#118: Six Easy Pieces by Richard Feynman: 3 stars. #119-21: Monster Blood I-III by R.L. Stine: 1 star each. #122-24: Night of the Living Dummy I-III by R.L. Stine: 1 star each. #125: William Shakespeare’s The Empire Striketh Back by Ian Doescher: 1 star. #126: Aunts Aren’t Gentlemen by P.G. Wodehouse: 4 stars. #127: The Pirates! In an Adventure with Napoleon by Gideon Defoe: 5 stars. #128: The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean: 4 stars.
The (Unintentional) Contrarian Journals
#107: Sacre Bleu by Christopher Moore: 1 star. #108: The Pixar Touch by David A. Price: 4 stars. #109: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling: 1 star. #110: Stardust by Neil Gaiman: 1 star. #111: Seriously… I’m Kidding by Ellen Degeneres: 1 star. #112: The Monsters of Morley Manor by Bruce Coville: 2 stars. #113: Nice to Meet You by Kate Klise: 2 stars. #114: Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton: 2 stars. #115: The Douche Journals by Schmidt: 1 star. #116: […]
“You just have to make a commitment and hope you’re right.”
Had my mother pulled the same stunt Georgie’s did with her step-sister Heather, calling me on my phone rather than just (Rowell sort of does for that word what John Green did for “okay” and I kind of hate her for her it on account of it’s just about half my vocabulary) getting my attention in person (being just downstairs; there’s that word again…), which she’d done once already moments before I’d peeled off the dust jacket (for safe keeping) and started reading, this is how I […]
Stephen King: The Final Cut.
Since I foresee this running long, I’ll kick things off with a more up-front assessment before I let myself succumb fully to the urge to blather on with only a vague aim in mind. After giving the matter a great deal of thought, Stephen King is now no longer a member of my personal Mount Rushmore. Soon after expanding my so-named Holy Trinity (King, Adams, Vonnegut) to a Holy Quadrinity with the inclusion of Rainbow Rowell, it’s been knocked back down to a Holy Trinity, […]
Double Cannonball! (And only 44 reviews behind….)
#101: Invincible, Vol. 1: Family Matters by Robert Kirkman: 1 star. #102: Saga, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan: 1 star. #103: Superman: Red Son by Mark Millar: 1 star. #104: Chew, Vol. 1: Taster’s Choice: 2 stars.
“How ’bout a kiss?” “What!?”
WARNING: Given how far we are into the series, and the fact that I’ve read the series in its entirety, this will be more discussion than review, meaning those who haven’t read this or the previous volumes should steer clear if they want to avoid spoilers. Vaughan has subjected his characters to a ton. Really put them through the emotional wringer. So why is it that it wasn’t until the second to last volume that I came to feel for these characters? I mean, I liked Yorick and […]