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9
Nov
2010
The Sandman: Brief Lives by Neil Gaiman
Wow. This volume of The Sandman is so full of awesomeness. It has got to me my favorite of the series so far.
28
Oct
2010
Angel: After the Fall Vol. 2 (First Night) by Joss Whedon and Brian Lynch
Usually, I’m all for prequels. But not when they come in the second installment of a series. So, the proper order to read the After the Fall books in might actually be the following:
26
Oct
2010
The Financial Lives of the Poets by Jess Walter
I was quite disappointed when I discovered that this book is titled The Financial Lives of the Poets (emphasis mine, obvs) rather than just The Financial Lives of Poets. So that’s my first objection.
23
Oct
2010
Fables vol 8: Wolves
Ah Bigsby. You are big and you are a wolf. Ah Mowgli. You are not so big and not really a wolf. But you are very wolflike. And Bigsby? Mowgli is going to find you.
22
Oct
2010
The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde
Jasper Fforde, you sly fucking bastard, sneaking your own book into the well of lost plots. I was wondering what you were up to with those striking nursery rhyme characters.
21
Oct
2010
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
The first half of this book is slow-paced and unlike the first book. The second half involves the Games and is fast-paced and much like the first book. Both of these are good things.
20
Oct
2010
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Mansfield Park. What can I say? I liked it far better than I thought I would. But it made me think about a lot of things, not least of which about Jane Austen herself.
18
Oct
2010
Buffy: Wolves at the Gate by Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard
I don’t remember Dracula having been this funny. Oh, sure, I remember Xander being this funny. But Dracula was a little less irreverent as I recall. I will have to re-watch that one.
8
Oct
2010
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
I’m not entirely sure why this was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. It was good. But it wasn’t Man Booker good.
5
Oct
2010
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG! I am amazed not just by this book, but the fact that finally–finally!–a book–a YA book–has lived up to its hype.
