I’ve been sitting on a hardcover copy of this book for YEARS, waiting for the right time to read it. The long-promised two sequels seemed nowhere in sight, so I figured no harm in waiting. And now that it looks like the second book* is on it’s way for next year at the earliest, 2017 at the latest, I figured it was about time. I am also feeling resentful and wanting to take back the phrase “Shades of Grey” from certain . . . sectors. […]
Funny History
This book is filled with comic strips that make fun of history and literature, LOVED IT. Are you a snarky nerd? I’m betting you will love it too. Comparing beat poets to hipsters? Dude watching with the Brontes? Jules Verne has a crush on EA Poe, Wonder Woman is a little jaded, spam pigeons, the Church of Bros, 15th Century Peasant Romance comics, Austen mania, Sirens with duck-face. Do yourself a favor and grab a copy of this book. I finished it in one sitting, […]
I was on board until the Squirrel People
This was my second Christopher Moore adventure via audiobook (the first being Sacre Bleu), and for the most part I was pleased. The things I loved about the other Moore book were all here – witty banter, random deep thoughts, gratuitous vulgarities. But then again, there were parts that I was not in love with. Our main character is Charlie Asher, the Beta Male proprietor of Asher’s Second Hand, a second-hand shop in San Francisco. But that is not his only job. Shortly after the […]
Maybe Everything Isn’t Hopeless Bullshit
I was a big fan of the Hyperbole and a Half blog so I kept meaning to get around to reading this memoir/graphic novel by Allie Brosh, but for some reason it kept getting pushed to the bottom of my reading pile. Maybe subconsciously I was saving it for a low point, some future time when I needed a serious laugh. I’m glad I saved it because it was just the medicine I needed when I was sick and stuck in bed for a week. […]