Kitty Takes a Holiday

Just spent a delightful week with the new Carrie Vaughn book " Kitty Takes a Holiday". I say spent a week because there are some books you just want to last, instead of gobbling them up in a day. And sometimes, you just feel the need to tell the world about a really great new author and some really , truly fun books.

Kitty Takes a Holiday is the third book in Carrie Vaughn's Kitty Norville series. The first two, Kitty and the Midnight Hour, and Kitty Goes to Washington are on my short list of books that Need to be re-read. Again and again.

A lot of book reviews ( and this is my first ) spend quite a bit of time , it seems to me, describing the plot, ending with " And if you want to see how it ends...." but I know you people, you don't want to know the plot. You can ( and should ) read the books if you want to know what happens. (ok, one sentence: Kitty Norville is a Werewolf who has a talk radio show called Kitty and the Midnight Hour, that's all you need to know )

No, I know you, you want to know " Can Carrie Vaughn write" . Yup. She sure can. More than that, she is a wonderful storyteller, and has created a wonderful character. I know Kitty. She is real. Very real. She could be a friend of mine. I think of her that way. I want to know what's up with her. I wish she would come over for tea someday.

Ms Vaughn does the thing I like most in a writer, and that is she reads. A lot. You can tell. Sometimes it is only one small line, but you can tell ( I have seen writers do this ) that she has read, one, maybe two, perhaps three different books, to get that one bit of information.

( She also includes playlists of what she was listening to while she wrote. The women has great taste in music. There, I have now tied this post into music. I'll even tie it to my new cd, I can tie anything to my new cd. Wait till she hears it! )

She also reminds me a little of Eddi Izzard ( bear with me here ) If you have ever seen his comedy, you know he will throw a whole lot of balls up into the air, and one by one, by the end of his show, he brings them all back in. You may have forgotten they were up there, but he hasn't. Carrie Vaughn is like that. She will surprise you .

These books are fun. A lot of fun. They make me laugh. They make me happy. Sure, Werewolves and Vampires are scary, but they are also people. It's nice to think what life would be like if they were running around with us. I'd hang with Kitty any day.

We'll do steak. Make mine rare.

Love and Stories,
Lorraine