July 2014
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STALKED: THE BOY WHO SAID NO: A TRUE-LIFE NOVEL – Patti Sheehy
BIOGRAPHY WEEK REVIEWS **Warning — Potential Spoilers Ahead!** It’s been a little while since my review of The Boy Who Said No, but I had really liked that book and when I was informed that there would be a follow-up, I jumped at the chance to read it and made sure there would be room in my week of… Continue reading
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BIOGRAPHY FOR BEGINNERS – Edmund Clerihew Bentley
THROWBACK THURSDAY: REVIEWING A REISSUE BIOGRAPHY WEEK REVIEWS This book is, as the bibliographical note states, “a republication of the third edition of the work originally published as Biography for Beginners: Being a Collection of Miscellaneous Examples for the Use of Upper Forms by T. Werner Laurie, London, in 1925.” It is my suspicion that… Continue reading
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BERTOLT BRECHT: A LITERARY LIFE – Stephen Parker
BIOGRAPHY WEEK REVIEWS It was a little daunting, looking at a 700+ page book, a biography of a German playwright, but the research and presentation of Bertolt Brecht’s life is thorough and meticulous. This isn’t your average, summer beach reading biography. This is a comprehensive look at a political playwright of ‘epic theatre,’ and a… Continue reading
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BIRD: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF CHARLIE PARKER – Chuck Haddix
BIOGRAPHY WEEK REVIEWS Anyone who has even a passing interest in jazz music should know who Charlie “Bird” Parker is. And for those of us who are inspired by his music should be interested in a biography really letting us know he was. Sadly, this book doesn’t give us too much. In one paragraph: Charlie… Continue reading
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JULIAN HAWTHORNE: THE LIFE OF A PRODIGAL SON – Gary Scharnhorst
BIOGRAPHY WEEK REVIEWS I will admit right off the bat that I was not familiar with Julian Hawthorne before reading this book. His famous father, Nathaniel Hawthorne, of course is required reading somewhere along the way for any English major. So why read this biography of a famous author’s son? It turns out that Julian… Continue reading
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DRAGONWRITER: A TRIBUTE TO ANNE MCCAFFREY AND PERN – Todd McCaffrey, editor
BIOGRAPHY WEEK REVIEWS It is very possible that I am the only person who will read this book who has never read a single “Pern” book in the Anne McCaffreey canon. I am, of course, familiar with the books…in large part due to the awesome covers by Michael Whelan, whose art I relished at a… Continue reading
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GRIMM FAIRY TALES: ROBYN HOOD: WANTED – graphic novel
I feel like I’ve been beating up on a number of graphic novels lately, and I definitely had my concerns going in to this one (look at that cover illustration and tell me you don’t think it will have that objectifying women portrayal!). But as I’d just finished Grimm Fairy Tales: Code Red, which I… Continue reading
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MOON OVER TANGIER – Janice Law
This was something a little bit different for me. First off, it’s a mystery, which I’ve come to enjoy but haven’t read a great deal, and it features a homosexual leading character. Why is that important? It isn’t. Other than the fact that author Janice Law won the Lambda Award for best gay mystery for… Continue reading
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HOW TO DRAW DOGS, CATS, AND HORSES – Arthur Zaidenberg
THROWBACK THURSDAY: REVIEWING A REISSUE Seeing this book in the ARC queue at Netgalley really brought back some great memories for me. As a middle schooler, bent on a career in art, I would wander in to the one craft store in town and head first to the spinner rack where thin “How To Draw… Continue reading
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GRIMM FAIRY TALES PRESENT CODE RED VOLUME 1: AGE OF DARKNESS – graphic novel
This one almost had me. Little Red Riding Hood…er…Britney Waters, aka Agent Red, works for the government on special assignment with the Realm Knights. They managed to get their hands on a precious red stone (referred to as the Cyclops Eye), the properties of which they don’t fully understand, other than that it potentially holds… Continue reading
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VINTAGE ADVERTISING ART AND DESIGN – J. N. Halsted and others
I love black and white art from the late nineteenth century/early 20th Century. The art deco and art nouveau looks are still among the classiest period in modern art, in my opinion. Part of what has made it so fantastic is the care and dedication of the artists who took pride in their work. It… Continue reading
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GET BLANK – Justin Robinson
James Bond? Sam Spade? Ellery Queen? Matt Helm? Maxwell Smart? Sherlock Holmes? If you need a spy/detective, all you need is to get Blank. **WARNING — POTENTIAL SPOILERS AHEAD** Blank is a man of many names and even more talents, most of them useless, but some of them will come in to play. He’s trying… Continue reading
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