One of my local comic stores has a pretty solid podcast with weekly recommendations. They mentioned that the Shaft comics were pretty good but very overlooked. (Yes, the comics are about that Shaft!) I remember being interested in the comic because I like detective comics and I like cool people. Unfortunately, I was a couple of years late to the party and didn’t do my part to drive sales and notoriety for the book. Thankfully, Dynamite has release several of the Shaft storylines in trade […]
Fine, I did cry five times in the conclusion to this YA trilogy.
Yet again, thank the library for this fantastic discovery. I was scrolling through available audiobooks on my library’s smartphone app (I always only search “Available” books) and I found this boss-level YA coming-of-age trilogy. The first book is just adorable. It centers around Lara Jean Song Covey, a Korean-American high schooler who accidentally finds herself in the middle of a minor scandal at school. It forces her to come out of her shell a little, and out of the shadow of her older sister. It’s […]
Maybe it Flew Over My Head
I’ve always heard of Alex Ross/Mark Waid’s Kingdom Come in hushed whispers of awe. It’s supposed to be one of the best graphic novels ever. Right? Maybe it’s age or time or context, but I just didn’t like this book at all. It felt slow, heavy-handed, and…like a DC movie, actually. Huge characters, epic look, and kind of senseless. I hate typing all of this out because Alex Ross’ artwork is always amazing to look at it, and Mark Waid has had great runs on many […]
A Precious Little Spiritual Comic
I’m a big fan of Goodreads and I also love reserving books at my local library. It’s fun to figure out new books to read and plan ahead. That being said, I think there’s also a lot of joy to be found in just browsing the stacks. Sometimes you’ll stumble across a cover that raises your eyebrows or a title that you remember a friend of a friend mention at some party years ago. It’s fun to find those kinds of books and I think […]
Burden in My Hand
Prior to getting into this book, I should point out that this is a review of the fifth book in an ongoing series called The Expanse. I’ll just summarize for you by saying t’s an awesome, space opera series that I’d recommend to anyone. I will try not to spoil anything from this or previous books, but I’m only human, sasa ke? While the predecessor to this book, Cibola Burn, was dark, this book is really dark. A problem with an ongoing series is that you […]
Theocons and Privatizing War
I had just started my senior year of high school in September of 2001. I was eating Cinnamon Toast Crunch in front of the tv when the first plane hit the World Trade Center. I went to school without really knowing what was going on, and in every class that day the teachers had the TVs on. I remember at lunch a classmate saying, “A whole lot of people are going to be dead, now.” My neighbors were Saudi and kept their kids home for […]
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