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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

Shylock is My Name

January 20, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: Simon Strulovitch is a present-day art dealer in Northern England whose daughter is running amok. As she rebels from him and from their shared Judaism, he chances a meeting with Shylock himself – and finds his only option for satisfaction being to demand his pound of flesh. The Review: It should come as no surprise that one of the world’s foremost Jewish authors would take on one of Shakespeare’s thorniest plays and most anti-Semitic plays. What does surprise – […]

Categories: Fiction, Literature • Tags: Advance Review, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Fiction, Hogarth Shakespeare, Howard Jacobson, Judaism, Literature, Philosophy, Religion, Reviews, Shakespeare, Shylock, Shylock is My Name, The Merchant of Venice, William Shakespeare

A Highly Unlikely Scenario

February 18, 2014 by Drew

The Short Version: Leonard is a customer service rep for Neetsa Pizza, one of the many corporations who’ve taken over running the world in the future. When his calls go blank for three nights, he begins to panic – only to receive a call from a man who might be Marco Polo. Thus begins an epic adventure to save the world not just once but three times – and what a world it is to save. The Review: Even the […]

Categories: Fiction, Literature, Sci-Fi • Tags: A Highly Unlikely Scenario, A Highly Unlikely Scenario or A Neetsa Pizza Employee's Guide to Saving the World, A Neetsa Pizza employee's guide to saving the world, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Fiction, Judaism, Literature, Rachel Cantor, Reviews, Sci-Fi, Time Travel

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Roundup, August 2016

Shylock is My Name

A Highly Unlikely Scenario