Comic Book Review: Last Pick by Jason Walz Three years ago, aliens invaded. They easily crushed Earth’s militaries, and rounded up all the humans between 16 and 65 who were not deemed “unfit” for their purposes. Why beings with such advanced technology needed physical slave labor was not a topic the invaders chose to discuss. The remaining children, senior… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Last Pick
Book Review: We Have Always Lived In the Castle
Book Review: We Have Always Lived In the Castle by Shirley Jackson No one except Merrikat goes up the back path to the Blackwood house any more. Not since the murders. And that’s just the way Mary Katherine Blackwood likes it. And even she would not go through the gate except that someone has to shop for groceries once a week. Uncle Julian is… Continue reading Book Review: We Have Always Lived In the Castle
Anime Review: Skull-Face Bookseller Honda-san
Anime Review: Skull-Face Bookseller Honda-san What sort of person do you think makes a good bookstore employee? If you’re thinking, “a kind-hearted, busty young woman who is really good-looking when she takes off her glasses and lets her hair down,” this probably isn’t the show for you. Honda is a mild-mannered fellow who’s hard-working, knowledgeable about the selection, is… Continue reading Anime Review: Skull-Face Bookseller Honda-san
Book Review: Murder on the Red River
Book Review: Murder on the Red River by Marcie R. Rendon Renee “Cash” Blackbear hasn’t seen her mother or brother since the accident when her mother drunkenly put their car in the ditch. Bundled into the foster care system for over a decade, Cash doesn’t even know if they’re still alive. An adult (just barely) in the eyes of the world, Cash… Continue reading Book Review: Murder on the Red River
Open Thread: Top Posts of 2018
Open Thread: Top Posts of 2018 Another year has ended, so let’s look at what you, the readers, have decided to click on! Top Ten Overall Posts of 2018 Book Review: The Financial Expert Book Review: The Black Tulip Book Review: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table Book Review: The Sea-Wolf Book Review: Penny Dreadfuls: Sensational Tales of Terror Book Review: Peter… Continue reading Open Thread: Top Posts of 2018
Comic Book Review: Kaijumax Season Two: The Seamy Underbelly
Comic Book Review: Kaijumax Season Two: The Seamy Underbelly by Zander Cannon Note: This review contains spoilers for the previous volume, and you may want to read the review for that one first. After last season’s explosive ending, Electrogor and Green Humongo have managed to escape the title prison. Electrogor’s anxious to get to the cave where he left his children, but they need… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Kaijumax Season Two: The Seamy Underbelly
Book Review: The Book Thief
Book Review: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak The Gravedigger’s Handbook is the first book Liesel steals. She’s illiterate at the time, but her brother’s just been buried, and the book one of the gravediggers dropped looks important. And it will be important, as Liesel learns to read from that book. It would be tough enough to lose a brother at Liesel’s young… Continue reading Book Review: The Book Thief
Book Review: King Solomon’s Mines and Other Adventure Classics
Book Review: King Solomon’s Mines and Other Adventure Classics compiled by Sterling Publishing Company This is another bulky compilation of public domain stories, concentrating this time on tales of adventure and derring-do in exotic locations. Indeed, the book is broken into sections by terrain–desert, jungle, South Seas islands, and other scenes unfamiliar to their readers. There’s twenty-five stories in total, but let’s begin with those… Continue reading Book Review: King Solomon’s Mines and Other Adventure Classics
Manga Review: Descending Stories Volume 1
Manga Review: Descending Stories Volume 1 by Haruko Kumota Rakugo is a traditional Japanese form of storytelling in which a single performer sits on a stage and tells a comedic or sentimental story with only a fan and small cloth for props and never moving from the seiza position. It has its roots in sermons preached… Continue reading Manga Review: Descending Stories Volume 1
Comic Book Review: Chicagoland Detective Agency No. 2: The Maltese Mummy
Comic Book Review: Chicagoland Detective Agency No. 2: The Maltese Mummy written by Trina Robbins with art by Tyler Page Things have been slow lately for Bradley, hyperintelligent canine head of the Chicagoland Detective Agency and his two friends, computer whiz Raf and poet Megan. In fact, they haven’t had a case since the one… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Chicagoland Detective Agency No. 2: The Maltese Mummy