Blood! Blast! And Fire! (The Cry of the Icemark)

Posted by netizen on December 19, 2009 · Leave a Comment

I’m not a hardcore fantasy reader — I usually balk at unpronounceable names, epic quests and battles, made-up languages, and maps of imaginary lands — although I pick up a fantasy book with all of the elements mentioned above once in a very long while. Last month, I received a copy...

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The first of the flash reviews

Posted by netizen on December 15, 2009 · Leave a Comment

I’ve been meaning to catch up on some reviewing backlog, because the to-be-reviewed pile doesn’t seem to be going down. I was saving some books for thematic reviews but the stacks have been driving me crazy, and I’m way off my target for this year, hence I’ve decided to write...

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El Indio

Posted by netizen on December 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment

If you’ve been a regular visitor to this site, you’ve probably noticed I’ve been slowly acquiring the taste for graphic novels, as more and more of them seem to be making their way to my shelves. Last week I had the chance to read Francisco V. Coching’s El Indio, a action adventure...

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Bah, Humbug!

Posted by netizen on November 30, 2009 · Leave a Comment

I saw the Christmas Carol movie this weekend, and I have mixed feelings about it. On the one hand the animation was amazing! Five years has certainly done wonders for 3D performance capture — compared to Zemeckis’ 2004 Polar Express, Christmas Carol looks phenomenal! The musical score (especially...

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More Po-Mo picture books (Picture book roundup 10)

Posted by netizen on November 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment

I’ve been fascinated with postmodern picture books ever since I took a course in children’s books back in college. Since then I’ve been building up my collection of po-mo picture books, and I’ve now got over 20 of them, mostly from rummaging through bargain bins. I love how po-mo...

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Funny Famous Faces

Posted by netizen on November 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Impulse buying at the bargain bookstore has gotten me a lot of books I have no earthly use for (as you probably know), but I like buying them anyway (as you probably also know). This is another one of those books — Famous Faces by Norman Messenger (#174 for 2009). I found among the stacks of...

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Chicklit Capers

Posted by netizen on November 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment

I discovered Lauren Willig while browsing through a bargain bin and unearthing a hardcover copy of The Masque of the Black Tulip. The story summary appealed to me, so I bought it and looked it up online, only to find that it was the sequel to The Secret History of the Pink Carnation, which meant [...]...

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Maus

Posted by netizen on November 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment

This post is dedicated to the victims of the election massacre that took place in Maguindanao. I was supposed to read another book to wrap up my World War II Challenge, but that will probably have to wait until next month, as I found another couple of books for this Challenge, lent to me by [...]...

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Yodelayheehoo! (The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip)

Posted by netizen on November 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Lane Smith (of The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, Hooray for Diffendoofer Day, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs and many others) is one of my all-time favorite illustrators, and I’ve got a growing collection of his books (mostly the result of foraging in bargain bins!). I’d...

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Trivia, trivia

Posted by netizen on November 18, 2009 · Leave a Comment

I’ve thrived on a steady diet of trivia books since childhood, because I’ve always been a sucker for useless information. The compulsive book-finisher that I am, I like trivia books because I can read them in fits and starts, and I don’t have to worry about losing the storyline....

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