So, my birthday, Christmas and New Years were awesome.

For my birthday I got a SodaStream Genesis, that’s been a fun thing in my house, going to look at alternative options for CO2, since theirs is WAY overpriced.

For Christmas, my favorite gift, was the NES and games my girlfriend gave me. She made a retro collector out of me. I’m already looking at what games I want to acquire (or reacquire) I’m especially fascinated by the more recent homebrew games that are on NES carts and have already bought two of those.

Next book  review is coming, not a comic this time, don’t know if I’ll do that again. going to start on that next week when she starts school again. I’m proud of her hardworking self.  I’ll miss her when she’s busy, but I’ll have more time to continue down my own to-do list and stuff that I am working on myself.

This one I started reading actually before Thanksgiving, I didn’t notice until recently that the book just moved to an archive shelf on NetGalley and I could still turn in a review. Yes I am still figuring out how this works, and finding my voice as a book reviewer. So without further ado, here’s the actual first book I read.  Pazuzu’s Girl by Rachel Coles.

Ok, so what is this book about anyway? Well, I’ll give you the description.

Morpho Wilson thought her life was difficult enough. Her father is Pazuzu, the Mesopotamian demon of plague and the Southwest wind. As a teenager, Morpho struggles against her father, while trying to adjust to high school in a new neighborhood. The family is constantly moving in an attempt to elude Pazuzu’s murderous ex-wife, a demoness known for killing children.

Then something interesting happens. A socially-impaired classmate becomes so intrigued by Morpho that he pursues her, despite the mystery surrounding her family and the danger that accompanies it.

But before their romance can grow, the demoness tracks Morpho down, and now only needs an ancient artifact called the Tablet of Destiny to complete the destruction of the world. The tablet confers on its owner the ability to control the fate of everything and everyone on earth.

Once the tablet is discovered in the Middle East, the oldest and most powerful gods begin a battle for its possession, with the human population caught in the middle. Morpho, her family, and her new friend must decide, do they escape from the horrifying demoness or fight for their own destiny? How far will Pazuzu go to save his daughter from a hellish fate? Will his banishment from Heaven so many millennia ago end up being a curse…or a blessing?

Is that tl;dr (too long, didn’t read)? Let me make it short then,it’s a story about a divorced father and his daughter, Simple, right? Only if the ex wife didn’t have a history of murdering children.  That would frustrate any parent out there wouldn’t it.

Some people might wonder why I read such a book, there’s a  simple answer, honestly, I picked it because I liked the cover, and the description piqued my curiosity. This book actually surprised me, it has a bit of humor, it’s not as serious as it sounds. Some of it is very geeky and made this geek almost want to really roll on the floor laughing out loud. The references in this book are fun too, but I won’t give any of that away though, so you will just have to read it yourself.

Did I enjoy this, will I read it again? Yes, absolutely I will. It’s fun, it’s fantastical, and it’s my kind of geeky.  It’s a nice escape, the characters are fun, completely unreal and yet kind of familiar.  This is one that I would happily purchase for my Kindle Library or leave out on my bookshelf.  It was a fun read for me.