It's been a year since Bubba settled things with his crazy brother Jason once and for all, and what a year it's been! The third volume of collected Bubba stories contains more monsters, more inter-dimensional travel, more duels to the death, and more guitar solos than any other season of Bubba yet!
Wine, Women, & Song collects the following four novellas: Moon over Bourbon Street Night at the Museum Midsummer Oh Bubba, Where Art Thou?
Moon Over Bourbon Street Bubba and the team are on vacation in New Orleans, but it's anything but easy! There are vampires hunting people, a hot chick in black leather on a Harley, and a butt-nekkid voodoo priest! How in the world is Bubba supposed to stop drinking Hurricanes and figure this mess out?
Night at the Museum Bubba gets all cultured up when a mysterious figure from Uncle Father Joe's past drags him into a mess of romantic entanglements, butt-kicking suits of armor, ticked-off museum exhibits, and disembodied vampire heads trying to kill him. And that's not even the scary stuff!
Midsummer By far the most high-brow Bubba adventure ever, which ain't saying much. There are missing kids in Nashville, and Bubba and Agent Amy are called in to investigate. Bubba has to learn how to put an app on his phone, then gets sucked into a dimension with no cell service when Shakespeare meets Pokemon Go! Bubba has to find the missing girls, escape from prison, and rassle an alligator before he can get back home and get some famous hot chicken!
Oh Bubba, Where Art Thou A Christmas romp full of guest stars as Bubba tries to save the country music industry from Auto-Tune, Bro Country, and demons. Guest star Hank Williams Sr. takes Bubba through time in this redneck Christmas Carol. Can Bubba save country music, or are we doomed to an eternity of Luke Bryan and Florida Georgia Line?
John G. Hartness is a teller of tales, a righter of wrong, defender of ladies’ virtues, and some people call him Maurice, for he speaks of the pompatus of love.
He is also the award-winning author of the urban fantasy series The Black Knight Chronicles (Bell Bridge Books), the Bubba the Monster Hunter comedic horror series, the Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter dark fantasy series, and many other projects.
In 2016, John teamed up with a pair of other publishing industry ne’er-do-wells and founded Falstaff Books, a small press dedicated to publishing the best of genre fictions “misfit toys.” In his copious free time John enjoys long walks on the beach, rescuing kittens from trees and playing Magic: the Gathering.
For free short stories and to follow his activities and appearances on his newsletter, follow this link - http://eepurl.com/fV4In
I usually like Bubba The Monster Hunter as good background entertainment when I'm working. It's a palette cleanser between more serious literary endeavors. I mean, it's genuinely funny. I don't mean to belittle it. I really do like it. But I LOVED this one! Especially the last novella, "Oh Bubba, Where Art Thou?" It was a bit of a risk on Hartness's part. He shifted his target audience to music fans... especially country music fans. He gambled, and I think he won. It was a serious and unusually emotional Bubba story about the plight of the country music industry and the fall of Trashville from the height of its glory days as the country music mecca. This book makes me want to explore more of Hartness's work beyond "Bubba The Monster Hunter." But I will definitely continue with the Bubba The Monster Hunter series.
The third season of Bubba is a plateau in Mr. Hartness' growth as a writer; a time to strengthen what he has learnt before attempting something new. But the final story of the season is that attempt, and boy howdy! The third season consists of four standalone stories after the explosive ending of season 2. The final story of season 3 ends with a major complication to resolve in season 4.
While taking time to master the novella format, Mr. Hartness continues to deepen the relationship between Bubba and Amy. Meanwhile, Father Uncle Joe gets a complication of his own and needs to rethink his calling. Skeeter – dear Skeeter – gets a couple love bites that are more chomps than kisses. (I hope our gay nerd will someday find someone to love him. Who do I need to ship him with?) During the last story of the season, Mr. Hartness rolls his shoulders and cracks his knuckles and breaks out a new level with an experimental piece – giving us a great deal of insight into Bubba's (and maybe the author's) love of music.
Of the four stories in season three, Night at the Museum is the strongest in fights, and Moon Over Bourbon Street is the strongest in relationships/friendships. I found Oh Bubba Where Art Thou an interesting intellectual exercise, and I am very interested to see how the fallout from the story will affect our favorite redneck (does he continue to play?). Oh Bubba also made me cry. Midsummer rounds out the batch.
Season three is slower than the previous seasons, but like many things, slowing things down gives you time to appreciate Wine, Women, and Song.
Wine, Women & Song changes up the formula of the previous Bubba collections a bit. Whereas those were collections of linked short stories focused mainly on family, WWS is 4 connected novellas that focus squarely on friendship.
It opens with "Moon over Bourbon Street", and finds Bubba and his team taking a much needed break in New Orleans, and winding up squarely in the middle of a war between rival vampires. And zombies. Oh so many zombies. It also expands the mythos a bit by introducing the Gulf Coast's version of Bubba.
