Gold – Cannonball Read 17

There is nothing a dragon loves more than gold, except for maybe bread.

The Bakery Dragon by Devin Elle Kurtz

August 16, 2025 by bjornsnipe 1 Comment

I had a plan when I went into my LBS; grab the four books I had gone there specifically for, pay, and get out. And then I saw this book and I couldn’t resist. I have a soft spot for dragons, and a weakness for beautiful children’s book illustrations; I didn’t even look inside. (I also picked up two greeting cards to use as bookmarks because they were hysterical, but they don’t factor much into this review. Suffice to say, a card of Isaac […]

The Boys Trip

The Hobbit: The Graphic Novel by J. R. R. Tolkien

November 14, 2022 by BlackRaven 2 Comments

I have never really had an interest in reading J. R. R. Tolkien, simply because if you can make as many movies from one series (Lord of the Rings) as it has had, and I know that a lot of what is in the novel is taken out, I am thinking they are not for me. However, I do know that The Hobbit is a bit shorter, and since it is just one novel, I thought maybe I could tackle it. It wasn’t until I […]

No Real Gold Here, Just Dull Rocks with Spraypaint

Gold by Dan Rhodes

August 4, 2020 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo Review 14: Yellow Gold (aka “shiny yellow”, hence it counts for this square) is something I’ve had sitting around for a while; I picked it up out of a bargain bin at an indie bookstore I like. Basically, Miyuki, whose father was Japanese and mother Welsh, goes on vacation every year for two weeks in January to a small town in Wales and ends up in the local pub a lot. She gets to know some of the regulars and locals who drink there. […]

American Ghost Stories

Battleborn by Claire Vaye Watkins

January 28, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

Claire Vaye Watkins has an infamous father. I don’t point this out in a salacious “looky here” way, but this father looms large over the first story in this collection. Her father is Tex Watson, yes, that Tex Watson. Murderer. Manson Family member. Currently and indefinitely imprisoned Tex Watson who married a prison pen pal and fathered four children while in jail. Claire wrests the reins from her father, her family, and her history to tell her own story- and it’s a doozy. All of […]

“Well, are you alive or are you dead?”

August 13, 2015 by Halbs 2 Comments

In my last review, I mentioned that sometimes I avoid big pop culture touchstones for no readily apparent reason. Just like I had never read Harry Potter until this summer, I had never read The Hobbit. One of my very good friends has been talking Tolkein for a month, so I decided to take the Middle-Earth plunge. Just as I enjoyed Harry Potter for the amazing world that the author built, I enjoyed The Hobbit because of the amazing world that Tolkein built. For those […]

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