I, like so many of you other dedicated Cannonball Book Clubbers, am working my way through The Count of Monte Cristo. I have gone abridged, and it is still a long book. In that time, I have also been interspersing my reading with quicker, lighter, fare. Enter, Kingsman. This is lighter fare if you are a particular kind of reader, or find certain kinds of jokes funny. The first few pages of issue one, where (SPOILER) Mark Hamill gets killed, by accident? Perfection as far […]
What the heck are baggywrinkles?
Given to me as a birthday present, I was intrigued by the title and cover of “Baggywrinkles: A Lubber’s Guide to Life at Sea”. At the time I joked that it was a good length for me to include in my Cannonball Read this year. This past Saturday I was running out the door to sit in a waiting room and needed a new book to read. I reached for a sci-fi novel called “Nova” that’s been waiting to be read for months now only […]
1940s Hollywood Noir for $6
That night began just like every other night. I sat in my car. My car sat in an empty parking lot. The black grit some barista had the nerve to call coffee kept me warm enough. Headlights flashed through my passenger-side windows. I perked up and turned down the radio as a Jeep pulled into the parking lot and cruised over in my general direction. He was late, as usual. If he’s always late, and I show up early, am I the one with the problem? […]
Seriously Cinematic Comic Strips
I read a review someone posted about Filmish a few weeks ago (which I can’t seem to find to credit) (*Edit* it was faintingviolet’s review) and thought the subject matter sounded interesting and the comic concept intriguing. While I do read a few online comics like Sarah Andersen and the Oatmeal this was probably the longest comic book I’ve read. Ross splits his book into seven sections: The Eye, The Body, Sets & Architecture, Time, Voice & Language, Power & Ideology and Technology & Technophobia. He […]