A brief aside: I don’t normally like book covers that have anything to do with the film adaptation, but the normal cover of this book is so bland and forgettable, I’m using the movie tie-in cover here. It has a more classic look to it. Anyway. Dexter Mayhew is a charming playboy, absolutely gorgeous to behold. And he knows it. Emma Morley is a beautiful and intelligent woman; a little snide and politically conscious. They spend the night of their graduation from university together before […]
My first celebrity memoir, and a well chosen one at that.
David Mitchell (no, not that one) is one of the most adorable people that too few people have heard of. I was vaguely familiar with his shows Peepshow and That Mitchell and Webb Look, but it wasn’t until I discovered that almost every episode of Would I Lie to You? was on Youtube that I truly became smitten with his wry, self-deprecating humor. He is so unambiguously British, and has wholly accepted the posh characterization that has somewhat artificially been placed upon him, I don’t […]
Spiders…Why did it have to be spiders?
If this was a zombie book, I think I’d end up giving it 4 stars. If this was a zombie book, it would probably be more popular. If this was a zombie book, I’d have already gotten the sequel, Skitter (which came out in May). But this isn’t a zombie book. Which isn’t, of course, to say that this book isn’t fun – it is. Nor is it to say that you shouldn’t read this if you’re into post-apocalyptic horror stories – you should. But […]
Somewhat Marvelous
It’s a little weird reading comics after so many years. I used to be an avid collector and dreamt of being an artist one day, until I figured out that I could get more entertainment for less money by reading novels. So I haven’t really read many comics in about 20 years. But I do miss the art. The art here by Adrian Alphona and David Lopez is pretty great, though very different, stylistically. Alphona is looser, less compact, which is actually perfect for the […]