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Thoughts on books that I’ve also posted on Goodreads.

  • Teen Titans, Vol. 2: The Culling by Scott Lobdell My rating: 2 of 5 stars Maybe it’s because I haven’t read book one or that I’m just not familiar enough with the Teen Titans to enjoy the nuances, but I just couldn’t get that into any of the stories. Also, I can handle Wonder Girl

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  • On Goodreads: Domovoi

    Domovoi by Peter Bergting My rating: 2 of 5 stars I’m part of the group on Goodreads.com that really wanted to like the book more than I actually did and I do blame my own ignorance as an obstacle. I think maybe even a superficial knowledge of Sweden and its folklore would have been helpful

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  • The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch by Neil Gaiman My rating: 5 of 5 stars I really like Dave McKean’s artwork. I like the motley collage and subtle chaos of angular ink drawn faces mixed with magazine cutouts and snapshots. The storytelling is excellent too. The Tragedy of Mr. Punch is a

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  • American Vampire, Vol. 4 by Scott Snyder My rating: 4 of 5 stars I don’t remember the previous volumes well enough so I have to ask is Volume 4 the first time the vampires in American Vampire have a little “color” to them? The book begins with an American Indian vampire and concludes with an

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  • Fables, Vol. 16: Super Team by Bill Willingham My rating: 5 of 5 stars I picked up Fables, Volume 16 from the library, after reading Bill Willingham’s introduction to Mike Carey and Peter Gross’ Unwritten. His heralding the age of the LAF (Literary-, Animal-, Fairy Tale- based comics) Triumvirate made me curious about the differences

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  • Warp Speed by Lisa Yee My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is the third Lisa Yee book the boys and I have read together. Every once in a while, the boys will retell the scene from Bobby where his little sister asks him what his fish is doing and then break out laughing. Marley,

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  • Voodoo Heart by Scott Snyder My rating: 4 of 5 stars To be honest, “Voodoo Heart” was my least favorite story in Scott Snyder’s collection, Voodoo Heart. Voodoo Heart is a very well organized collection of stories from the writer of one of my recent favorite comic books, American Vampire. The title story marks (though

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  • You Must Be This Happy to Enter by Elizabeth Crane My rating: 4 of 5 stars I kept hearing Alison Brie’s character on Community, Annie, as I read the stories in this book. There is this purposeful superficial quality to the tone of voice in the writing — a wide-eyed dreamy “detachedness” –that belies the

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