ENTERTAINMENT – Page 10 – Looking For a Good Book

July 17, 2017

WHAT IS A SUPERHERO? – Robin S. Rosenberg & Peter Coogan, editors

You can hardly turn around today without seeing a movie or television show featuring a superhero and they’re often on the covers of magazines and there are novelizations of their stories. And of course there are the comic books and graphic novels from which many of them sprouted. But what is a superhero? Such is… Continue reading

ENTERTAINMENT, GRAPHIC NOVEL, NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

5 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, comic book superheroes, Entertainment, essays, non-fiction, Reviews, superheroes

July 12, 2017

A PARTICLE OF DREAD – Sam Shepard

I love to read plays and don’t have as many opportunities to do so since the Fireside Theatre Book Club went out of business (when was that…the 1990’s?). There seems to slowly be a revival of getting plays in print for the general reading audience. It should come as no surprise to anyone who is… Continue reading

ENTERTAINMENT, Uncategorized

2 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Entertainment, Mythology/Legend, Plays, Reviews, Theatre

June 21, 2017

5-MINUTE PLAYS FOR TEENS – Lawrence Harbison, editor

There is a special knack to reading plays and unless you are used to it, it can be frustrating. But for those of us who enjoy reading plays, it can be difficult to find reading material that isn’t one of the classics that we’ve all already read a dozen times, or not the latest Pulitzer… Continue reading

ENTERTAINMENT, YA

5 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Entertainment, Plays, Reviews, Theatre

June 6, 2017

PAPERBACKS FROM HELL – Grady Hendrix

This book seems targeted right at me. As a book buyer and a bookstore employee growing up in the late 1960’s/early 1970’s through today, I have fond memories of the plethora of horror books that were published during this time, often with awesome, creepy covers that called out to the book-buyer and let you know… Continue reading

ENTERTAINMENT, NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

5 Stars, Art, Book Reviews, Books, Entertainment, History, Horror/Dark Fantasy, non-fiction, Reviews

May 12, 2017

MOB SCHOOL SURVIVOR – Greyson Mann

Ummmm… I read a lot of children’s books and books for all reading levels but I will admit that since my own children are now adults I am not as familiar with children’s entertainment (television, video games, etc) as I once was. This book appears to take off on the popular ‘Minecraft’ gaming series. It’s… Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, ENTERTAINMENT, Uncategorized

2 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Children’s Books, Entertainment, Reviews

May 3, 2017

BETTY BOOP – graphic novel

While I am familiar with the character of Betty Boop and I’ve seen pictures of some of the other characters I don’t recall ever having watched a Betty Boop film, read a Betty Boop comic strip, or listened to the Betty Boop radio show, though I’m not sure why, given my penchant for nostalgia and… Continue reading

ENTERTAINMENT, GRAPHIC NOVEL, Uncategorized

5 Stars, Art, Book Reviews, Books, Entertainment, Graphic Novels, Reviews, Television

April 20, 2017

STORIES ON STAGE – Aaron Shepard

THROWBACK THURSDAY: REVIEWING A REISSUE Reader’s Theatre is a bit of a lost art. From the late 1970’s through the mid-1980’s I participated in a number of reader’s Theatre programs – usually through church groups but also in my university theatre program. It’s quite likely that some of those scripts I performed in were written… Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, ENTERTAINMENT

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Children’s Books, Entertainment, Reviews, Theatre

March 27, 2017

HAG-SEED – Margaret Atwood

For me, Margaret Atwood is one of those writers who quietly keeps invading the literary world, transforming fiction and storytelling and leaves an indelible imprint on the reader’s soul. I don’t seek out her works the way I should (and the way I do for a few other writers) which is why she seems so… Continue reading

ENTERTAINMENT, OTHER

5 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Entertainment, Literature, Reviews, Theatre

March 21, 2017

GHOSTS FROM OUR PAST – Erin Gilbert and Abby L. Yates, with Andrew Shaffer

Well, this was a lot of fun. Although this is a media tie-in to the new Ghostbusters film, there has clearly been a great deal of effort put in to this book to provide as thorough a read as possible. In fact, there were often times I had to remind myself that this was satire… Continue reading

ENTERTAINMENT, HUMOR, Uncategorized

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Entertainment, Humor, Reviews

March 17, 2017

MARVEL’S CAPTAIN AMERICA: SUB ROSA – David McDonald

I approached this book with trepidation after being less than impressed with the other two volumes in this ‘series’: Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: Castaways and Marvel’s Thor: Dueling With Giants. My caution was confirmed. This book is a bit better than “Castaways” but not quite as interesting as “Dueling With Giants.” Here, Captain America… Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, ENTERTAINMENT, YA

2 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Children’s Books, comic book superheroes, Entertainment, Reviews, Young Adult

March 9, 2017

ERTÉ’S THEATRICAL COSTUMES – Érte

THROWBACK THURSDAY: REVIEWING A REISSUE There’s not much to this book – it’s a short forty-eight pages long – but what’s here is beautiful. Érte is one of those names you might recognize but not be quite so sure why. Érte is a theatrical costume designer who created some of the most stunning costumes ever seen… Continue reading

ENTERTAINMENT, NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

5 Stars, Art, Book Reviews, Books, Entertainment, non-fiction, Reviews, Theatre

February 20, 2017

WHEN PARIS SIZZLED – Mary McAuliffe

I have found that my reading tastes have changed quite a bit over the past few years and that I have come to really enjoy a good non-fiction book. I’m fascinated by history (my high school teachers would have told you that this was to be an unlikely scenario) and history of subjects dear to me… Continue reading

ENTERTAINMENT, NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

3 Stars, Biography, Book Reviews, Books, Entertainment, History, history book, non-fiction, Reviews