and Shaun Mason, the adoptive siblings who become embedded bloggers on a presidential campaign in a world in which the zombie apocalypse has become the status quo and ultimately end up uncovering a massive conspiracy. They've got a kind of late 90's Josh Whedon-y vibe t...

F/NAL G/RLS by R/LEY SAGER? Before we go any further, I assume that you know what the "final girl" trope is in horror film. If not, Google is your friend. So, what's this book's deal? I'm glad you asked, Hypothetical Reader. It's the story of Quincy Carpenter, a baking blogger (yes, this is her real job, and yes, the book does explain how she manages to financially support herself (hint: it doesn't involve the blog)) in Manhattan who, ten years earlier, was the lone survivor of the Pine Cottage Murders (think any slasher movie with an escaped mental patient). Luckily (kinda) for Quincy, she has no memory of what happened between midnight and one am on the night in question. Afterwards, the media dub her a "Final Girl." Sharing this dubious honor are Lisa Milner, who years earlier survived a similar slaughter at her sorority house, and Samantha Boyd, who was working at the Nightlight Inn when it was attacked by the Sack Man. None of...