Book review The Pearl That Broke Its Shell, written by Nadia Hashimi, read by Gin Hammond, is the story of Afghanistan, its history and its people. This is a story about a country that has not advanced very much over the years, a country that has remained in the past, marched in place, continued to …
Book review I don’t know if Tolstoy was right about all happy families being alike, but the unhappy family in this irresistible, award-winning book are certainly unhappy in a most unusual way. The titular fun home in Alison Bechdel’s memoir refers both to the family funeral parlor that her demanding father managed and to their …
Book review Almost exactly a year after first reading this book, I decided to read it again. I don’t usually reread books, especially not in the span of a year, but I thought I’d give it a go before reading the recently published sequel. Since my friend, who happens to also read my Goodreads reviews …
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Book review This is a second installment in this series. If you didn’t read Prisoner of Night and Fog, you need to turn around, read it, and come back. There will be spoilers here, but only from the first book, not from this one! I really, really loved this. Plus, it came at a perfect …
Book review Daaaaang! Sure, there are some problems, but The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest was a seriously good read. This review technically does include spoilers, but I am not hiding it because the spoilers are very minor (e.g., ones you would see from reading the back cover). First, there’s the speed at which Melanie Dickerson …
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Book review I love Star Wars. (…Fair warning: the above sentence is a ridiculously huge understatement.) Because I do love it so dearly and desperately, I probably tend to be a little harder on additions to it than most–I know how wonderful it is, how amazing the possibilities are, and truthfully I’ve been spoiled by …
Book review WOW! This was well worth my wait. AND with Charles Soule telling the tale, I knew it would be good.Highlights:– First, we are introduced to Ren, a masked man who leads the Knights of Ren, and who carries his red lightsaber, also named Ren. He is meeting two possible recruits to join the …
Book review True Rating: 4.7 This is my official introduction to the new Star Wars Canon in terms of graphic novels and books. Even though I was not born when the Original Star Wars was released in 1977, I am lucky enough to have been born in the right time to have seen the prequels …
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Book review So I read this in its single issues as it was coming out, which was a while ago, but I just made this goodreads account and need to review some things and this came to mind. (Spoilers!)I adored this series. As a person who reads a lot of comics, and have read a …
Book review Chaos Rising gives us a look at the Rise of Thrawn and his rise through the ranks of the Chiss military! This gives us a look at how Thrawn went about gaining his ranks and developing his strategies as well as taking on the challenge of his art obsession etc but we also …