August 2014
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DEAD BOY DETECTIVES, VOL. 1: SCHOOLBOY TERRORS – graphic novel
I’m going to start this review by stating that I’ve never read the Sandman graphic novels. I know … I know … don’t hate me for it! Why do I want to state that I haven’t read Sandman? Because the very first words at the top of the cover of this book are: From the Continue reading
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PARKER: THE HUNTER – Richard Stark
THROWBACK THURSDAY: REVIEWING A REISSUE **WARNING — SPOILER ALERT!** IDW Publishing, under the hand of artist Darwyn Cooke, has begun to adapt the “Parker” crime novels of Richard Stark, into graphic novels. In conjunction with this, they are also releasing reissued, hardcover versions of the books, lavishly illustrated with Cooke’s cover paintings. This is an Continue reading
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FABLES, VOL. 20: CAMELOT – graphic novel
If I could read only one graphic novel series, I think that Fables would be my choice. The characters are familiar and yet newly imagined, made relevant to readers today and interact with one another in completely new ways. If you haven’t read any of the Fables series you really need to go back and Continue reading
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FACING THE MUSIC – Tim Thorogood
What happens when a man loses his wife in an accident and he can feel his children slipping away and everything good he once thought about the past turns out to be a lie? He goes to a music festival, of course! Gary Cochrane is a single parent of two teenagers. The kids are trying Continue reading
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THE MIRROR EMPIRE – Kameron Hurley
Kameron Hurley is a relatively new name in the sci-fi/fantasy world, but her first series (The God War trilogy) took the genre by storm. The question now, of course, is can she repeat her success? The Mirror Empire, book one in her new “The Worldbreaker Saga” suggests that the answer is “yes.” There’s no doubt Continue reading
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THE WRAITH – graphic novel
I like a good horror story, and I clearly enjoy graphic novels, so I thought that this would be right up my alley, but … well … I’m still not entirely sure what to make of this. I’ve been thinking on it for a few days now. I know nothing about the background of author Continue reading
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THE SCREAMING STAIRCASE – Jonathan Stroud
I don’t know what took me so long to read this book (other than I’m really backed up with Advanced Reading Copies), but now that I’ve read it, I can’t wait to dig in to book number two (which just recently appeared in my ARC queue). Author Jonathan Stroud has created an alternate England that Continue reading
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JOURNEYMAN: ERIC CLAPTON — A PHOTOGRAPHIC NARRATIVE – Gene Shaw
Photographer Gene Shaw is clearly impassioned with Eric Clapton and his music. As a journalist photographer, he has gotten to travel the world, photographing Clapton and a variety of musicians in concert. As someone who also enjoys the quality work of Clapton and those he often associates with, I can greatly appreciate Shaw’s interest in Continue reading
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THE EXTINCTION PARADE, VOL 1 – graphic novel
Max Brooks, perhaps best known for his novel World War Z, is playing with zombies again, this time pairing them with another form of fiend — the vampire. A pair of female, Asian vampires, who’ve been around for a long time, delight in the uprising of the zombies. Watching them slaughter humans who have no Continue reading
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LEFT TURN AT PARADISE – Thomas Shawver
I’ve slowly been coming to read more and more mysteries, which I typically enjoy, and this one, “A Rare Book Mystery,” was especially appealing since I clearly have a passion for books. And as someone who, as a teenager used to spend HOURS in antique shops and used book stores searching for the little valuable Continue reading
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MOBILE FOR GOOD – Heather Mansfield
If you work with or for a non-profit organization, no matter how small or large, you MUST have a copy of Heather Mansfield’s Mobile for Good. I’ve been working, and serving on boards of directors, for a variety of not-for-profits companies for just over a decade. In that time I’ve heard (and seen) a lot Continue reading
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