Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov
Bingo Row 3 – O If I planned this bingo here, I would have not used up books that start with O on other boxes. But I didn’t and did and I read myself into a corner. So I read Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov. Ilya Ilich Oblomov is a fat, lazy, spoiled rich kid. And by kid, I mean 30-something adult man. He is so lazy, he’s the origin of the word ‘oblomovism’ (which is a synonym for lazy and not a word I hear […]
Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood
CBR17Bingo – “Favorite” because Ali Hazelwood is a favorite author of mine, and I read all of her books. I have read all of Ali Hazelwood’s women-in-STEM romance novels. I tend to read them very quickly because they’re well written, interesting, and fun to read. Occasionally the characters or plot have me shaking my head a little bit, but the books are so enjoyable I don’t mind. Problematic Summer Romance (2025) is Hazelwood’s latest novel, and it has all the trademarks of her brand. The book […]
I Think Our Friend Dan Might Be a Dolphin by James the Stanton
I think that James the Stanton might be a little crazy. Okay, a lot crazy. Afterall, why would someone write a book (or more actually a zine) called I Think Our Friend Dan Might Be a Dolphin and proceed to make one of the more warped things I have ever read (and honestly I think I’ve read several warped things). I hated everything about this book. It was too small. It was too blue. It was really really NSFW or anyplace else for that matter. […]
Hello Sleep by Saehan Parc
When I write a review, I write it out first, so I can organize my thoughts. Sometimes I cannot get to the review right away and need to remind myself of what a book was about. Hello Sleep by Saehan Parc and translated by Selene Bright was one of them. This does not mean it was a bad book, but it was not one that grabbed my attention completely. The character of Sleep is a happy character that is learning about how to sleep. They […]
Will You Still Love Me If I Wet the Bed? by Liz Prince
Delayed Replays by Liz Prince
Look Back and Laugh by Liz Prince
A while back I read the graphic novel, Tomboy by Liz Prince. It was a fun memoir about being a kid that made me wonder about adult Liz. Who is she now? Or at least when her works were published. I found 2018 as the most recent autobiographical work, 2023 for Science Comics: Frogs: Awesome Amphibians (from First Second) and Adventure Time Compendium Vol. 1 in 2024 with other contributors. Adult Liz is not much different than kid Liz. A bit awkward, weird, funny, has […]
How a Bear Became a Book: The Collaboration That Created Winnie-the-Pooh by Annette Bay Pimentel
A clever ol’ story about a clever and silly ol’ bear is what you learn about in How a Bear Became a Book: The Collaboration That Created Winnie-the-Pooh. The pieces fit as if you’re reading a Winnie the Pooh story, the illustrations as if reading a WTP book and they come together to make a modern classic. It is less a “solid story” and more of a poetic telling of how a bear came into existence. Things are less hard facts but taking the facts […]
