Review: "Mr. Mercedes," by Stephen King
My many reviews of Stephen King books continues with this nicely wrought thriller about a seriously sick mass murderer. In the last...
Review: "A Drifting Life," by Yoshihiro Tatsumi
This amazing autobiographic graphic novel tops out at 834 pages and is almost two and a half inches thick. One might think that his would...
Review: "The Woods (Vol. 1 & 2)" by James Tynion IV, Michael Dialynas and Josan Gonza
Having embarked on this mission to read as many graphic novels as I can get my hands on I found the first two of the series titled The...
Review: "The Things They Carried," by Tim O'Brien
This book opens with 40 reviews spread over eight pages that praise this book to the ultimate degree. Those critics are much better...
Review: "Shackleton - Antarctic Odyssey," by Nick Bertozzi
Another graphic novel, another gem. The more I read any of these books, the more I like them. Presented in bold drawings, simple and...
Review: "The Crucible," by Arthur Miller
The last time I read this play was probably about 40 years ago. I have also seen it in production at least twice. I had the opportunity...
Review: "This House is Haunted," by John Boyne
This is a delightful ghost tale, affectionately rendered in prose that sounds reminiscent of Charles Dickens. It keeps the tone...
Review: "Gone Girl," by Gillian Flynn
A best seller several years ago I desired to read this novel before the movie came out and made it by a single day. This was an...
Review: "The Age of Radiance The Epic Rise and Dramatic Fall of the Atomic Era," by Craig
This was an amazing treatise on the history of radiation, its discovery, its uses and the men and women involved. I cannot say enough...
Review: "An Abundance of Katherines," by John Green
As much as I liked "The Fault of our Stars" I didn't necessarily care for "An Abundance of Katherines". I read "Fault" two years ago...