June 2014
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TALES FROM OZ – graphic novel
Graphic Novel Review Week **WARNING: SPOILER ALERT — SPOILERS WITHIN** Oh foolish, foolish me. For some reason, I had hoped we’d moved beyond graphic novels where the women were so busty and thin-waisted they make Barbie™ look flat-chested. But apparently, judging by this collection of tales from the land of Oz, that is not the case.… Continue reading
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THREE – graphic novel
GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW WEEK Three is a thoughtful, well-researched graphic novel quite reminiscent of the book and film 300, but choosing to look at the vainglorious, down-fall years of Sparta. The book is told from the viewpoint of the Helots. The Helots were the slaves of the Spartans, and like many slave-owners, the Spartans failed to… Continue reading
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LOST AND – Jeff Griffin
Quite recently I reviewed a book of poetry that I didn’t much enjoy. I’d prefer not to mention it by name as it doesn’t need any sort of promotion (even bad publicity). But what that book thought it was (according to the author), this book is. And that is: Poetry of a most unusual sort,… Continue reading
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SHIFT series (SHIFT; CONTROL; DELETE) – Kim Curran
SHIFT I’m glad I just received the third book in the series, to prompt me to go back and read the first book. This was an awesome, exciting ride! Shift is about sixteen year old Scott Tyler, an average high school student living the typical teenager life of school and friends and girls and a… Continue reading
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CRATER TRUEBLOOD AND THE LUNAR RESCUE COMPANY – Homer Hickam
**WARNING — POTENTIAL SPOILERS AHEAD — SPOILER ALERT ** It’s one hundred years in the future and a wealthy family owns a mine on the moon. The daughter of the family, Maria Medaris, is kidnapped by a group bent on destroying the Earth and taking over the moon. Maria is offered a high position… Continue reading
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SPRING’S FALL – Harambee Grey-Sun
I wouldn’t normally request a book of poetry, but the descriptions of it (“a concept album in musical words” and “an experiment” and even “possibly a mistake”) had me thinking that this was going to be poetry of a sort not found in the typical chapbooks. I thought that this would be a book of… Continue reading
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HANGTOWN – Karen Sandler
Janelle Watkins is a private investigator, damaged physically and emotionally, and currently living in her hometown, a small community of Greenville. She used to be a detective in San Francisco but is currently not able to go back to that line of work, hence her PI work, living in a trailer home that was left… Continue reading
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JUDGE DREDD: YEAR ONE – graphic novel
I’ve never read a Judge Dredd comic or graphic novel before this, so I come as a truly blank slate. In a future or alternate reality, mega-cities employ “judges” — police officers who have the power of judge and jury (and executioner) to uphold the law. Dredd is a Judge fresh out of the academy… Continue reading
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THE LIBRARY OF UNREQUITED LOVE – Sophie Divry
The Library of Unrequited Love isn’t a book, or novel, so much as it is a monologue. A librarian opens up her department of the library to discover a patron who has been locked in over-night. She begins talking to the patron and winds up letting out a great deal of pent-up frustration. For ninety-five… Continue reading
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ENCHANTMENT ÄDVENTYR H.C.A. & I UNDERSTAND – Carol Elizabeth Skog
One thing that is very clear in this, is that author Carol Elizabeth Skog is very passionate about her heritage and that this story is extremely meaningful to her. But sometimes something that is so personal and meaningful doesn’t always translate well to someone who isn’t familiar with the author or the setting. Skog tries… Continue reading
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