Julius Caeser (by Shakespeare) = 3/5 I'm pretty tired, so this will be short. The story is pretty self-explanatory; it's Shakespeare's depiction of the circumstances leading up to, during, and after Caeser's assassination. I found the overall plot a bit dry, but that's probably because I was reading the script of a piece meant to … Continue reading Review: Julius Caeser
My Ideal Bookshelf
I've been reading/flipping through My Ideal Bookshelf (edited by Thessaly La Force) over the past few days, and it has made me wonder what my ideal bookshelf would look like. My Ideal Bookshelf surveyed more than one hundred different creative people (artists, authors, chefs, designers, architects, dancers, filmmakers, etc.) and asked them to "select a … Continue reading My Ideal Bookshelf
Review: The March trilogy
The March trilogy, by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, + Nate Powell = 5/5 Split across three volumes, The March is the illustrated autobiography of now-Congressman John Lewis and his experiences as a leader of the US Civil Rights movement in the early 1960s. Interspersed throughout the narrative are more recent recollections of his thoughts and … Continue reading Review: The March trilogy
Review: Protector of the Small Quartet
Protector of the Small Quartet (First Test, Page, Squire, and Lady Knight) by Tamora Pierce = 4/5 [Yes, you read that correctly, this is a review for 4 books at once.] The Protector of the Small Quartet (PSQ) tells the story of Keladry of Mindalen, a noble-born girl living in the fantasy realm of Tortall … Continue reading Review: Protector of the Small Quartet
Review: Jingo
Jingo (by Terry Pratchett) = 4/5 Set on Pratchett's Discworld, Jingo follows the inter-cultural tensions that arise when a fabled island, Leshp, rises out of the sea and is immediately claimed by rival fishermen and their sons in the names of Ankh-Morpork and Klatch. At home in their respective lands, Klatchians and Ankh-Morporkians both work … Continue reading Review: Jingo
Review: Love is Love
Love is Love (by too many contributors to list here) = 5/5. I am bisexual. There. I've said it. I couldn't think of another way to start this book review that would do justice to the book itself and, more importantly, and pay tribute those who died in the attack on the Pulse night club … Continue reading Review: Love is Love
Review: The Book of Dust
La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman (Vol. 1 of The Book of Dust) = 5/5 La Belle Sauvage is the first book of the long-awaited Book of Dust and is set in a world where everybody's souls manifest as animals outside their bodies. No one's alone, because they always have their soul to talk to. … Continue reading Review: The Book of Dust
Review: Watchmen
Watchmen (Alan Moore) = 3/5 Watchmen is a graphic novel set in an alternate history and is about the adventures and backstories of superheroes well past their vigilante days (the government outlawed unauthorized superheroes). The narrative is presented through illustrated chapters (i.e., comic book serial narratives) accompanied by ephemera relating to the events or principal … Continue reading Review: Watchmen
Review: Things We Couldn’t Say
Things We Couldn't Say (by Diet Eman, with James Schaap) = 4/5 Eman's autobiography recounts her personal experiences as a member of the Dutch Resistance movement during WWII and a concentration camp prisoner during the Holocaust. Through a combination of modern era recollections and contemporary diary entries and letters from WWII, Eman describes the factors … Continue reading Review: Things We Couldn’t Say
Review: Naughts and Crosses
Naughts & Crosses (by Malorie Blackman) = 5/5 Set in an alternate world where blacks were the colonizers and whites were the slaves, Naughts and Crosses is essentially the tale of two star-crossed lovers who struggle against the reality of the racism and prejudices of their world. I remember picking this book up for the … Continue reading Review: Naughts and Crosses
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