One of the things I like most about doing the Cannonball every year is getting recommendations from other ‘ballers for books I might never have heard of otherwise. Honestly, I can’t believe I had never heard of Jim Butcher or Harry Dresden before, and for that I am sorry. And I also can’t believe that its taken me this long to get around to the first of the series, Storm Front. I’m going to admit something to you about Storm Front. I had taken it […]
Bruised Violet, You Got This Squid Thing That Follows Me Around
You all went out and bought Volume 1 of Rat Queens after my last review, right? (Or, if you are narfna, you demanded that your library supply you with it, because who really stocks a library with only volume 2 of something?!) I’m going to pretend that you all did, because I want to believe you are wonderful people that love nice things and it would break my heart to find out you were apathetic about my Rat Queens. If it’s possible, this volume managed […]
Yes, I Would Like A Sexy, Witty Druid with a Talking Wolfhound, Please
If I ever got into the deity business, I’d want to be the lesser goddess of good timing and curating – like, your iPod would always be ready with the perfect song to score your life moments or I would sneak into your bedroom at night and if you left me bookmarks and/or teeth under your pillow, I’d deliver a book perfectly curated for your tastes. I would also indirectly use my divine intervention by guiding the Barnes and Nobles workers’ staff picks. Alas, I […]
allmächtiger!
This, the second collection in Dark Horse’s B.P.R.D. series, features five stories starring Abe Sapien, Liz Sherman, Johan Krause and Roger. As an added bonus, the story “Night Train” has it’s roots in Lobster Johnson’s time. They were originally published as one-shots back in the day when Mike Mignola was in Prague working on the first Hellboy movie. More than the previous collection, this book has more of an “in the spirit of” feeling, as Mike was only directly involved in “The Soul of Venice” and […]