About a week ago Facebook friend and fellow Pajiban, Vermillion, started posting images from something called Atomic Robo. This is the post that really grabbed me.–> OBVIOUSLY, I needed to know more. It turns out the dinosaur is Dr. Dinosaur and he is possibly Atomic Robo’s enemy, or frenemy. I don’t really know, because he hasn’t shown up yet. Atomic Robo was built by Nikola Tesla. He is a self-aware robot. An adventurer with a wry and biting sense of humor. He is a core […]
Wow. That was long. Really long.
I started listening to this book five years ago. Five. 5. FIVE. YEARS. I took a multi-year break because I could not handle the misery of the chapters about Kvoth’s first year or so in Tarbean. And then I started listening again, because this should be both in my wheel house and up my alley. But the truth is, I just don’t know. I don’t know if I like it. I know I wish it were a lot shorter, which means I didn’t love it. […]
Promise to never leave me, I won’t believe you if you do.
There are some romance novels that are soothing and comforting, like a soft quilt on a cold night. Sometimes, I need a big cushion of romance to buffer me from the world. Laura Florand’s The Chocolate Touch is pretty perfect for cushioning, buffering, and soothing. Dominique Richard is big, rough and survived an abusive and disadvantaged childhood. He looks more like a brawler than one of Paris’ top chocolatiers. Jamie Corey has just been through a trauma and is trying to regain her strength and […]
Seriously Mark? Seriously?
I have read and listened to some really good books this year. It’s going to be hard to choose a top 5, but I’m pretty certain that The Martian will be on that list. The perilous adventures of Mark Watney are amazing – griping, funny, and weirdly educational. I got the audiobook with the intention of listening to it while I worked, but I was so enraptured by the story that I listened to the bulk of it for 7 hours straight. I highly recommend […]
Gyros for heros
This was just what I needed after A Dirty Job. I quickly zipped through volumes 1 and 2 of the new Ms. Marvel series and loved EVERY. SINGLE. FRAME. The most important thing you should take from this review is that you should go buy Ms. Marvel comics, and maybe a costume, too. Lets give Kamala Khan all our money and hope Marvel keeps her and keeps her awesome. Kamala Khan, our new Ms. Marvel, is a 16 yr old muslim, Pakistani American girl who […]
Nope.
I’ve read two other Christopher Moore books, Lamb and The Stupidest Angel, and enjoyed them both. I am having feelings of disappointment about A Dirty Job. It had lovely moments, and if it didn’t have those lovely moments, I would hate this book. There are a few spoilers ahead. As the book opens, Charlie Asher is becoming a new father, a widow, and weird stuff starts to happen. Charlie has become a death merchant – a collector of soul vessels. Not all people have a […]
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