Moving on to "Night At The Museum", the gang is sent to investigate a museum exhibit on the occult that is about to open, curated by an old friend of Uncle Father Joe. It's a fun story that steers clear of the obvious twist.
Third up, Bubba and Amy investigate the apparent kidnapping of teenage girl. Not normally the kind of thing they get called in on, the girl simply vanishes while playing an augmented reality phone game - one about collecting faerie creatures. Can Bubba survive a trip into the Feywild?
Finally, for me the gem of the volume is "Oh Bubba Where Art Thou", a story that riffs heavily on "A Christmas Carol" as Bubba has to investigate a historic, and very haunted, music studio. Can Bubba save country music? Who is the Ghost of Music Present? Is the future of music owned by corporations and autotuning demons? All this and more will be answered in this fun romp.
This audiobook is a 2018 ABR Finalist and with good reason. First of all, it is funny. Yes, I know it is about a monster hunter, and various paranormal beings of insalubrious character meet an unpleasant fate amidst blood and gore and fighting and shooting and general mayhem; think "Bruce Willis Blockbuster" for special effects. But I reserve the moniker of "Horror" for stories that have me peering under the bed with a flashlight (and not just to look for a dropped earring), worrying about nightmares. Season 3 makes me wish to have read Seasons 1 and 2, not because the three tales in this book aren't each standalone but because they are so much goldarned fun!
I've heard John Solo narrate other books and he does a great job as a midwesterner (including the women's voices). But Bubba is Deep South and I didn't catch a misstep in John's drawl or stylization of vocabulary; each character is distinctive and (with the exception of the beer wagon driver who's purported Irish accent came off as a Jamaican-Norwegian mashup-which was also pretty funny!) vocalizations are first-rate. Author John Hartness is clearly having a wonderful time spinning his tales and I had many a fabulous hour enjoying them. Well done all around!
Kindle Unlimited Going through the entire Bubba the Monster Hunter collections and not sure if the boy is on drugs or should be...but he makes real interesting reading...and a little wonder if his mama dropped him on his head, hard, repeatedly, on purpose, bless his heart.But John G be sure to tell Bubba if he's ever back down this way to holler;I bet that boy is more fun than wrasslin' a pig...a supernatural no bitey one of course. P.S. Come on down, and we'll shoot or set something on fire, darlin'.
Family Tradition - A Bubba the Monster Hunter Prequel Scattered, Smothered and Chunked - Bubba the Monster Hunter Season 1 Grits, Guns & Glory - Bubba the Monster Hunter Season 2 Wine, Women, & Song: Bubba the Monster Hunter Season 3 *collected edition including following four novellas: Moon over Bourbon Street - Night at the Museum - Midsummer - Oh Bubba, Where Art Thou?
Books are available in above ways/sets as well as individually and in other types of collections from this writer.
Hartness is a fantastic story teller. The characters in this series are colorful and rich. These are difficult books to put down. There are only a couple things I would critique. The first is the editing. Spell Check and Grammar Check were developed for a reason, and are easy to use. The second thing, which has become far less frequent as you progress through the series, is Bubba rehashing who he is, what he does, and what he does it with. That got tired after the first five times he does it in short order. Aside from those niggles, these stories are great fun!
Okay the season went the way of the other two in that Bubba was the stereotypical hillbilly with more guns than sense. As much as I love this series, I had to dock a star for that last book in the season. It was utterly pointless. I won’t go into detail but if anyone is reading these separately and not by season, I’d skip it honestly. It didn’t have the action of the others and the idea behind it was more outlandish than the series as a whole.
This is book 3 of the Bubba the Monster Hunter stories and it grabbed a hold of me and held on till I finished the book. I just can't get enough of Bubba and his friends! The last story in the book hit a nerve and had me shedding a few tears. Music is a big thing to me and it struck a nerve. Absolutely can not wait to read book 4!
5 star series. cannot wait for next instalment. I was reluctant to read this series despite loving this authors other works (which are equally brilliant) because i thought it was just a collection of short stories of which I'm not a fan. I was wrong. utterly mistaken. It's a rich and cleverly woven series. Epic.
What an absolutely amazing read. Hartness weaves in the harkerverse, Shakespeare, and Country classics to tell an amazeballs collection of tales. Every book makes Bubba that much more relatable and lovable.
I am really enjoying all the redneck humour with a little romance, lots of action and of course all the creatures that go bump in the night.Mr. Hartness is a great story teller.
Another Bubba short stories. This one ends with Bubba saving country music from big techno non-feeling corporate demons. A twist with Bubba’s Mamma ends the last story and sets up the next book of short stories. Fun if you don’t expect too much depth.
A selection of more great Bubba stories. I did not like the fairy one but the rest were up to standard. This selection had a fair amount of Bubba talking to monsters which was also enjoyable, but I still like it when Bertha comes into play. A good third book in a great series.
