Ooooh, Aaah. That comes first. Then later there’s running and screaming.
Posted in 52 books in 52 weeks, books on Jul 4th, 2008
This is book twenty-seven in 52 books in 52 weeks
First of all, I’m sorry for the quick review this week. We are leaving on vacation, and I had to write this two days early not knowing what kind of internet access we’d have. All the other posts from Wednesday to Friday were pre-written as well, […]
Posted in 52 books in 52 weeks, books on Jun 19th, 2008
This is book twenty-five in 52 books in 52 weeks
Cory Doctorow is one of the excellent editors at Boing Boing. He’s written a couple of novels for adults, but this is his first foray into junior fiction.
The story begins in San Francisco as Marcus and his friends skip school to go to an organized […]
Posted in 52 books in 52 weeks, books on May 23rd, 2008
Book twenty-one in 52 books in 52 weeks
In this memoir, a former film critic and novelist David Gilmour, makes the decision to allow his teenage son, Jesse, to leave school in the tenth grade as long as he promises to watch nd discuss three movies a week with his father. Jesse is quickly doing worse […]
Posted in 52 books in 52 weeks, books on May 16th, 2008
Book twenty in 52 books in 52 weeks
As you know, I’m a big fan of post-apocalyptic fiction. Folk of the Fringe is Orson Scott Card’s collection of short stories about a post World War III United States. Each story is loosely tied together by different characters or settings. The first follows a […]
Posted in 52 books in 52 weeks, books on May 15th, 2008
Book nineteen in 52 books in 52 weeks
Sorry there was no review last week, I’ll do two this week to make up for it. Kazu Kibuishi started the great anthology series Flight, but took time away from that to write Daisy Cutter -The Last Train.
Daisy is a retired gunslinger, but she’s not very happy […]
Posted in 52 books in 52 weeks, books on Mar 14th, 2008
Book eleven in 52 books in 52 weeks
This is the last book I would normally pick, it deals with sick kids, and if you’ve been reading the site long you know that’s one of the things I really dislike. It was recommended by another author I’ve been reading, John Scalzi. As I imagined, I should […]
Posted in 52 books in 52 weeks, books on Feb 15th, 2008
Book seven of 52 books in 52 days
Elektra Assassin has the funkiest art of any book I think I’ve read. The famous author Frank Miller (the same guy that wrote Sin City and a couple of the most famous Batman stories) wrote it, But Bill Sienkiewicz really is the stand-out on the book.
At […]