Category Archives: Books
Illustrations from The Chronicles of Narnia Retold!
Pauline Baynes is the amazing artist who illustrated The Chronicles of Narnia series, among many other childrens books. Her illustrations are both simple and beyond charming. But I realized that it’s fun to take her illustrations and give them a … Continue reading
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A Debate Between J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis
I like to imagine that J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis are totally best friends forever (literally forever since it is the afterlife after all) and hang out all the time up in heaven. I also like to imagine that they … Continue reading
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Final Thoughts on Y: The Last Man
So I finished Y: The Last Man yesterday. It was amazing through and through. Do I wish the finale and epilogue had a bit more oomph in it? Yes. But It was still an incredible series that any fan of … Continue reading
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Y: The Last Man – Update
So (screw you Nemesissy) I’m officially halfway through Y: The Last Man. I finished volume five which left off with our merry band of misfits in search of Ampersand and possibly heading to Japan. This series in incredible! You would … Continue reading
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Y: The Last Man
So I finished volume one of Y: The Last Man on friday and I used the $50 gift card to Barnes and Noble which has been burning a hole in my pocket since my birthday in November to buy volumes … Continue reading
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The Maze Runner by James Dashner – Review
So I finished The Maze Runner by James Dashner yesterday. My friend Meg recommended it since she knew how much I enjoyed The Hunger Games. After a bit of a rough start (I may or may not have texted my … Continue reading
Joss Whedon’s Astonishing X-Men – Review
So I finished Joss Whedon’s Astonishing X-Men series yesterday. This was only my second X-Men graphic novel after the Dark Phoenix Saga, and I’m reminded that even though I love Batman, and his graphic novels are my favorite, I really … Continue reading
The Hunger Games Trilogy – Review
God bless Michelle M. for sending me the first book in The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins, appropriately titled The Hunger Games. It sat on my bookshelf for a while, too long really, before I picked it up and … Continue reading
Getting My Wars and Treks Crossed
So I was reading Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Allies on my way to work this morning, and at one point Luke and Ben Skywalker are on Klatooine (yeah, stupid name) where the native species describe how a treaty … Continue reading
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This Amuses Me
Joss Whedon wrote the introduction to the graphic novel Identity Crisis published by DC Comics, which includes the following snippet: Mainstream comics (particularly the two titans, DC and that other one) are a universe, one that is as established and … Continue reading
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