When I started reading this series I didn't think i'd love it as much as I do. The characters are all so amazing that it's really easy to grow attached to them. Every single book i've read of these stories I haven't been able to put down!
Another extra fun read in the world of Bubba the Monster Hunter. I started this book last summer, read about half of it, and then set it aside to read some other stuff. Finally got around to picking it back up a few days ago. Glad I did. Really fun series. Looking forward to more.
since I have already read #4 this ends my trips with Bubba, funny how much you can get attached to a character in a book, the last story in this one. really touched me for some reason. gonna miss old Bubba
Okay Hartness, it's on! I come into this book expecting lots of light laughs and you go and make me cry! How dare you put something so real and touching in a Bubba book? Don't you know these are real people to me?
I enjoyed this book immensely and sad that it ended. Hopefully another comes out soon. I loved the stooge version at the end. I won't tell who the three ghosts were, so you will have to read it.
Wine, Women, & Song Bubba the Monster Hunter Season 3 By John Hartness with Melissa Gilbert as editor Falstaff Books copyright 2016
Bubba the Monster Slayer makes me laugh. Out loud, in public. If you are easily embarrassed, maybe wait to get home before you open this book.
Then again, there is something about sharing literature. I was reading in line at Rite Aid and the words, "I was wading through sea of inebriated humanity with Amy, Skeeter, and Uncle Father Joe, staring at boobs, when Katy Perry started singing "Roar" out of my right butt cheek..." and I started giggling.
*Erline, the pharmacy assistant, looked me dead in the eye and said, "tell me what you are reading or I will mix your Paxil with downers."** I read the line up to the "roar" statement, showed her my Kindle, then showed her the Bubba series. I referred her to the first part of Bubba's struggles. She grabbed my kindle and started to read.
She proceeded to chuckle **. She pulled out her ereader device and started to surf. "I have to laugh to make it through all this holiday overwork somehow," she admitted. If I ever get out of here the only way I'm going to not go crazy is to read something funny once I actually get off work tonight."***
Bubba's got enough crazy for everyone just so you don't have to go there yourself. Bubba's cool even while "hunting chimichangas". Or chupacabras, or chalupas-- his Spanish is not very good. But there is usually a giant Eagle gun involved, mayhem, and a whole lot of fun in the process.
Followers of the Bubba series know that Bubba has endured much pain and suffering over the first two seasons. Not quite as much as Job, but I used the words "learning experiences" to describe what exactly occurred to Bubba during seasons 1&2. Every single person should inwardly brace themselves when hearing the phrase. The button "Oh, no, not another 'Learning Experience'" was popular for a reason.
Season 3 is all about Bubba getting his groove back. Fortunately, he has surrendered to love and Agent Amy, a woman from a Federal agency that "does not exist" (DEMON). He sometimes listens to his best friend Skeeter. Skeeter's IQ is so high that Skeeter managed to be black and gay and still survived growing up in the conservative deep south.
Four novellas are presented in Season 3: --One is set in New Orleans, where Skeeter finally meets his match --One is set in a Museum and we finally learn Father Joe's backstory --One deals directly with fairies and Pokemon, with Shakespeare thrown in for the Puck of it. --One is the best damn Christmas Carol adaptation I have read in years. Seriously, the only way to make it better would be to have Matt Smith retake his Doctor Who role and show the Hell up in his Tardis. With Half Life characters following. Maybe Chell shows up. The story has Hank Williams. And Prince. What else should I say?
Season 3 ends with an incredible set up for season 4. Expect the unexpected. Never underestimate a mother when it comes to communicating with her son.
Do yourself a favor and buy this book!
*The guilty will not be named correctly in my text. Unless she gives me written permission. And stops saying "Roar!" at me every time I walk into the *&%$*!! pharmacy.
**Erline wants the world to know that she is a very serious pharmaceutical assistant, and that when I showed her Bubba she did not pull out her Ereader and immediately buy the first of the Bubba series (she bought it when I left) after downloading samples.
Erline is too serious to read frivolously fun books, ever. She likes classically respectable tales of murder, sexual activity, and monsters--the Holy Bible, in fact. Really.
***She also did not think Skeeter was awesome and find herself buying "Bubba Season two" to make sure he was all right. Nor did her brother and sister-in-law. Do you understand?
Truthfully when I started reading this series I thought I would hate it. I mean "Bubba" conjures up a certain image that is not flattering. Of course the author was counting on people thinking the same thing. Bubba however uses people's preconceived notions of a hillbilly redneck to his advantage. Add in Skeeter as his best friend and it just works. It gets corny and crass, but totally owns up to knowing they are skirting the line.
Wine, Women, & Song 23-Moon over Bourbon Street 4 stars 24-Night at the Museum 3 stars 25-Midsummer 4 stars 26-Oh Bubba, Where Art Thou? 4 stars