I hadn't read a book about WW2 for several years before picking up The Midnight Front. I've read WW2 histories, memoirs, spy novels, pulp mysteries, and quite frankly, I was burned out. In this book, I was looking for something different, and found it... to an extent. I found the first book in an urban... Continue Reading →
Bolivar by Sean Rubin (Graphic Novel Mini Review)
Living in New York City is perfect for Bolivar the dinosaur! Everyone is too busy to notice him, except for Sybil. She is an inquisitive and persistent young girl living next door who only wants to meet the dinosaur. She ends up taking the reader on a tour of the Big Apple as she tries to... Continue Reading →
Cloud Hotel by Julian Hanshaw (Graphic Novel Mini Review)
What did I just read? Abductions, UFOs, Death. And those are the things I was able to grasp. The author begins the novel with a preface explaining the inspiration for the book: a supposed encounter with a spaceship in the middle of the night one evening when he was young. What follows is a series... Continue Reading →
Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful by Arwen Elys Dayton
Heart transplants. Body modification. Harvesting spleens from other animals. Steel/plastic/synthskin... How far can and will science go to help the human body fix itself? Or even create new? What are the religious and ethical ramifications of these practices? Arwen Elys Dayton pushes these questions further and further in each of the six connected stories... Continue Reading →
Seconds by Bryan Lee O’Malley (Graphic Novel Mini Review)
Katie started the best restaurant in town. She created the menu. All the employees are her employees. But she doesn't own it. For years she has saved her pennies, and now Katie has the opportunity to open her own place at a 50% stake. But little roadblocks start getting in her way, and she thinks... Continue Reading →