The Thicket by Joe R. Lansdale
Did Joe R. Lansdale have Peter Dinklage in mind when he wrote the character Shorty’s look, or was I projecting? Maybe a bit of one, a lot of the other. You see, the novel, The Thicket, only came to be on my TBR list because I had seen the movie starring Dinklage. I won’t go into that too much, but will say it is not a horrible movie as it had its moments, and I had fun picking apart those, “You did that?” scenes. But […]
Drome by Jesse Lonergan
Drome by Jesse Lonergan is one of those reads where you have to read it to understand this book. And if you do read it, can you tell me what the heck (only I didn’t say heck) did I read? Okay, I get that things have something to do about the Gods and Humans and their struggle with each other. Control and strength are main factors. And Man-Woman relationships play a large role in things. There is also the literal Light and Dark (I am […]
Witchcraft: A Graphic History: Stories of wise women, healers and magic by Lindsay Squire
Part fiction and part non-fiction, Witchcraft: A Graphic History: Stories of wise women, healers and magic includes the history of one woman Biddy Early, (perhaps not well-known to today’s audience, but one of Ireland’s most famous witches). It is told as a story of how she helped her village, but still people feared her powers while in-between are parts the history of witch trials, tools of the trade, familiars, types of witches/witchcraft and more. Both historical people and women of mythology come to life as […]
Looking at the Sky: How Dr. Janusz Korczak Fought for Children's Rights by Amanda West Lewis and Abigail Rajunov
To me, it is always funny when you find a book and really all you can say is, “Wow.” This Wow can be “WOW! Greatest ever.” Or “Wow, really you wasted a tree on that?” Or even, “Well, wow. That’s an experience.” And Looking at the Sky: How Dr. Janusz Korczak Fought for Children’s Rights by Amanda West Lewis and illustrator Abigail Rajunov left me with a Wow as my initial thought. Not Wow Best ever. Or even Wow that was neat. But Wow, that’s […]
Ocultos by Laura Pérez and translator Andrea Rosenberg
Ocultos by Laura Pérez and translator Andrea Rosenberg Each book that I have read by Perez has been stranger than the one before. Contradictions. Too many wordless pages. Too much text. Not enough details to the illustrations and, yes, not enough. The colors are both the perfect touch and the most distracting piece of the work. Each of the three titles are perfect with their similarities, yet they are so different at the same time. How can it be the same author? This author and […]
Hmong: A Graphic History by Vicky Lyfoung
Hmong: A Graphic History by Vicky Lyfoung is a little under 200 pages and most of those are dedicated to the history of the Hmong people. Which is really fun. Or interesting. Or unique. Or well, all the above and more. We probably know little to nothing about the Hmong history and people, which is a shame as they have a very rich culture and background. The book fits the genre of nonfiction, biography, graphic novel, historical, history, culture, politics, religion, war, and is […]
