Bertagna takes the reader from his birthplace in Ireland to his voyage across the Atlantic and his hikes up countless mountains all over the world. This is John Muir's story told with vibrant energy and many times in his own words from journals. His legacy is on full display as we see Muir's early love... Continue Reading →
Street Angel Vol 1: Deadliest Girl Alive by Jim Rugg
Jesse Sanchez is an in-your-face, smash to the nose, attack in a threadbare 3/4 length jersey and ripped jeans. She's the Street Angel: bringing lost dogs back to their owners, beating the shit out of bullies, and helping her crew... oh and Santa. But there's a dark undercurrent to her life and living on the... Continue Reading →
James Bond: Origin Vol. 1 by Jeff Parker and Bob Quinn
I played a lot of Golden Eye when I was in college... and my friends and I made sure to tune in every time TBS had a Bond marathon. But I have never read any of Fleming's books. They have always been on my TBR, but a ways down there. All of these factors brought... Continue Reading →
Super YA Friday: The Secret Spiral of Swamp Kid by Kirk Scroggs
First off. I love this book. Russell Weinwright is the Swamp Kid... his parents adopted him after he was found as a baby wrapped in vines just outside of Baton Rouge. Now he's a middle-schooler with algae for hair, tree trunk sized arm, and vines that blast out of his body when he goes into... Continue Reading →
King of King Court. A Memoir. by Travis Dandro
Travis is shuffled from once house to another, moving with his brothers and his mom... away from his alcoholic step-dad to his grandmother's house to move in with his real dad. There is a risk at every step for this family as his mother weighs the boys' safety against the wants and needs of destructive... Continue Reading →