Metropolis – Cannonball Read 17

It’s a bird! It’s a…” Well, you know the drill

Metropolis Grove by Drew Brockington

June 20, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I think ages strong 6-7 to aged 10 will get a kick out of this book, Metropolis Grove. The story is simple: a new kid on the block meets the only other kids on the block on her first day in the neighborhood. Theirs is a friendship that is quickly made, along with a tree house (a little less quickly made) and one of the three does not really believe Superman is real and other knows he is as she saw him from her window […]

Auf Wiedersehen, Old Friend

Metropolis by Philip Kerr

April 15, 2019 by Jake Leave a Comment

The last week or so, I’ve written in different outlets about the impact Philip Kerr’s Bernie Gunther series has had on my reading journey and personal life. While acknowledging the many faults of these books, I love them in a special way. I think Kerr is great at capturing atmosphere and cynicism to produce some truly great crime reading. “Nazi Noir” is a burgeoning genre now but Kerr’s Gunther works were really the trendsetter. Knowing this would be the last one following Kerr’s untimely death, […]

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