The Book Nook discussion

Hey everyone! I dropped the ball on June's book - blame it on Summer Reading Program brain. But I'm back and semi more organized (I think) and excited about this month's book. Grab a copy of Fallout and get ready to enjoy this modern take of Lois Lane and Super Man!

Just finished my copy...trying to hold in my opinions and let someone else talk first...so...hard...

Alrighty everyone, I'm ready. What took me so long to write this review? I decided, at the end of Fall Out, that I was going to read all three books in the series to see how I felt at the end of it. Not because I was unsure about Fall Out, but because I was wondering if the rest of the books could measure up.

They did. Oh, they so totally did.

Now, the last thing that I am is a huge super hero fan. I watch the Marvel movies, get excited over the teasers at the end of each movie, and sigh over Captain America - that's about the range of my comic book knowledge. I know about Superman and Lois Lane, of course, but my knowledge is very one dimensional: she's a reporter who apparently has horrific eye sight and so can't figure out that Clark Kent is the dude who flies to her balcony...or so I thought. Fall Out put a new perspective on it for me. Gwenda Bond has taken Lois Lane and fleshed her out, the result being a fearless heroine that provides an afternoon of entertainment (because that's approximately how long it'll take you to read the book, it's that good).

I won't go to in depth into the plot, but I did want to touch on how Bond handles Lois and Clark's relationship. In a word? Brilliant. They are online chat buddies, and their relationship progresses throughout the series. You know that he's Superman, but it never gets annoying that you know that you know but Lois doesn't know even though I think a part of her really does know, you know? ;)

I'll say this: while I'm sure that there are a ton of Superman references that completely flew over my head (sorry, couldn't resist that one), I never felt lost. Bond does an excellent job of introducing you to a world that is both new while paying tribute to the original. Upon finishing the three books, I was suddenly in the mood watch Man of Steel...and I did. Siiiigh.

Thumbs up? Thumbs down? Have you voted on the weekly poll yet? And did anyone else find Lois to be a really cool rival of Nancy Drew?