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:
17
Aug
2010
Ruby and the Stone Age Diet by Martin Millar
Ruby and the Stone Age Diet was one of Martin Millar’s first books. It came out something like 20 years ago (indeed, a blurb from Neil Gaiman says that he’s been reading Millar for 20 years) in the U.K., but was only just published earlier this year in the U.S. by Soft Skull Press.
13
Aug
2010
The Sandman: Fables and Reflections by Neil Gaiman
Here we have Fables & Reflections the 6th volume of the Sandman series. This is one of those volumes that doesn’t have an over-arcing storyline, so Imma break it down for you.
31
May
2010
The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan
On page fifty of The Titan’s Curse, book three of the Percy Jackson city, is a paragraph that sums up my philosophy on Life, The Universe, and Everything…
17
May
2010
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
I started reading American Gods for One Book One Twitter (#1b1t), but got far ahead of schedule and have finished it while we’re supposed to be discussing something like chapter 9.
8
May
2010
The Sandman: Season of Mists by Neil Gaiman
In the first issue of Season of Mists, Prophecy has called a meeting of the Endless. The result is that Dream is humiliated into going back to Hell, in order to rescue the princess he once sentenced there (back in Doll’s House we heard about this).
9
Apr
2010
The Sea of Monsters By Rick Riordan
Once again, Percy Jackson must go on a quest to save the day, along with side kick Annabeth.
19
Mar
2010
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
A quick trip to Ye Olde Wikipedia will inform you that Rick Riordan first began writing the Percy Jackson series back in 1994, ergo you can can then deduce (induce?) that the Percy Jackson series is not derivative of Harry Potter.
9
Mar
2010
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
It’s really no wonder that this was shortlisted for the National Book Award (Young People’s category) and won the Printz award. It’s one of those highly literary stories that trancscends the young adult or genre or the graphic novel genre. In fact, I think it may be enhanced by them.
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.
