Book Review: Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov is a law student, allegedly. When we meet him, Raskolnikov has not been to class in some time, nor has he worked at his part-time tutoring job. For the last few weeks he’s been just brooding in his tiny room (several months behind on… Continue reading Book Review: Crime and Punishment
Comic Book Review: Rocket Girl Vol:01
Comic Book Review: Rocket Girl Vol:01 written by Brandon Montclare, art by Amy Reeder In 1986, Quintum Mechanics developed the Q-Engine, which allowed time travel. By 2013, they have become the most powerful corporation on Earth, owning New York City outright. But Detective Dayoung Johansson of the New York Teen Police Department has an informant… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Rocket Girl Vol:01
Comic Strip Review: Meet Andy Capp
Comic Strip Review: Meet Andy Capp by Reg Smythe Andrew Capp is a working class chap from Hartlepool in Northeast England. Despite his “class”, Andy’s hardly ever in work, roundly despising all forms of paid labor. It’s up to his long-suffering wife Florrie to support them with charwoman jobs. Andy enjoys sleeping, gambling, flirting with… Continue reading Comic Strip Review: Meet Andy Capp
Book Review: Stone Mad
Book Review: Stone Mad by Elizabeth Bear This is the second in the “Karen Memory” series, and this review may have some spoilers for the first volume, also titled Karen Memory. Karen Memery and her boon companion Priya have bought a little ranch house outside of Rapid City in Washington Territory, and are moving in together. … Continue reading Book Review: Stone Mad
Book Review: Lot’s Return to Sodom
Book Review: Lot’s Return to Sodom by Sandra Brannan Disclaimer: I received a download of this book through a Goodreads Giveaway to facilitate writing this review. No other compensation was offered or requested. Following the events of the previous book, In the Belly of Jonah, mine operator Liv Bergen is mostly healed up, but taking the last… Continue reading Book Review: Lot’s Return to Sodom
Manga Review: Rin-Ne Volumes 21, 24 & 26
Manga Review: Rin-Ne Volumes 21, 24 & 26by Rumiko Takahashi Quick recap: Rinne Rokudo is a shinigami, a psychopomp who helps lost spirits find their way to the afterlife. He’s part-human, and must use expensive tools to make up for his weak powers. Between these expenses and debts saddled on Rinne by his deadbeat father Sabato,… Continue reading Manga Review: Rin-Ne Volumes 21, 24 & 26
Book Review: SYLO
Book Review: SYLO by D.J. MacHale Tucker Pierce is warming the bench at his high school football game on Pemberwick Island off the coast of Maine. In the final minutes of the game, the team’s star player scores the winning touchdown–and dies. For no apparent reason. Later that night, Tucker and his brainy friend Quinn… Continue reading Book Review: SYLO
Book Review: Great Thrillers: 101 Suspenseful Tales
Book Review: Great Thrillers: 101 Suspenseful Tales compiled by Stefan Dziemianowicz The definition of “thriller” is a little loose in this fun anthology, though most of the stories do have at least some suspense. It feels more like the compiler picked a bunch of the public domain stories he liked, but didn’t have a strong… Continue reading Book Review: Great Thrillers: 101 Suspenseful Tales
Book Review: The Wanderer and the New West
Book Review: The Wanderer and the New West by Adam Bender Disclaimer: I received a download of this book through a Goodreads Giveaway to facilitate this review. No other compensation was requested or offered. Fifty years ago, the Born-Again Patriots party was a rising independent political party with a platform of libertarianism and isolationism. About… Continue reading Book Review: The Wanderer and the New West
Book Review: Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics
Book Review: Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics by Frederik L. Schodt Back in the early 1980s, manga and anime fandom was tiny, with almost no material being available in English save dubs heavily edited for American children’s television and expunged as much as possible of their Japanese roots. It required a certain amount… Continue reading Book Review: Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics