Whenever I hear the name Neil Gaiman I instantly think, literary superstar. Primarily all of my Gaiman knowledge extended from friends whom loved anything he had ever penned. First hand, all I had to go on was seeing Coraline. Finally, I’ve read my first Gaiman novel. This decision was heavily influenced by several people whose [...]
Undeniably, Slaughterhouse Five is one of my all time favorite books. People who know me can attest to this based on my willingness to read it more than once. The list of books which I am happy to read again, or stories I want to wander back through is a very short list. Vonnegut’s tale [...]
In between book selections for my book partnership I picked up Lamb by Christopher Moore. It’s a novel that my dear wife has been urging me to read for the better part of 2011; now I’ve finished the book after finally taking up her recommendation and couldn’t be happier with that decision. I want to [...]
Today is the birth of a new category on this blog: Graphic Novels You bet your britches that was Comic Sans! If ever there is an appropriate place to use that much maligned font face it is when one is discussing comic books and the like. Let’s begin with the sad fact that before I [...]
You want to know what to expect from A Storm of Swords? DEATH! I think this may be the bloodiest book in the entire published A Song of Ice and Fire series. On top of all that death expect bizarre alliances to show their malformed and malignant faces. Despite the immense wave of woe that [...]
I’ve spent this past week reading Lucky Peach, which is a new food quarterly from Momofuku’s David Chang. It was recommended to me by one of my favorite people in Lincoln, not to mention the fact that he’s pretty damn good when it comes to the art of Cookery. I will further the recommendation of [...]
I’m attempting to get back to the Monday-Wednesday-Friday schedule that I was following fairly well back in May and part of June. I’m down to just one job now, and that has really opened up a lot more opportunities to do the things I’d like to be doing. So rather than wait until Monday or [...]
I don’t know why I even use the word goal on this blog. I did finish Shadow of the Giant, but it was a little later in the week than I was hoping, and I stayed up until 1:00 A.M. to do so. If you’re a reader, then you completely understand the importance of staying [...]
Three years ago I wrote about a short story I fell in love with. Five months later I published a brief review of the author’s self-published novel The Inside. That same month I held an email interview with Isaac Marion. Today I am here to tell you guys that he’s still got it. Today Atria [...]
After years of hearing about how fantastic his works are I finally sat down and read a novel by Cormac McCarthy. I had been told that Blood Meridian was a good place to start, but instead decided I would read either No Country For Old Men or The Road. I eventually chose The Road for [...]