August 2014
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LEGENDS OF RED SONJA – graphic novel
I’ve commented, more than once lately, on the quality of the artwork in some graphic novels and the poor choices in over-emphasizing the female form. Here is a character who is almost begging to be viewed sexually (no emails please … let me finish!) and yet this book is incredibly tastefully put together, both from Continue reading
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THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE AND NATURE WRITING 2013 – Siddhartha Mukherjee, editor
I really like these “Best American” book from Mariner Books. I’ve been reading them for many years now. Typically I’ll walk in to my local Barnes & Noble or my local independent bookseller, see the series on an end cap, and purchase one or two. My favorite of all of these titles is The Best Continue reading
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“WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN, ANYWAY?” – Avi
THROWBACK THURSDAY: REVIEWING A REISSUE I really appreciate it when people take chances, to try something new or different, and I really appreciate author Avi (and his publishers) for going out on a limb and producing a book that will challenge its targeted reading audience. This book, “Who Was That Masked Man, Anyway?” is written Continue reading
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THE BUNKER – graphic novel
Not knowing anything about this graphic novel before opening the pages, this really took me by surprise and blew me away (in a good way). What would you do if you discovered a letter to yourself, clearly written BY yourself, describing a future atrocity, in which you play an integral role? This is the basic Continue reading
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THE IRON TRIAL – Holly Black and Cassandra Clare
**WARNING — SPOILERS AHEAD!!** Comparison’s to Harry Potter are going to be inevitable as The Iron Trial deals with a young man going to a magician’s school to learn how to use (and control) his magic abilities. There’s also a prophecy about the return of a ‘bad’ magician and a group of students thrown together Continue reading
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OLIVER AND THE SEAWIGS – Philip Reeve
Oliver and the Seawigs is a delightful, flight of fancy fantasy. Author Philip Reeve has captured the imagination of a young reader quite well in this story of Oliver Crisp, a ten-year-old who was born into a life of adventure. His parents are explorers of a voracious sort. They can’t NOT explore if there’s something Continue reading
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THE GIBSON LES PAUL – Dave Hunter
If you know anything at all about guitars, you know that Gibson Les Paul is one of the best, most popular guitars of the world. Dave Hunter’s book, The Gibson Les Paul: The Illustrated History of the Guitar that Changed Rock is at once both a beautiful coffee-table style book, and a history book chronicling Continue reading
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DARK SHADOWS: YEAR ONE – graphic novel
While vampires might be the ‘hot’ monster right now, thanks to shows like True Blood and The Vampire Diaries, some of us are old enough to remember when vampires were ‘hot’ because of shows like Dark Shadows. Dynamite Entertainment brings us a graphic novel collection of Barnabas Collins’ induction in to and the first years of Continue reading
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GABRIEL FINLEY AND THE RAVEN’S RIDDLE – George Hagen
I was really excited to read this book … enough so that I bumped it way up on my reading schedule … but am disappointed in the outcome. This book feels like a very one-note story that grew a bit tedious. The story: Twelve-year-old Gabriel Finley’s father has been missing for a number of years Continue reading
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CITY OF LIGHT, CITY OF DARK – Avi
THROWBACK THURSDAY: REVIEWING A REISSUE I am not particularly familiar with Avi, though I recognize his name as a prominent author in the YA/Children’s Book field. What I don’t know is whether this is a departure from his other writings, or if this is in line with the bulk of his cannon. The story is Continue reading
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JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA, VOLUME 2: SURVIVORS OF EVIL – graphic novel
This book was just dull. In the graphic novel milieu, I’ve lately read a number of titles that have been quite extraordinary. None of them have been of the major-publisher-superhero-ilk such as this and I think the difference in story-telling is night and day (with this being the lesser ‘night’). Something has happened to all Continue reading
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INNOVATION THE NASA WAY – Rod Pyle
Rod Pyle’s Innovation the NASA Way is a very successful book on two levels. First, this is a very nice summary of NASA’s history, hitting the highlights (Gemini, Apollo, Voyager, Skylab, ISS, Space Shuttle, etc) — the successes — and touching briefly on the catastrophic failures. You could certainly write volumes on any one of Continue reading
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