Full disclosure before you read this review: I cracked this book open on the heels of a very meaty, thought-provoking NOVEL of many, many pages. I haven’t reviewed that one yet, but it’s coming. Having wrapped my brain around something that it had to chew on over the course of a week or so and then transitioning to this book may not have been the greatest idea. This was my book club’s choice for this month. Everyone was looking for something light to round out […]
When Uncle Stevie tells us that a book is scary, we should most definitely listen. #CBR10Bingo
I’ve been away on vacation (or a series of vacations) for a little over a month, and have a large stack of books to review. But this one had to be first. The quiet horror of it will last with me for a long time. I first heard about The Hunger from Stephen King, who tweeted about it in March: THE HUNGER, by Alma Katsu: Deeply, deeply disturbing, hard to put down, not recommended reading after dark. Of course, that shot it up to the […]
I know why, but why?
I saw this book on Instagram, maybe through the CBR account, and was suddenly desperate to get it. I am not a mountain climber nor am I a follower of mountain climbing exploits, I don’t read an enormous amount of non-fiction, and when I do, it’s not generally DISASTER non-fiction. And yet, I saw this and immediately put in a reserve request at the library. I suspect the last mountain climbing book I read was Jim Curran’s K2: Triumph and Tragedy., which examined the 1986 […]
Read out of order, stood on its own
When I picked this up to read I was confident I had read Ms. Marvel Vol. 3. Oops, I was wrong about that, darn fickle memory. Even though I was missing 4 issues of backstory, this collection was self contained and gave enough information through dialog that I got on just fine. Kamala Khan as Ms. Marvel continues to be my other new favorite superhero (right alongside Squirrel Girl). While other supers are associated with more glamorous cities, Ms. Marvel is the protector of Jersey […]
I wish I had the boundless optimism of Squirrel Girl
The collaboration between writer, Ryan North, and artist, Erica Henderson, has created the current incarnation of Squirrel Girl, a favorite superhero in our household. Doreen Green, a.k.a. Squirrel Girl, is a second year computer science student and a superhero (with powers of a Girl and the powers of a Squirrel) who has teamed with the Avengers. With her cheerful demeanor, boundless optimism, and determination to talk things out with villains, she also is the perfect antidote to grim dark superheros. In the third volume of […]
Roadtrip of grief
Anna was only about a year younger than her sister Storm and spent much of her childhood tagging along after Storm and the boy next door, Cameron. When she started high school, Anna finally find her own friends and became involved in cheer leading, but when Storm dies in a car accident on the evening of her graduation, Anna is left confused and adrift, and Cameron seems to be the only one who understands and who knew Storm as well as her. When they were […]
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