Jacky Faber/Bloody Jack series by L.A. Meyer Thoughts

I finished the Jacky Faber series and just wanted to get down a couple thoughts on it. I really enjoyed them and I can't wait till the next book.

I don’t understand why there isn’t more talk/recs for this series because they are really fun and Jacky’s fabulous and so are most of the secondary characters. I really like the way that the books deal with gender and race and class and sexuality (Jacky is very progressive in a largely conservative time). The books aren’t just full of white characters with an occasional non-white character in the background but rather have an expanding cast of characters of many different races. I love how full of female characters and female relationships most of the books are (minus the first). I love how they deal with female characters. I like that class issues aren’t just black and white. I love that there are gay characters in the books.

( a couple thoughts - spoilers up to book 7 'In the Wake of the Lorelei Lei' )

Koshonin, Chuck 4x17 and White Collar 2x15 Thoughts

Koshonin Season 1

I finished the first season and enjoyed it overall. I really did not think I would finish it because that first episode was just so hard for me to get through. I kept procrastinating on watching episode two but a number of people loved the series so much that I didn’t want to just drop it. I decided to give it the second episode, and the conclusion of the episode 1 plot line, to see if I could keep watching. Luckily, I found that episode much easier to get through and subsequently the rest of the episodes as well. While I wouldn’t list it as a favourite series I did enjoy it enough that I’m going to watch the second season.

( spoilers for season one )

Chuck 4x17 ‘Chuck Versus the First Bank of Evil’

I really enjoyed the episode. ( Read more... )

White Collar 2x15 'Power Play'

This was a fun episode. ( Read more... )