April 2014
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SPERA VOLUME 3 – graphic novel
I am, admittedly, new to this Spera world, and have to admit that I was lost, much like our young heroes seemed to be. Spera, appears to be about a pair of princesses, Lono and Pira, who wander around the country side eating everything they can, and getting sick on it. Well, okay, that’s not Continue reading
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THE SHADOW/GREEN HORNET: DARK NIGHTS – graphic novel
Not too long ago I really enjoyed the graphic novel Masks, which featured The Green Hornet and The Shadow, so I was looking forward to this book, featuring a match-up with these two, different, crime fighters again. Unfortunately, this one didn’t have the magic that Masks had. The Shadow and The Green Hornet are very Continue reading
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DEJAH THORIS AND THE GREEN MEN OF MARS , VOLUME 1: RED MEAT – graphic novel
It wasn’t too long ago that I reviewed a different title in the Dejah Thoris series (Warlord of Mars Dejah Thoris). I had requested this volume before I had reviewed the previous book. The good news is: this is better than the previous Dejah Thoris book I reviewed. The bad news is: not by much. Continue reading
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next week … graphic novels
I have a back-log of graphic novels to review, so I’ve dedicated all next week to nothing but graphic novels! We’ll see Green Hornet, The Shadow, Dejah Thoris, and some one-shot titles from the Indie presses. I’ve got enough graphic novel titles in my review queue that I could easily do two weeks, but we’ll Continue reading
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ALL THE SONGS: THE STORY BEHIND EVERY BEATLES RELEASE – Philippe Margotin & Jean-Michel Guesdon
Fabulous. While it seems that most of this information has been available through other sources, this compendium packs it all together and ties it up with the perfect packaging. I absolutely loved getting the little tidbits of information in quick, rapid form. This is not necessarily a book to sit and read cover to cover Continue reading
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JAKE AND THE GIANT HAND – Philippa Dowding
I have ALWAYS enjoyed works of the absurd; the theatre of Eugene Ionesco, the stories of Nikolai Gogol, the books of Roald Dahl. Now I’ll include Philippa Dowding to that list! This book is about twelve year old Jake who is off to visit his grandfather. Jake spends some time with some older kids who Continue reading
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UNDER NAMELESS STARS – Christian Schoon
This is the second in the Zenn Scarlett series, and if you’ll recall, I really enjoyed the first book, Zenn Scarlett. Under Nameless Stars (a beautiful title that doesn’t have a whole lot to do with the book) picks up right where Zenn Scarlett left off and it’s recommended that you start with that first book. Continue reading
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EAST OF WEST #1: THE PROMISE
I get the feeling that there is an awful lot going on here that I don’t have a clue about. And that seems to be okay. Let me start by saying how gorgeous this book is. The artwork by Nick Dragotta is really fine. It is very stylized and different from most of what I’ve seen Continue reading
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BAYONETS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR – Claude Bera & Bernard Aubry
This is a high-quality coffee-table book for history and military enthusiasts, originally written in French, this was translated by the publisher (Schiffer). Authors Claude Bera and Bernard Aubry have clearly done great research for this book and have included quality, in-depth technical listings of a wide variety of bayonets. The photos are pristine and very, Continue reading
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THE ECOPOETRY ANTHOLOGY – Ann Fisher-Wirth & Laura-Gray Street, editors
It’s National Poetry Month (in the U.S. and Canada), so it seems as good a time as any to review this massive anthology. Actually, I’ve been reading this book for almost a year, and just finished it recently. I’m not a huge poetry fan, but I am a fan of ecology and enjoy most things Continue reading
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COURIER – Terry Irving
WARNING — POTENTIAL SPOILERS AHEAD I had some high hopes, going in to this book. 1970’s. Washington/Watergate scandal. Vietnam. Couriers. I’ve lived through it all (even having been a courier) and I wanted to see a tight mystery/thriller wrapped up in this setting. Sadly, that’s not quite what happened. While it starts off on a Continue reading
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HONOR AMONG THIEVES – James S. A. Corey
I haven’t read a Star Wars novel since…well, probably since Brian Daley wrote a couple of Han Solo books in the late 1970’s. And it’s not that I don’t enjoy Star Wars (I’m nerd enough to say that I own the top-of-the-line LaserDiscs of the original cut of the original film), it’s just that I Continue reading
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