The Lie and How We Told It is a graphic novel about the convergence of societal expectations, sexuality, and the person in the mirror. Two high school friends, Tim and Cleary, meet by chance at a grocery store where Cleary works. After she gets off, they go for lunch and then drinks at a bar.... Continue Reading →
Spying on the South: An Odyssey Across the American Divide by Tony Horwitz
Famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted is known mostly for his design of Central Park and other nationally renowned projects, but at one point in his life he was a journalist commissioned by the New York Daily Times, now The New York Times, to report on the slave economy of the South about 10 years... Continue Reading →
Polar Volume 1: Came From the Cold by Victor Santos
As with most hardcore readers, we are skeptical of films being made out of our precious books. I had seen this title around over the years and just saw that a film was made and is currently on Netflix. This was the impetus that brought me to reading Polar: Came From the Cold... The Plot:... Continue Reading →
Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
Twins born with abilities beyond normal skills and talents. A connection that spans a continent and across the reaches of time. Roger and Dodger have a gift of language and mathematics, respectively. They were adopted and placed in families on either side of the United States (Palo Alto and Cambridge), and at a certain age... Continue Reading →
The Flintstones Vol. 1 by Mark Russell
I read Russell's Snagglepuss last month and thought it was one of the best graphic novels I've ever read... So, I wanted to continue with his work. He did not disappoint. A new take on the first family of Bedrock, The Flintstones. A reimagining of the crew with a new spin on all things Stone... Continue Reading →