This is my first Neil Gaiman book! The Graveyard Book is about a boy, Nobody Owens, who is adopted by Mr. & Mrs. Owens (two ghosts) and raised by the other graveyard inhabitants collectively. His guardian, Silas, organizes his schooling and how much contact he can have with the outside/living world. Bod is hidden from the outside world because the man who killed his family is still looking for him. We see Bod grow up: he meets a little girl…
Shutter was one of the first graphic novels I really got into after reading Saga. Part of the draw for me is that some reviewers had compared it to Saga and called it a modern-day Indian Jones story. This story follows Kate Kristopher, a 27-year-old living in an alternate-reality New York City. She is well known for writing books about the adventures she used to have with her late father, Chris, and works as a photographer. I’m caught up with…
The learning curve for something completely and utterly new can be pretty steep. For instance… graphic novels. A friend encouraged me to read Saga Volume 1 while we were at Powells some time ago. Ehh…the cover looked weird (SHUT UP I KNOW) and I just wasn’t really into comics at that point. “I think you’ll really like it,” she said. I wasn’t disinterested so I put it on my mental “to read” list for later. It all started with three…
Joe and I took a quick trip to San Francisco last November and I am just now getting around to sharing a few photos. Joe was there for work and while he was in the conference I explored the Mission district. The REAL reason I went was to see the 10 year anniversary show for the Matches’ album, E. Von Dahl Killed the Locals. 😉 I have found that my second trip to places are usually much better than the…
Sunshine is different from many of the books I usually read for many reasons, but the most basic of them is that this is a stand-alone book. After all the series I read, especially lately (the Hollows followed by Jane Yellowrock), this is a nice change of pace. I don’t have to worry about how I’m going to fit 10 more books on my already-overflowing shelves or how I will find the time to read those 10 books that I…
I love unique story lines! In this comic, Suzie discovers that after sexy times (alone or with someone else) she enters “The Quiet,” where time stops for everyone around but her. This allows her to get away with pretty much anything. When she first discovered the ability, she mostly used it to yell and scream when she needed to let some anger go. Later on she meets Jon, a one-night-stand turned boyfriend, who also has the ability to enter The…
She looks kinda bookish, right? Must be the glasses. A mural on Capitol Hill, Seattle. Quite late, I know. But I say better late than never! Onward…42. Ever After by Kim Harrison#12 in a series, read round 3’s post as to why I’m not reviewing each book.43. The Witch with No Name by Kim Harrison44. Saga Vol.2Saga is amazing. Wonderful. Fabulous. Moving. Go buy it.45. Saga Vol. 3See above.46. Mastering the Art of French Eating by Ann MahThis book takes…
I bought Skinwalker in December when Audible was running a sale. It sounded like a neat idea: Jane is a skinwalker (shifts into animals) of Cherokee descent who is called to New Orleans on a job to hunt a rogue vamp who has been terrorizing the city. Along with the great premise, the supporting characters bring this world to life. Perhaps the most interesting aspect to me is that Jane has the soul of a mountain lion, Beast, living inside of…
While in Jacksonville last month, I was fortunate enough to visit the Tolomato Cemetery in St. Augustine. They are open on the third Saturday of every month and couldn’t make it since my plane landed that day, so I thought to email then on the off chance that they would be able to open sometime during the week I was in town. Matt was kind enough to take time out of his Thursday to open the cemetery for me for a…
Last month I visited my parents, who live in Jacksonville, FL. I was born in Tampa, lived in Florida until I was 10, and guess I count this as where I “grew up” because as far as I’m concerned the 15 years in NC didn’t happen. One of the great things about Jacksonville is that it’s only about 2.5 hours from Orlando! I can’t imagine a trip to Florida with Disney. Who doesn’t want to go to a place where…