Category: Book Reviews

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This is the first volume in a nine volume series collecting the acclaimed Vertigo series. For those of you who don’t know, Vertigo is a division of DC Comics, those folks who bring you Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. However, Vertigo is certainly not for kids, typically dealing with very mature subject matter and adult…

Daredevil: The Devil, Inside and Out, Volume 2 – A Graphic Novel Review

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I’m a tremendous fan of Brian Michael Bendis’ Daredevil, so when the news arrived that he was leaving the title, I found myself distraught. Before Bendis’ run, I’d never really cared much for the character. And though many criticized the level of deconstruction he brought to the line, I always found his work riveting and…

52: Volume I – A Graphic Novel Review

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I’ll admit it, I read every spoiler of this series on a weekly basis. I know how it ends, but even that did not diminish the sheer pleasure I derived in reading 52: Volume I. Reading the collected edition of this series cannot possibly mimic the experience of reading it on a weekly basis, but…

All-Star Superman: Volume I – A Graphic Novel Review

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I’ve never had much interest in Superman. I’ve gone on record in several instances claiming that while he has the potential to be a wonderfully well-rounded character, too many of his handlers in the past have opted to make him nothing more than a super-man battling giant monkeys and avoiding fragments of rock. Morrison does…

The Flash: Lightning In a Bottle – A Graphic Novel Review

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Yeah … so … um, I swear I’ve been meaning to write a review of this collection for about a month now, and just when I sat down yesterday to write it, well, we got some news about Bart Allen and The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive Issue #13. I promise you, the recent news…

The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger – A Book Review

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A few weeks ago I was looking around for some new books to read and ran across The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. I’ll admit, the title kind of turned me off. I liked the time travel part, but the wife part made me think that it might be a bit too sappy for…

Angels and Demons by Dan Brown – A Book Review

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Soon I’m going to be taking part in a book study on The Da Vinci Code. I’ve really had no interest in that particular book other than to see what all the fanfare was about. So, I figured that if I’m going to do it, I’m going to do it right. I picked up the…

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown – A Book Review

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I’ve got to give it to Dan Brown, he’s discovered a formula that has taken America by storm. I think he happened across it with Angels and Demons. Take a gigantically important figure and make him/her the focus of the novel. Then, couple that with using as many facts as can be possibly found. Finally,…

The Curious Incident Of the Dog In the Night-Time by Mark Haddon – A Book Review

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They say never to judge a book by its cover, but with The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, that is exactly what I did. Sorry, folks, but I simply could not resist the orange cover with the cut out image of an upside-down dog. I thought to myself, “If that novel is…

Stardust by Neil Gaiman – A Book Review

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