April 2013 – Looking For a Good Book

April 29, 2013

BLOPE

This is one of the most original science fiction books I’ve read in years! Imagine Philip K. Dick and Franz Kafka and John Norman and Henry Miller writing a story together in a world created by Tim Burton, Ridley Scott, and Quentin Tarantino, and you come close to the strange normalcy that is Blope. Author Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized

Book Reviews, Books, Reviews, SF/Fantasy

April 27, 2013

PAS DE DEATH

Clearly, as an older male, I am not the target audience for a book like this, but: 1) I really enjoy YA literature; 2) I like a good mystery; and 3) I studied dance, specifically ballet, in my younger days and still work in the entertainment industry. Maybe that makes me part of the target Continue reading

MYSTERY, YA

Book Reviews, Books, Mystery, Reviews, Young Adult

April 26, 2013

How do YOU find your next favorite author?

If you consider yourself a reader… someone who truly enjoys a good book … then you undoubtedly have a favorite author or two. I sure do. But what happens when that author stops producing? Or if your favorite author is from a by-gone era and hasn’t written anything in decades? You probably scrabble and claw Continue reading

Thoughts

random thoughts, Reviews

April 22, 2013

WILLIAM AND THE LOST SPIRIT

I’m not entirely sure what to make of this graphic novel. At times it was strong; at times weak. Sometimes it was intriguing; other times dull. My first impression upon finishing was actually, “Hmm…that didn’t seem typically ‘American.’” It didn’t read like most of the graphic novels that I’ve seen today. This is not necessarily Continue reading

GRAPHIC NOVEL, MAGIC, MYTHOLOGY, SF/FANTASY, YA

Book Reviews, Books, Graphic Novels, Magic, Mythology/Legend

April 7, 2013

HAPPY!

**WARNING — GRAPHIC LANGUAGE USED IN THE REVIEW BELOW** If you are not familiar with the genre of graphic novels, this is probably not the place for you to start. This is not a comic book. This is a dark, dirty, depressing, distressing, gruesome, gritty, gory story that can actually make you laugh and maybe Continue reading

GRAPHIC NOVEL

Book Reviews, Books, Graphic Novels, Picture books, Reviews

April 6, 2013

THE STUFF OF DREAMS

There was a time in my life when I read every Star Trek novel that came out. That time has long passed. I think I stopped when I couldn’t keep up, and when Star Trek: The Next Generation started putting out a couple of novels a month, I stopped buying the books altogether. What I like about Continue reading

SF/FANTASY

Book Reviews, Books, Reviews, SF/Fantasy

April 6, 2013

SPACEWALKER: MY JOURNEY IN SPACE…

For those of us who grew up in the ‘space age’ with rockets and moon landings and space walks, it’s hard to imagine a world where this no longer takes place. Unfortunately, with the current space policy, that is what is happening. Books like this, Spacewalker, by and about our astronauts, are important historical records Continue reading

MEMOIR, NON-FICTION

Book Reviews, Books, Memoir, non-fiction, Reviews