A valiant show, old boy. Sebastian Faulk has set himself a difficult task: to write in the style of a man who wrote as no one else ever had. Wodehouse’s style, his lightness and clever touch with a plot, and mostly, his two memorable characters, have set him apart from other writers of his generation & others. (And if you’ve never read Wodehouse, shame on you.) Mr. Faulk makes a reasonable job of it. The plot, like any good J. & W. tale, is convoluted, […]
Zombies and Freaks
#53: No Hero by Warren Ellis: 1 star. #54-5: Scott Pilgrim Volumes 3-4 by Bryan Lee O’Malley: 2 stars each. #56-7: Scott Pilgrim Volumes 5-6 by Bryan Lee O’Malley: 5 and 4 stars respectively. #58: A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L’Engle: 1 star. #59: Hellboy, Vol. 1: Seed of Destruction by Mike Mignola: 3 stars. #60: The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson: 2 stars. #61: The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson: 1 star. #62: The Goon, Vol. 1: Nothin’ but Misery […]
Time. Traveling. Ghost.
I think this book could be used to start discussions with girls and boys about unacceptable ways to be treated or to treat other people, because this is pretty much a novel-length exploration of how not to look out for your own safety. We skip the prologue from a killer and go straight to Melissa Dryden waking up the house because there are tree limbs knocking on her window and she’s afraid of the Fear Street Prowler. Melissa is rich, lives on Fear Street, and […]
thewheelbarrow’s Review #1: Why Grizzly Bears Should Wear Underpants by Matthew Inman
Why Grizzly Bears Should Wear Underpants is the fourth book and second anthology from TheOatmeal.com creator, Matthew Inman. It’s not really really an anthology but the description is still apt. I have always enjoyed The Oatmeal and this book was on sale at my local Barnes and Noble so I bought it. My wife and I made this our bathroom reader and my normally long visits instantly became even longer. It was a good thing that I read this on the toilet because I very […]