Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka
The problem with picking up books based solely upon their opening lines is you are routinely caught off guard by what comes after that initial bit. With this book, I just assumed what was in store for me was another wrongful conviction story. Boy, I learned right quick that I was dead wrong (pun … [Read more]
The Missing Piece by Shel Silverstein
Whenever people talk about Shel Silverstein, they inevitably bring up Where the Sidewalk Ends or The Giving Tree. I know that was the extent of my knowledge of his work. Outside of that, I never saw him mentioned. So, when I saw this book in a bin at Goodwill, I grabbed it immediately, interested to … [Read more]
The Times I Knew I Was Gay by Eleanor Crewes
The Times I Knew I Was Gay is another book that didn't quite match up with my expectations. Stupidly, I expected we'd get something along the lines of a numbered list of moments that stuck out to Crewes as signs she was gay. What I got instead was a patchwork quilt of anecdotes that flesh out her … [Read more]
Act I: The Lake South and the River North by Casey Crescenzo
Man, the things you do to support the artists you love the most. Earlier this month, I saw The Dear Hunter live, and the combination of my love for graphic novels, FOMO (it's no longer available online), and my desire to throw a little extra their way caused me to buy this for $20 and read it in the … [Read more]
My Hero Academia: Vigilantes vol. 12 by Hideyuki Furuhashi, Betten Court, Kohei Horikoshi
Bingo 13: Series My Hero Academia is a pretty popular well-known manga series; surprisingly it’s main manga spin-off is also quite popular; usually the spin-off is only kinda popular or short-lived. My Hero Academia: Vigilantes is kind of a prequel and it’s recently concluded, although I’m not … [Read more]
Toilet-bound Hanako-kun, vols. 13-14. by Aidalro
I’m going part literal and part metaphorical with the shadows with vols. 13-14 of Toilet-bound Hanako-kun. On the literal side, a good chunk of the story in these two parts of the series take place in the spirit world which seems like a shadowy place, and the spirits who can cross into the real … [Read more]
