August and September Reading List
Well – things kinda got away from me, and I haven’t kept the blog up to date with what I’ve been reading / listening to. Sorry about that. I’ve proven that I can burn through audiobooks. And I don’t know if...
June and July Reading List
June and July felt like they moved at a snails pace. Most of that was due to the book I read in June, which felt like such a chore to get through. Then, not learning my lesson, I did something similar in July… Let’s jump in...
April and May 2017 Reading
My life hasn’t gotten any less complicated or busy. Hence the lateness of this post. My reading has slowed, but I’ve also been reading much larger books – which doesn’t necessarily help. On top of that, I completed a...
March 2017 Read List
March sucked. Seriously. Work has been crazy busy and home has been difficult and stressful. I listened to far fewer books than previous months, finding it difficult to concentrate on books and instead blasting music whenever I could just to...
February 2017 Read List
February started with a hangover from January – The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson. Holy crap! What a massive book. I think this is what they mean when they say ‘epic fantasy’. 45 hours! O_O BUT – I loved it! SO much...
January 2017 Books Read List
January was a good month for me, reading wise. I booked through Butcher’s Codex Alera on Audible and loved it. I also loved Kate Reading’s voice, which made me seek out something else she’s read, which led me to The Way of Kings...
The Great 2016 Books Read list
For the first time in forever, I’ve read enough books to warrant wanting to brag about it. What better way to brag than by writing a round-up blog post?! Nothing short of a stage, a microphone and some sort of sparklie lights, of course...
My 2015 Kirkus Round Up – everything I reviewed this year
If you didn’t already know it, I write a twice monthly column on the Kirkus Reviews blog focused on graphic novels. This year, despite lots of stuff going on around casa de ATFMB, I managed to read and review 24 graphic novels! I figured...
My 2015 Reading Round Up – everything I read this year
So. I’ve read 12 books this year. That’s probably a record for me lately. I know it doesn’t compare to Sarah’s epic number (what? 200? 300? 27,000?! more?), but, hey – for me? Pretty damned good. That’s...
Soliciting Graphic Novels
I’ve been writing a column over at the Kirkus Reviews Blog for a couple years now. In that time, I’ve tried (and failed) to get on the various lists for review copies, so I decided it can’t hurt to ask here on the blog. Quick...
Thoughts on Man of Steel
Man of Steel opened up last Friday, and I’ve been reading all the complaints flying around about it. I liked the movie. In the last Superman movie, Superman Returns, which was supposed to be a ‘real sequel to the original Superman...
Thoughts on Into Darkness
So. I saw Star Trek Into Darkness. It was exactly what I thought it would be. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. I know there are a lot of people bitching about the movie – most of them are doing so on the Internet (big...