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
Review: Equal Rites
Equal Rites = 4/5 I read Equal Rites (by Terry Pratchett) for the first time at least a decade ago, and I remember being distinctly impressed by the spunky protagonist, Eskarina, and how she defied social customs to become the first female wizard of Discworld. Upon rereading Pratchett's third Discworld novel, I was actually more … Continue reading Review: Equal Rites
Review: Maus
Maus = 5/5 Art Spiegelman's graphic novel treatment of the Holocaust is masterfully done, and I'm sorry it took me so long to read this duology/book; it was near-impossible to put down. Maus is a visual biography about Spiegelman's father's experiences as a Jew trying to survive the Holocaust in Poland. It mixes the biography … Continue reading Review: Maus
Review: 1984
1984 = 3/5 Although I've read 1984 twice before (at least a decade ago), I decided it was time to bring it out again as part of my reading list. I still find the world interesting and Orwell's bleak outlook a good, cautionary tale that still bears relevance to our world today, as evidenced by … Continue reading Review: 1984
Review: Star Wars – The Last Jedi (Episode VIII)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi : 4.5/5 Since I saw Star Wars: The Last Jedi four times in the first week it came out (Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Wednesday), I figure I should probably review it. I will try to keep this review spoiler-free and am trying to focus on just my impressions of the film … Continue reading Review: Star Wars – The Last Jedi (Episode VIII)
Review: Blankets
Blankets = 4/5 An autobiographical story, Craig Thompson's graphic novel Blankets has been on my to-read list for a few years (found out about it in 2013, but it's been out since 2003). It's a memoir about a Midwestern guy struggling to figure himself out when he falls in love for the first time. The … Continue reading Review: Blankets
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