I read this in a couple of minutes while waiting for my number to get called at the Road Transport Department. I knew I should have brought another book with me. Little People Big Dreams[…]
Gods & Tulips by Neil Gaiman
A collection of three speeches by Neil Gaiman, Gods & Tulips is one of those reads I got during the humble bundle sale. I’m about 2/3rds through the bundle and wonder what will replace the[…]
William Shakespeare’s The Force Doth Awaken Star Wars part the Seventh by Ian Doescher
I gotta say, Ian Doescher’s William Shakespeare’s Star Wars series gets better and better with each new publication and The Force Doth Awaken is a great example of how Doescher has used each book as[…]
Turbo Twenty-Three by Janet Evanovich
Stephanie Plum is back again in Turbo Twenty-Three and, I have to admit, I’m getting a little bored. Will she ever age? Will Rex ever die? Will she ever choose between Morelli and Ranger? I[…]
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K Dick
There’s something fun about reading classic sci-fi, and by classic I mean anything written before the era of the Internet or wi-fi or smartphones or digital this and that. Published in 1974 and set in[…]
Fables 22: Farewell by Bill Willingham et al
And so we bid farewell to this long running series featuring our most favourite fairytale characters. I won’t deny that I will miss reading about Snow and Bigby and their litter, of Fabletown and The[…]
Super Clean Super Foods by Fiona Hunter & Caroline Bretherton
I generally don’t expect much from coffee table books. They’re made to be visually pleasing with some information, but apart from the pretty pictures, they don’t typically make for the best reads. So, I was[…]
Ghastly Beyond Belief by Neil Gaiman & Kim Newman
So one would expect that a collection of science fiction quotes from books and movies would yield a few precious gems for my quote book. But, apparently, it did not. Ghastly Beyond Belief is a[…]
Marvel’s Agent Carter, season 1-2
I was wondering if I would enjoy a Marvel’s live action series that took place in the 1940s, which is roughly when Marvel Comics actually came into being. And you know what? I actually did.[…]
Marvel’s The Defenders (season 1)
It’s kinda sad that there was only one coming together series of the four NYC Marvel’s heroes in the form of The Defenders. I really enjoyed watching the discovery of and interaction between the four[…]
The Red House by Mark Haddon
Two books written by a Mark one after another, but aside from the first name, some dysfunctional family element and multiple viewpoints, Mark Haddon’s The Red House is a story far different from Daniewleski’s The[…]
Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
I did not properly watch the first Wreck it Ralph movie except for some bits and pieces that made its way to me somehow, and honestly, that provided sufficient background information for watching Ralph Breaks[…]
Marvel’s Luke Cage, season 1-2
Gosh it took me forever to finish Marvel’s Luke Cage. At least, it certainly felt like it took forever. Admittedly, the series moves a lot slower to its other live-action counterparts, but it certainly has[…]
Fantastic Beasts: the Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
I don’t remember what the reviewers thought about this second edition of Fantastic Beasts, but gosh I thought it was cool! While I wasn’t a Potterhead, I did catch those movies occasionally and can honestly[…]
The Familiar volume 2: Into the Forest by Mark Z Danielewski
The Familiar volume 2: Into the Forest pretty much continues where volume 1 left off, with Xander rescuing the kitten and me not quite remembering where the rest of the story was heading. The same[…]
Tricky Twenty-Two by Janet Evanovich
Tricky Twenty-Two is pretty much your average Stephanie Plum novel. Action-wise the story is fairly stock-standard, although the later-on revealed reasons for murder seem somewhat unimpressive. What keep this novel moving forward is really the[…]
News of a Kidnapping by Gabriel García Márquez
News of a Kidnapping is my first foray into Gabriel García Márquez’s journalistic work. The book is based on the kidnapping of ten people, primarily journalists, some of whom are related to prominent Colombian politicians.[…]
Sketching Type by Lee Suttey
I was gifted Lee Suttey’s Sketching Type perhaps due to my interest in calligraphy. While the book doesn’t actually cover calligraphy, it is an interesting exercise book if you’re ever interested in developing your own[…]
Fairest 5: The Clamour for Glamour by Bill Willingham et al
The Fables spin-off, Fairest, also winds itself down with the final volume, Fairest 5: The Clamour for Glamour, which takes place in between Fables 20 and 21. Once again, despite being an off-shoot meant to[…]
Free Speeches by Dennis Kitchen et. al.
Free Speeches is an interesting collection of speeches for the upholding of the freedom of speech especially on behalf of the comic books industry. I read it as it came bundled along in Neil Gaiman’s[…]
Fables 21: Happily Ever After by Bill Willingham et al
I can’t believe the Fables series is about to come to an end, and the prelude to that is the fairly epic magical rivalry between twins, Snow White and Rose Red, and it is a[…]