5
Mar
2010
The Sandman: The Doll’s House by Neil Gaiman
Even though I’d just read the first of the Sandman graphic novels a week ago, I appreciated the summary in the beginning of Volume 2. Instead of really refreshing things for me, it served more to better my understanding.
2
Mar
2010
The Unwritten Vol 1 by Mike Carey and Peter Gross
After reading two great reviews of The Unwritten (first by my boss on Slog, and then by Nymeth–both of whose judgement I completely trust regarding graphic novels), I knew that I wanted to read this.
9
Feb
2010
The Forgotten Legion by Ben Kane
About 200 pages into this 500+ page epic, I figured out that this most be book 1 of a series. The main characters had not even joined the army yet.
7
Feb
2010
Spike: After the Fall by Brian Lynch and Franco Urru
Poor, poor Spike. He gets a made a vampire, gets dumped by his sire after more than 100 years of love and mayhem, falls in love with a slayer, gets a chip put in his brain by the government, gets a soul, gets the chip out, dies in the Hellmouth, gets brought back to Wolfram & Hart but is incorporeal, gets all corporealized, saves the world (again), and lands, with the rest of L.A., in Hell.
18
Nov
2009
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Will somebody please tell me what the Hell this is supposed to be on the cover of this book? I get that it’s supposed to be gold leaf and lapis or whatever, but what is it a picture of?
10
Nov
2009
Seal Intestine Raincoat by Rosie Chard
The Seal Intestine Raincoat in the book’s title turns out to be exactly that: a raincoat made from seal intestines. It was made a long time ago by a now homeless old Inuit man in the Northern reaches of Canada.
22
Oct
2009
Unpredictable Crossing by Jonna-Lynn K Mandelbaum
Well, I have some good things and bad things to say about this book.
28
Sep
2009
Strange But True America by John Hafnor
Here are some of the things I learned reading this book: Read the rest of this entry »
21
Sep
2009
Poland by James Michener
In European History and Western Civilization classes, at least in the U.S., you pretty much study England, France, a little bit of Germany, some Italy, possibly some Russia, and maybe a bit of the Spanish and Vikings. I’m half Polish (on my Mom’s side), and have always been annoyed with this. So it was with great relish that I read Michener’s epic, Poland.
1
Sep
2009
Frozen Tears by Mary Ann MacAfee
The thing about self-published books is that they can be quite good…they just haven’t gone through the gentle prodding of an editor. That’s definitely the the case for this one. The story is good. But the pacing is choppy in places. The writing is good. But it does get a bit too sentimental and rely on the “tell” rather than “show” at points.
