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Monthly Archives: February 2023
Marmalade Boy 1 by Wataru Yoshimizu
Marmalade Boy was always one of the better titles from the 1990s – beloved among those who grew up with it. At 8 volumes, it doesn’t run too long and has decent pacing. Yes, it does skew rather young (middle … Continue reading
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Tiny Felt Cuties and Creatures by Delilah Iris
This is a nicely presented book that makes it very easy to sew the items on the front and back cover. The 3D animals are made of 3 pieces or so (then add ears, eyes, nose, whiskers) that are sewn … Continue reading
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Plant Based On A Budget: Quick & Easy By Toni Okamoto
This is a nicely presented and easy to use cookbook that lives up to the title: it is quick and easy as well as budget friendly. There are no unusual ingredients and most of the steps are very fast. Every … Continue reading
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Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli
This is another excellent read by Albertalli – full of her trademark pathos. Fans of her previous books will find more to love here as we follow a girl navigating the LGBTQ community while feeling like an outsider. Story: Imogen … Continue reading
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Quests Aside by by Rebecca Nalty, Brian Schirmer, Elena Gogou, AndWorld Design, Adrian F. Wassel, Tim Daniel
While there was nothing terrible here, it never seemed to turn into an interesting tale. The grump and emo grizzled tavern owner was dreary, the side characters meaning to be quirky but just weren’t fun, and the humor never really … Continue reading
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Met Flex Diet by Ian K Smith
I’m done with these celebrity non practicing doctors and their diet books. Once again, it feels like we have a book written because the author needs to keep his celebrity status going and bring in some extra dollars. This one … Continue reading
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The Dragon’s Betrothed by Meguru Hinohara
The illustration work here is lovely but I can’t help but feel I’ve read this story a thousand times: Emo guy (or girl) pursued by genki but naïve god who for whatever reason is set on making them their spouse. … Continue reading
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The Miracle of Flexibility by Miranda Esmonde-White
This is a balletic type of continual movement program designed to help with flexibility and pain relief. These movements are smooth, gradual and continuous, thus separating it from the static poses of yoga or the high impact aspects of aerobics. … Continue reading
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Jim Stoppani’s Encyclopedia of Muscle & Strength by Jim Stoppani
As a past-middle age female only recently getting into strength training (-+5 months ago), I do not feel this is the book targeted for my segment. Rather, there is a strong emphasis on what I see most of the younger … Continue reading
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Fortune and Glory by Brian Michael Bendis
The trials and tribulations, fakeness and arbitrary nature of those who inhabit the world of Hollywood are fairly well known. Here, we have an autobiographical piece about how the author/artist had a couple of titles optioned/shopped around for movie treatment … Continue reading
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Flowerheart by Catherine Bakewell
I was greatly reminded of Naomi Novik’s earlier novels: a random medieval British type of setting, feisty heroine, conflicted hero, and magic. As with most cottage cozy type of novels, the plot is simplistic, the protagonists very good and decent … Continue reading
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Light Carries On by Ray Nadine
This is a nicely written piece with good pacing and a lot of pathos. It is nicely suited for the graphic novel format and makes good use of the genre to tell an interesting story. The author allows the story … Continue reading
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Elixir by Frank Barbiere, Ricky Mammone, Víctor Santos
I had a hard time with this graphic novel: the story was underwhelming, lacking nuance, and very clichéd. The art was too Frank Miller to create a distinct style and substance to the story. We knew where it was going, … Continue reading
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Adherent by Chris W. Kim
This is one of those meditative pieces that is all about staring blankly at visuals and pondering life. In this case, a random post apocalyptic world where life has reverted back to ‘villager’ stage and the humans scavenge things from … Continue reading
Posted in ARC, Book Reviews, dysotpian, dystopian, graphic novel
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Outpost Zero by Sean Kelley McKeever, Alexandre Tefenkgi
These days, it is hard to find a ‘generation ship’ story that doesn’t end the same way. And while this has the expected ‘twist’ we have seen so often, there are also some other surprises that make the end worth … Continue reading
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Star Wars The High Republic: Starlight Stories by Charles Soule, Cavan Scott, Justina Ireland
This collection gathers five original short stories from the High Republic era along with several interviews with current Star Wars authors (in a classical ‘zine format). The stories are a bit tied together with a common cast: Administrator Velko Jahen … Continue reading
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The Great Big Demon Hunting Agency by Peter Oxley
This was a bit different than I expected: going in, I thought it would be a snarky comedy with some supernatural hijinks thrown in. However, what was have is a very distinctively low key British piece about two down-on-their-luck blokes … Continue reading
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The Rocketeer: The Great Race by Stephen Mooney
“This is one of those things that you enjoy if you enjoy those things.” I saw this quote from a review and have to agree: this story (set in the 1930s but written/created in the 1980s) is very much of … Continue reading
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Northranger by Rey Terciero, Bre Indigo
The visuals are clean and make a solid complement to an uncomplicated and sweet story. Author Terciero’s inspiration is Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey and its tale of a hero who reads too many gothic horror novels and then mistakes everything … Continue reading
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