Houston…I think I may have a problem! My weekend is fully booked so don‘t call me, I‘ll call you!
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Houston…I think I may have a problem! My weekend is fully booked so don‘t call me, I‘ll call you!
In the last two to three years, my local bookstores have really stepped up their game for #Pride month! 🏳️🌈
#LGBT #bookstore
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This is the beginning to what feels like a fantastic mystery/horror graphic novel. Book one ends entirely too soon. I need books two and three now. The cover does not do a good job of explaining what‘s in these pages but at the same time it‘s a perfect cover. The art is a retro 70s throwback that feels like this could run with the Scooby gang via Sherlock Holmes. I want to know where this is going, I want more, and I want them now.
pickOof. I mean this series is accomplished in telling more complex stories than these fairy tale characters are usually provided with, but the tradeoff is that things can get dark, violent and sad. There were two funerals, and I cried at one. Tragically true to human history, the cost of war, the likelihood that the end of one conflict does not guarantee lasting peace. 1/2
I have read 3 books by horror master Junji Ito this year & as much as I loved the crazy antics of Soichi, there is one volume that sticks out the most: Frankenstein. Ito has adapted a few classic works, the only one that I have read so far is Frankenstein I went in thinking that it would either be an over the top grotesque version of Shelley's tale or immediately forgettable. Instead, while occasionally riffing on the original, you can (CONT)
#summersouls #pool @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
A great middle grade story of a girl trying something new and learning a little history too.
This book is great. It‘s just as you expect from a stand alone Guardians of the Galaxy story featuring Rocket Raccoon and Groot. Reads fast and just keeps the action going. Plus written by Dan Abnett who has written some warhammer books as well.
#Marvel #GuardiansoftheGalaxy #RocketRaccoon #Groot #StealtheGalaxy #DanAbnett #book #ebook #kindle
I just ordered this after reading her essay “ Mourning in a Time of Global Grief.” My original thought was it was about grief/Covid but it‘s really about more universal questions & truths.
https://lithub.com/mourning-in-a-time-of-global-grief/
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