World War Z by Max Brooks
Is it weird that World War Z is one of my comfort reads? I rarely reread books. I get anxious when I’m rereading because I keep thinking that I should be reading something new. I mean, my to be read list is not getting any shorter. World War Z is one of the few books that I have reread more than once. The others are The Drifters by James Michener, A Ring of Endless Light by L’Engle and Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Patterson. […]
Devolution by Max Brooks
I live in West Michigan, in a county that is known to have the highest incidences of deer collisions in the state. We’re a big city, but with patches of woods sprinkled throughout, and even though I am 100% in The City, I have been in touching distance of deer in large part to my next door neighbor being one of the largest woodland preserves in the city. I mention this because on a walk with the octolet through said park, I saw a deer, […]
Devolution by Max Brooks
… Or, more accurately, BIGFEET. Wait! Don’t go! I know it sounds silly but trust me, this was a good read! Max Brooks, who brought genuine terror and superior storytelling to the Zombie genre, has now turned his sights on the Sasquatch. And he does a bloody great job of it. Here’s the premise: A group of privileged folk (artists, authors, wealthy vegan tech types) are living out their homesteading, off-grid fantasy in the very small eco-community called Greenloop in the mountains near Seattle. They […]
Devolution by Max Brooks
Bingo Square: Pandemic Bingo 1: 4th column While I enjoy the occasional zombie story, it definitely isn’t my go to sub-genre – I haven’t seen a single episode of The Walking Dead, for example. And yet, World War Z is a novel I still bring up quite frequently (and should absolutely re-read), and may have even unknowingly become one of my favorite books – top 20 for sure! I just love the complex analysis behind the novel, how Brooks used history to predict various countries’ […]
Nat Turner by Kyle Baker
The Harlem Hellfighters by Max Brooks and Canaan White
Muhammad Ali by Sybille Titeux and Amazing Ameziane
cbr12bingo Pandemic If you want to catch up a bit on the history you weren’t taught in school, these three graphic novels are a great way to do so. Nat Turner gives detail and perspective on the 1831 slave rebellion that was probably mentioned in a textbook but only covered in passing. The Harlem Hellfighters reveals not only the bravery and heroism of the all-Black 369th regiment fighting in WWI Europe, but also the racism and violence they faced from their fellow Americans. Muhammad Ali […]
