Jake and Clara meet in first class on a flight from Boston to Denver. After quitting her teaching job and becoming a recluse, Clara has decided to kill herself and thinks the Maroon Bells in the Rockies would form the best background for her final resting place. Jake’s life is spinning out of control: his... Continue Reading →
Dooku: Jedi Lost by Cavan Scott. Audio Book Review.
Two things brought me to listen to my first audio book ever... My nostalgia of old-time radio: I've written a little about this on the blog, but I'll make this quick. In the 80s and 90s there was still a station that would broadcast the old shows at night in California's Central Valley, and my... Continue Reading →
Gideon Falls Vol. 1: The Black Barn. Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino
An impressive paranormal thriller, Gideon Falls follows two taught threads. Norton is a tortured young man whose obsession with finding order in an unnamed big city's trash is driving him farther and farther away from the treatment his psychologist, Dr. Xu, knows he needs. Father Fred is a priest in need of a new start... Continue Reading →
Flavor Vol 1. by Joseph Keatinge, Wook Jin Clark, Tamra Bonvillain, Rich Tommaso
'Follow that truffle.' The opening line of a graphic novel I never knew I needed. Xoo lives in The Bowl City... a place of strict hierarchy, all forged from food. Oh, and as usual, money and influence. Xoo is not one of those with power. She is a young woman who runs her parent's crepe shop after... Continue Reading →
Solo: A Star Wars Story. Graphic Novel Adaptation
I liked the flick (not as much as Rogue One), but I have to say that this book left me with a big feeling of Eh. I'm going to do this review as a series of questions and answers: 1. Who is the audience for this book? I have no idea. It might be for... Continue Reading →