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Jen Jacobs is wading into a real-life quest game... a long-distance relationship and her not-so-satisfying video game coding job has left her without a lot of fun in her life. A mysterious email offers Jen a chance at tokens, "leveling up," and that dopamine hit she's been looking for. The quests are a bunch of... Continue Reading →
Waves is the autobiographical graphic novel of Chabbert's experience of losing a child to miscarriage. Chabbert and her partner are nervous, but hopeful about their chances of carrying their baby boy to term. But complications put her on bedrest and eventually her body cannot handle the pregnancy. A support group and writing help her through... Continue Reading →
This book belongs in a special category here on Paul's Picks... it is a rare one-day read. I was obsessed with this one. A scorcher of a slow burn that took me back to its pages in 5 sittings. I just had to finish. Ware has a unique way of depositing her characters alone in... Continue Reading →
I was rec'd this book by my blogging buddy, Nick. Here's his great review. John Crussel thinks his luck has been spent... after his daughter's medical bills and the normal expenses of life pile up, he's in the hole. It doesn't help that he's got a big 'keep-up-with-the-Jones' streak. Pushed to the edge, he contemplates... Continue Reading →
Martin wrote this as a TV pilot in the early 90s and Golden took the script and adapted it into a graphic novel. A scifi-comedy-mystery set in an alternative Chicago where aliens have built one of three Earth Starports. Yet, radical right-wing "Human Firsters" oppose the port and all things alien. An undercover cop finds... Continue Reading →
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