So many folks sing the praises of Rainbow Rowell, I had to add her to the read list. This is her first novel, that could only work on paper. But work it does. Rowell captures that sort of wistful adolescence of the arrestedly developed. A lonely dude falls in love with a woman as he reads her email exchanges which are in violation of company policy. But from there Rowell peoples her world with such interesting and layered characters. The ending was kind of a […]
Get some, go again
Henry Rollins is just flat out one of my favorite artists. This dude is one of the hardest working people on the planet. He spent some formative years with Black Flag (if you are into that sort of thing, Get In The Van is an excellent look into the life of a touring band), then founded and fronted The Rollins Band, founded his own publishing company and record label 2/13/61 and put out works by Bill Shields, Nick Cave, Iggy Pop and Exene Cervenka (to name a […]
Yes, I too Liked This Book (don’t let it keep you from reading it).
After much hype and fanfare (and waiting on the library hold list), I finally got my hands on Station Eleven. I purposefully didn’t read many reviews on this book so I wouldn’t be influenced by others’ take on things. All I really knew was what the publisher provides as a preview…that an orchestral and theatric troupe travels around what is left of Michigan after a devastating illness has decimated the world population. I wasn’t quite sure what to think of that. I’m happy to report […]
Hey Yeah-e-Yeah, Superman’s Dead
In the aftermath of the events of Steelheart, Sanderson sends us from Newcago to Babilar, the watery remains of New York City, where the Reckoners must face off against Regailia, a water Epic. Sanderson has layered his story with so much conflict and potential, that each revelation just deepens the potential and greatness of the story. Superheroes out of control are my particular comicbook fix — The Boys, Irredeemable, Kick Ass — and this young adult book series doesn’t disappoint.