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The Sandman: Overture

The Sandman: Overture by Neil Gaiman

February 11, 2022 by Classic Leave a Comment

Dream’s family is so messed up. I really wish I could just leave that as my review, but dang. We get to see Dream’s Father and Mother in this one. We also get to see Dream’s messed up siblings, Desire, Destiny, Delirium, Despair, Destruction, and Death as well. And we get to see some new characters such as Hope I was fascinated by. “The Sandman: Overture” is book #0 in the series. When I bought the first 5 books eons ago, I never got this […]

A Game of You

A Game of You by Neil Gaiman

February 11, 2022 by Classic 2 Comments

So I cried while reading the last pages of this graphic novel. Wanda and Barbie. Sigh. I don’t even know what to say. “A game of You” follows Barbie who is doing whatever she can to not go to sleep. And we see the way the world gets wrecked when she does and the fallout for the women who live in the building with her (Foxglove and Hazel) a witch (Thessaly) and her best friend Wanda. This graphic novel really does not focus too much […]

Steel Magnolias but with a Vampire

The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

February 9, 2022 by MG Dietzel Leave a Comment

Strong southern women are no joke. But neither is the patriarchy and racism. The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix will give you goosebumps and make you angry at racial injustice and stupid white men at the same time. Set in the 90s in South Caroline, each chapter title is a reference to a movie or true crime book from the last 50 years, so you will definitely come out of this book with some ideas for what to read or […]

Season of Mists

Season of Mists by Neil Gaiman

February 9, 2022 by Classic Leave a Comment

Ahhh. Happy sigh. I feel like I got my reading mojo back a bit. I almost finished the next volume last night, but made myself wait til this morning. I am enjoying these graphic novels. I decided to get these ones (volumes 1-5) in paperback and now am wishing I had done the same with my The Dark Tower graphic novels, ah well. It was nice to visit Morpheus/Dream again. Gaiman also plays once more with Biblical figures (we have Cain, Lucifer Morningstar, Azazel) and […]

The Southern Bok Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires

The Southern Bok Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

February 8, 2022 by Classic 2 Comments

Trigger warning: Rape and lynching When a book won’t stop turning over and over in my brain it’s a great book to me. When I finished this last night I went and re-read some of my favorite parts. Thought again about some of the characters and the things that they went through. I had a lot of emotions while reading this one, frustration, irritation, sympathy, then disgust, and then anger. This book takes you through it paces. It has a lot of gore in […]

Spoopy Creppy

The House of a Hundred Whispers by Graham Masterton

February 2, 2022 by Zirza 3 Comments

Former prison warden Herbert Russell lives alone in a large and remote 17th century house in Dartmoor. One night, during a full moon, he is clobbered on the head with a hammer. Days later his children – sons Martin and Rob, daughter Grace – gather for the reading of his will. The expected familial bickering ensues, but then Rob’s son Timmy suddenly disappears into thin air. Who killed Herbert? Where has Timmy gone? Why is the cellar of the house bricked up, and why do […]

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