Category: Book Reviews
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Slade House by David Mitchell – A Book Review
Much of the promotion surrounding this book touts it as a haunted house story, a work of horror. However, it readily became apparent that it is nothing of the sort – it’s an unrelenting companion piece to The Bone Clocks. In fact, if you haven’t yet read The Bone Clocks, I wholeheartedly recommend you read…
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Teen Titans: Earth One by Lemire and Dodson – A Book Review
Jeff Lemire is always hit or miss with me, but when I saw that Teen Titans: Earth One received positive criticism and when I found it at my local library, I had to give it a shot. I’m glad I did. The Earth One concept is an interesting one at DC Comics. They’ve had success…
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Wytches by Snyder and Jock – A Book Review
The hype for this book may have set it up to disappoint. After all, MTV News called it, “The most terrifying comic you’ve ever read” and USA Today said, “Dark and brutal, Wytches are like nothing horror fans have ever seen.” I’m a Scott Snyder fan. I enjoy his work on Batman, love American Vampire,…
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East of West: Volume 4 by Hickman and Dragotta – A Book Review
East of West continues to be one of my favorite series. In this fourth volume, HIckman and Dragotta continue to expand their complex world, even going so far as providing maps and timelines. This series is a little bit western, a little bit alternate history, a little bit science fiction, a little bit near-apocalyptic dystopia,…
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The Night Bookmobile by Audrey Niffenegger – A Book Review
Not quite a picture book and not quite a graphic novel, The Night Bookmobile, like its plot, is gloriously subversive in terms of both genre and plot. In this short tale we have Alexandra, a woman who strolls Chicago streets during the early, early morning. She happens across a night bookmobile in the shape of a…
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We Were Liars by E. Lockhart – A Book Review
A friend recommended I give We Were Liars a read, and so I promptly picked it up at my local library. I’m unfamiliar with E. Lockhart, but the blurbs, particularly John Green’s, encouraged me. Most of We Were Liars captivates. Our main character and narrator, Cadence, belongs to an old old money family and she, along…
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The Alex Crow by Andrew Smith – A Book Review
They say you can’t judge a book by its cover, yet I chose this book solely because of just that. I saw the cover art on First Second’s (@01FirstSecond) Twitter page and then immediately picked it up at my local library. I didn’t know what to expect from The Alex Crow even after reading its…
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Raven Girl by Audrey Niffenegger – A Book Review
I’m a teacher, and The Time Traveler’s Wife experienced something of a resurgence in my classroom this year. Many seniors discovered it for the first time and, like me, now claim it among their favorite books. Their enthusiasm renewed my interest in Niffenegger, and so I sought any work I could find at my local…
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A Briefer History of Time by Stephen Hawking
My wife and I watched The Theory of Everything film a few weeks ago, and it inspired me to read something – anything – by Stephen Hawking. It did so because the film helped me realize that we have a living legend among us, one of history’s greatest thinkers still living in our day and…
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Prophet: Joining (Volume 4) – A Book Review
Joining is gloriously indecipherable. I’ve followed this series since the beginning, and its utter disregard for the audience’s sensibilities and needs are refreshing. This is science fiction at its frustratingly best. When you open a volume of Prophet, you are doing so on the narrator’s terms. You are entering a universe you do not recognize, and,…
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