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 →
Alterlife by Matt Moss
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 →
Starport by George R.R. Martin. Adaptation by Raya Golden
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 →
Snow Over Utopia by Rudolfo A. Serna
A series of dreadful and dark images fraught with the greed of rulers who have brainwashed their subjects into total compliance... until one special girl with rare blue eyes escapes. Yet, those eyes are taken from her and Eden has them in a jar hoping to get her sight back someday... As if a spark... Continue Reading →
Au revoir June, Bonjour July
Hi all! Hope everyone had a good June! I'm in the midst of summer break and the 4th of July always marks about the half-way point for teachers. So far we've done some remodeling on the house and I've been able to get some good reading done. I'll be on my annual hiatus for three... Continue Reading →