Title: Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
Author: Christopher McDougall
Rating: 5
A fascinating look into running. The information about our shoes being all wrong for running is interesting and worth further research.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Thursday, August 27, 2009
The Boys Vols. 3 & 4
Title: The Boys Volume 3: Good for the Soul
Author: Garth Ennis
Rating: 3.5
Title: The Boys Volume 4: We Gotta Go Now
Author: Garth Ennis
Rating: 4
Sigh....now I have to wait for volume 5 to come out. Have I mentioned this is not your father's superhero comic?
Author: Garth Ennis
Rating: 3.5
Title: The Boys Volume 4: We Gotta Go Now
Author: Garth Ennis
Rating: 4
Sigh....now I have to wait for volume 5 to come out. Have I mentioned this is not your father's superhero comic?
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
The Boys Vol. 2
Title: The Boys Volume 2: Get Some
Author: Garth Ennis
Rating: 4
A very good follow-up effort! Very much intended for "mature" audiences. I'm hooked!
Author: Garth Ennis
Rating: 4
A very good follow-up effort! Very much intended for "mature" audiences. I'm hooked!
Monday, August 24, 2009
Dark Avengers: Assemble
Title: Dark Avengers: Assemble (Volume 1)
Author: Brian Michael Bendis
Rating: 4
Here's one for all the superhero fans out there. Quite full of action!
By the way...we spent more money at the comic book store this weekend than we did on groceries. Is that wrong?
Author: Brian Michael Bendis
Rating: 4
Here's one for all the superhero fans out there. Quite full of action!
By the way...we spent more money at the comic book store this weekend than we did on groceries. Is that wrong?
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Fables Volumes 10, 11, and 12
Title: Fables: The Good Prince
Author: Bill Willingham
Rating: 4
Title: Fables: War and Pieces
Author: Bill Willingham
Rating: 4
Title: Fables: The Dark Ages
Author: Bill Willingham
Rating: 4
This is a series I've been reading for a while. These three were great! Now I have to wait until February for the next volume.
Author: Bill Willingham
Rating: 4
Title: Fables: War and Pieces
Author: Bill Willingham
Rating: 4
Title: Fables: The Dark Ages
Author: Bill Willingham
Rating: 4
This is a series I've been reading for a while. These three were great! Now I have to wait until February for the next volume.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Time and Again
Title: Time and Again
Author: Jack Finney
Rating: 4
A nice surprise. I don't remember how I found it. Similar (though it came first) to "Somewhere in Time," but with less emphasis on the girly love stuff.
Author: Jack Finney
Rating: 4
A nice surprise. I don't remember how I found it. Similar (though it came first) to "Somewhere in Time," but with less emphasis on the girly love stuff.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
A Fever in Salem
Title: A Fever in Salem: A New Interpretation of the New England Witch Trials
Author: Laurie Winn Carlson
Rating: 4
A seemingly well researched look at part of our country's past. While I can't comment on how the theory holds up, it doesn't seem as far fetched as some.
Author: Laurie Winn Carlson
Rating: 4
A seemingly well researched look at part of our country's past. While I can't comment on how the theory holds up, it doesn't seem as far fetched as some.
The Photographer
Title: The Photographer: Into War-torn Afghanistan with Doctors Without Borders
Author: Emmanuel Guibert
Rating: 4
An amazing look into Afghanistan during the mid 1980's. A very unique presentation, actual photographs mixed into a graphic novel format.
Author: Emmanuel Guibert
Rating: 4
An amazing look into Afghanistan during the mid 1980's. A very unique presentation, actual photographs mixed into a graphic novel format.
The Boys Vol. 1
Title: The Boys Vol. 1: The Name of the Game
Author: Garth Ennis
Rating: 5
One word.....dark. This is not your father's superhero comic!
Author: Garth Ennis
Rating: 5
One word.....dark. This is not your father's superhero comic!
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Irredeemable
Title: Irredeemable
Author: Mark Waid
Rating: 5
Another graphic novel we picked up at the comic book store today. Recommended by the very knowledgeable salesperson.
Very much not your typical superhero story!
Author: Mark Waid
Rating: 5
Another graphic novel we picked up at the comic book store today. Recommended by the very knowledgeable salesperson.
Very much not your typical superhero story!
Chew #1 & #2
Title: Chew #1
Author: John Layman
Rating: 5
Title: Chew #2
Author: John Layman
Rating: 5
I love a good comic book/graphic novel and when one I've never heard of gets blogged about on NPR, it peaks my interest.
These two were great! Sick, sick, sick and demented, but amazing! Hunt them down at your local comic shop today. Las Vegans should try Maximum Comics on Fort Apache.
Author: John Layman
Rating: 5
Title: Chew #2
Author: John Layman
Rating: 5
I love a good comic book/graphic novel and when one I've never heard of gets blogged about on NPR, it peaks my interest.
These two were great! Sick, sick, sick and demented, but amazing! Hunt them down at your local comic shop today. Las Vegans should try Maximum Comics on Fort Apache.
Friday, August 14, 2009
Wicked Plants
Title: Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother & Other Botanical Atrocities
Author: Amy Stewart
Rating: 3.5
A compendium of plants that will do nasty things to you. A page or two (or three) on each plant...nice to read a few at a time.
Author: Amy Stewart
Rating: 3.5
A compendium of plants that will do nasty things to you. A page or two (or three) on each plant...nice to read a few at a time.
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Saints in Babylon
Title: Saints in Babylon: Mormons and Las Vegas
Author: Kenric Ward
Rating: 4
And now for something completely different...
I found this as I was wandering through the stacks at the Sahara West Library. It was interesting. I have found it difficult to find books on the history of Las Vegas in the pre-gaming era, but this had a nice amount of information. I guess "their" meticulous record keeping pays off!
Author: Kenric Ward
Rating: 4
And now for something completely different...
I found this as I was wandering through the stacks at the Sahara West Library. It was interesting. I have found it difficult to find books on the history of Las Vegas in the pre-gaming era, but this had a nice amount of information. I guess "their" meticulous record keeping pays off!
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Brothel: Mustang Ranch and Its Women
Title: Brothel: Mustang Ranch and Its Women
Author: Alexa Albert
Rating: 4
I live in Las Vegas, Nevada. You had to figure I'd get to a brothel book at some point on my reading quest. I feel like this book has given me an inside peek into that world. I couldn't put it down!
Author: Alexa Albert
Rating: 4
I live in Las Vegas, Nevada. You had to figure I'd get to a brothel book at some point on my reading quest. I feel like this book has given me an inside peek into that world. I couldn't put it down!
Sunday, August 02, 2009
The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet
Title: The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet
Author: Reif Larsen
Rating: 5
Cool! This book would not be complete without the accompanying maps and diagrams. A brilliant debut novel.
Author: Reif Larsen
Rating: 5
Cool! This book would not be complete without the accompanying maps and diagrams. A brilliant debut novel.
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