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Fat Charlie has a comfortable life in London and a lovely fiancée whose mother is hell on Earth. Fat Charlie cannot say his life is everything he has ever dreamt of, but when his father dies and he learns he is the son of a god and that he has a brother, the life he knows and Rosie are gone and Fat Charlie wants it back.

This book was a brilliant surprise. Whether you like or do not like American Gods, give this a try because there is nothing in common between the two except that there are gods in it. Fat Charlie, Spider, Rosie, Rosie's mother and Daisy are characters that we easily care about but I wasn't expecting the humour. This book is way funnier than it should be because it is beautifuly written, the characters and story evolve in a very satisfying way and it even has a surprising twist in the end. I was not expecting such a novel from Gaiman, but I am immensely happy I read this. It is become one of my favourites from him.

Cat was the narrator when we met Bones many years ago, and now it's time for Bones' version of the story that led to the creation of their dynamic lethal duo. It's the same story, but it's told with a bit more knowledge of what is really happening with the vampires that keep crossing Cat's path.

I didn't think I was interested in this book, but after listening to the "Graphic Audio" adaptation of the first one, I decided to try this one while waiting for the next adaptation (which apparently is coming in December). I've always enjoyed this story, so I wasn't sure a different point of view would add much - it doesn't. I wouldn't recommend it as a "must read" from the series, but it's nice to read something new (even if old) from Cat and Bones. I'll read the following one too, as it probably is my favourite book of the series. As some people have noticed, for some reason the text was adapted to incorporate current technology, which feels unnecessary as it creates some discrepancies between the versions.

Half-vampire Catherine Crawfield knows her family is afraid of her "darker nature", and tries to make up for it by killing vampires at night. One night she meets a powerful vampire that teaches her more than she wanted to know, and not only about vampires.

It's been more than ten years since I first read this book, but I had to take a chance on the Graphic Audio version because I was sure it would be worth it. It is amazing what good actors and sound effects do to a story, you pay attention even to moments in the book where your head would probably stray a little. Cat and Bones are a favourite duo, and they remain ready to take over the world. I confess I remembered Cat being less petty, but the whole story and dialogues are much better experienced in this format. It seems there is more action thanks to the sound effects, and the comic moments are funnier. Give this a try, specially because Danny Ganivan is the perfect Bones!

Fletch is engaged (again) to a beautiful Italian woman named Angela whose father has been kidnapped in Italy. Fletch flies to Boston trying to find the paintings that were stolen from the family's house more than 2 years before, as the family needs them to pay the ransom. But on arrival, he finds a dead woman in his rented apartment and he is the most obvious suspect.

This book is as good as the previous one, lots of action and witty dialogues. This time around Fletch is not as much orchestrating everything as trying not to be sucked into the mess that the murder has created for him. I enjoyed his book, detective Flynn is a lot of fun and I am looking forward to read some books of his own series. Fletch audiobooks are part of the Audible free catalogue - the narrator does a very good job. Also, check the movie based on this book with John Hamm. I guess this book proves that good material cannot go wrong in any format.

Fletcher is a reporter that is currently investigating a local drug problem. Confused by Alan Stanwyk as one of the addicts, Fletcher is offered a lot of money by Alan to kill him. Fletcher accepts the proposal as he realises there's a good story behind whatever is going on with Stanwyk's life.

I was about to give this book 3 stars, but since it was writtein in the 70s I'm cutting it some slack. Fletcher is a fun and witty character, but there's too much of a James Bond vibe happening with the ladies around him. It is weird to realise that we now have all information we need at the distance of a thumb, and some decades ago it took days to perform a proper research. I liked Fletcher and the cozy mystery, even though I figured it all out before the end. The Audible version is pretty good and available for free for subscribers.

Paul Mulchrone is so average that he can be anyone as long as your eyesight isn't great. In a way, he uses this "talent" to keep company to old people that are no longer visited by their family. Trouble starts when one of the elderly tries to kill him, and all hell breaks loose.

I didn't know what to expect of this book, to be honest I started reading it just because it was on sale and I loved [b:The Stranger Times|53181090|The Stranger Times (Stranger Times #1)|C.K. McDonnell|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1597350314l/53181090.SY75.jpg|80108226]. It turns out that a trilogy that has more than 3 books is enough to convince me I would like the book, and indeed I did! The author is very quottable and I enjoy his sense of humour, he is also particularly good at writing female characters, which is always a bonus. Birgit, Paul, Jimmy Stewart and Nora were my favourite characters and it was a joy to keep them company while I nursed a bad headache.

The narrator of the Audible version is also pretty good and does all the voices and accents.

This book is a collection of non-fiction written by one of my favourite authors. I wanted to like this more than I did, probably because most of these texts were supposed to be listened to/read only once. But as part of a collection we get the same ideas and sentences repeated over the same topics. We can tell as Pratchett develops his ideas and which sentences he reuses for the next text. Maybe just publishing the final text (or the largest one) of one topic would work better.

The end is of course more serious, not only assisted death was a fight very dear to Pratchett as I felt he struggles to find something nice to say over his anger and willingness to right wrongs. I found that the sentence "My life, my death, my choice." summarises this topic neatly. But then again, the same sentiment encapsulates so many wrongs done to so many good people. Even though not my favourite read, I hope this book keeps Pratchett's ideas alive for years to come.