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Rising Action (The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 4)

October 7, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: Laura – or, now, Persephone – is back and she makes her big debut. The Pantheon splits in two and one hell of a showdown is coming on… and nobody knows what might happen next. The Review: What a welcome return it was to have Jamie McKelvie back behind the pen(s) for this arc. Commercial Suicide was an interesting experiment but ultimately bordering on forgettable; I picked up this book and remembered simply that Laura had turned into Persephone, been […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel • Tags: Book, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Clayton Cowles, Comics, Fantasy, Gods, Graphic Novel, Graphic Novels, Jamie McKelvie, Kieron Gillen, Matthew Wilson, Music, Pantheon, review, Reviews, The Divine, The Wicked, The Wicked + the Divine

Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft

October 3, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: After a horrific home invasion kills their father, the Locke family retreats to their ancestral home across the country: Lovecraft, MA. But the past has not let them go, in more ways than one, and Key House turns out to be full of secrets of its own… The Review: I’m on record as being an immense fan of Joe Hill. He’s got a bogglingly huge imagination, an equally big heart, and a pen that can somehow capture […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Horror • Tags: A Visit to October Country, Book, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Gabriel Rodriguez, Graphic Novel, Horror, Joe Hill, Locke and Key, review, Reviews, Supernatural, Welcome to Lovecraft

Roundup, September 2016

September 30, 2016 by Drew

James Bond: Vargr by Warren Ellis and Jason Masters 4 out of 5 The Short Version: After a revenge mission in Helsinki, Bond returns to London and is handed a case from his fallen comrade’s workload. A new drug has hit English shores and his job is to break up the trafficking operation – but what should be a simple in and out job turns out to be anything but. The Review: The idea of Warren Ellis taking on James […]

Categories: Fiction, Roundup • Tags: 007, A Chooseable Path Adventure, Action, Choose Your Own Adventure, Classics, Family, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Hamlet, I'm Thinking of Ending Things, Iain Reed, Ian Fleming, James Bond, Jason Masters, Jens Peter Jacobsen, Literature, Niels Lyhne, Philosophy, Ramona Ausubel, Riverhead, Ryan North, Shakespeare, Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty, Spy, Thriller, Tiina Nunnally, To Be or Not to Be, Transhumanism, Translation, Vargr, Warren Ellis, William Shakespeare

Roundup, August 2016

August 31, 2016 by Drew

A monthly round-up of any books that didn’t get a full review! Paper Girls, Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang 3 out of 5 The Short Version: On Nov. 1, 1988, four paper girls are doing their early morning route when they encounter strange creatures. What seems like leftovers from Halloween quickly turns out to be something else entirely: some kind of invasion from across time and space. So they fight back. The Review: I’m a sucker […]

Categories: Fiction, Graphic Novel, History, Literature, Non-Fiction, Sci-Fi, Short Stories • Tags: August 2016, Book, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, Fiction, Frederic Morton, Graphic Novel, History, Judaism, Literature, Non-Fiction, Paper Girls, Rebecca Schiff, review, Review Roundup, Reviews, Roundup, Science Fiction, Short Stories, The Bed Moved, Thunder at Twilight

Fight Club 2: The Tranquility Gambit

July 8, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: Ten years have passed since the end of Fight Club – and in that time, Sebastian (that’s his name, now) and Marla got married and had a baby and discovered the mundanity of ordinary life. But Tyler Durden wasn’t just a split personality… and he certainly isn’t gone… The Review: I think everybody and their mother had a moment of head-scratching when it was announced that Chuck Palahniuk was not only writing a sequel to Fight Club but that […]

Categories: Fiction, Graphic Novel, Literature • Tags: Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Cameron Stewart, Chuck Palahniuk, Comic Books, Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Fiction, Fight Club, Fight Club 2, Graphic Novel, Literature, Reviews

Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewlery

March 23, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: An auction catalog from 2009, featuring the personal effects of a couple from roughly the beginning of their courtship to the end of their relationship over the span of roughly five years, reveals the truth of two people through nothing more than their everyday objects. The Review: What a fascinating book. It is designed, down nearly to the letter and excepting really only the spine and back cover (and a few early/late pages, I guess) to look […]

Categories: Fiction, Literature • Tags: Art, Auction Catalog, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Experimental, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Harold Morris, Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Important Artifacts..., Lenore Doolan, Literature, Metafiction, Reviews

The October Faction (Vol. 1)

March 21, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: Frederick Allan has gotten out of the monster hunting business and become a father and professor. But his kids have their own desires to join the family business, so when his estranged wife returns to the fold… what else is a family to do but go into business together? The Review: It’s no secret to say that I love Halloween and all that comes with the month of October – so when I heard tell of a […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Horror • Tags: A Visit to October Country, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Comic Books, Damien Worm, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Horror, Reviews, Steve Niles, The October Faction

Wytches (Vol. 1)

October 26, 2015 by Drew

The Short Version: After a traumatic bullying incident takes an even more horrific turn, Sailor Rook and her family move to another town in the hopes of starting over. But Sailor continues to see and believe that something is wrong and her father can’t tell whether or not to believe her. But no matter what anyone believes, something is in the woods… and it’s coming closer… The Review: I’m pretty glad I read this on a bright Saturday morning. I […]

Categories: Fiction, Graphic Novel, Horror • Tags: A Visit to October Country, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Clem Robins, comic book, Comic Books, Comics, Family, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Horror, Jock, Matt Hollingsworth, Mythology, Reviews, Scott Snyder, Supernatural, Witches, Wytches

Fandemonium (The Wicked + the Divine, Vol. 2)

August 7, 2015 by Drew

The Short Version: In the wake of Lucifer’s death, the gods continue on but Laura is trying to find out what happened. Who were the attempted assassins, what part does Ananke play in all of this, and is she actually special too? But as the gods launch their big festival – called Ragnarock – the stage is set for revelations nobody is expecting. The Review: Holy shit. (FYI there are gonna be some light SPOILERS, by necessity.) Talk about leaving people […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel • Tags: Book Reviews, Books, Comic Books, Comics, Fandemonium, Fantasy, Fiction, Gods, Graphic Novel, Image Comics, Jamie McKelvie, Kieron Gillen, Music, Mystery, Ragnarock, Reviews, Rock and Roll, The Wicked + the Divine

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