Book Review: The Partnership by Pamela Katz Disclaimer: I received this book as a Goodreads giveaway on the premise that I would review it. This copy was a bound galley, and changes have been made in the published edition (most notably, a proper index.) The Weimar Republic, Germany after World War One and before the… Continue reading Book Review: The Partnership
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Book Review: The 66 Kid: Raised on the Mother Road
Book Review: The 66 Kid: Raised on the Mother Road by Bob Boze Bell Disclaimer: I received this book as a Goodreads giveaway on the premise that I would review it. Bob Boze Bell has been a rock musician, cartoonist, radio host, magazine publisher and other interesting jobs. And he spent most of his youth… Continue reading Book Review: The 66 Kid: Raised on the Mother Road
Movie Review: Stage Door Canteen
Movie Review: Stage Door Canteen (1943) A troop train carrying soldiers to a base near New York City has typical troopers California, Dakota, Jersey and Tex on board. Only Jersey has a steady girl, and he’s hoping they have some time before being shipped overseas to see her. California’s never even kissed a girl,… Continue reading Movie Review: Stage Door Canteen
Manga Review: Case Closed (Detective Conan)
Manga Review: Case Closed (Detective Conan) by Gosho Aoyama Shin’ichi Kudou (Jimmy Kudo) is a teen genius detective, well known for solving cases that baffle the police. One day while visiting an amusement park with his female friend Ran Mouri (Rachel Moore), he witnesses a murder by two men in black. They catch him,… Continue reading Manga Review: Case Closed (Detective Conan)
Manga Review: Skip-Beat! Volumes 1-2-3
Manga Review: Skip-Beat! Volumes 1-2-3 by Yoshiki Nakamura Kyouko Mogami and Shoutaro “Shou” Fuwa grew up together after Kyouko’s mother largely abandoned her. The Fuwa family runs a chain of traditional Japanese inns, but Shou didn’t want to go into that business, partially because it is the proprietress that is the face of the inn,… Continue reading Manga Review: Skip-Beat! Volumes 1-2-3
Movie Review: Woochi the Demon Slayer
Movie Review: Woochi the Demon Slayer Jeon Woo-chi likes to call himself a Tao master, but he’s more like a Tao apprentice who’s got lots of tricks, but not much real mastery, still relying on props to perform his magic. Woo-chi doesn’t take his studies very seriously either, wandering around 1500s Korea pranking the… Continue reading Movie Review: Woochi the Demon Slayer
Book Review: Ditch the Pitch
Book Review: Ditch the Pitch by Steve Yastrow Disclaimer: I received this book as a Goodreads giveaway on the premise that I would review it. This book is subtitled “The Art of Improvised Persuasion”; it’s primarily aimed at salespeople, although the author mentions that the techniques can be used for any persuasive conversation. Most of the… Continue reading Book Review: Ditch the Pitch
Comic Book Review: Showcase Presents Super Friends
Comic Book Review: Showcase Presents Super Friends by Various Back in the 1970s, there was a Saturday morning cartoon titled Superfriends. It featured several superheroes from DC Comics,, plus “Junior Super Friends” Wendy and Marvin, trainee superheroes with their pet Wonderdog. Each episode taught valuable life lessons to kids across America. While reruns of the… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Showcase Presents Super Friends
Magazine Review: Conjunctions: 51 The Death Issue
Magazine Review: Conjunctions: 51 The Death Issue edited by David Shields and Bradford Morrow Conjunctions is a literary journal published twice a year by Bard College. Each issue contains essays, short fiction, poetry and less classifiable writing on a given subject, with this issue being about death. Literary journals tend to have a connotation of… Continue reading Magazine Review: Conjunctions: 51 The Death Issue
Book Review: All Things Murder
Book Review: All Things Murder by Jeanne Quigley Disclaimer: I received this book as a Goodreads giveaway on the premise I would review it. The copy reviewed was an advance uncorrected proof, and there may be changes in the final product. Veronica Walsh has spent thirty-two years starring in the soap opera Days and Nights. Now… Continue reading Book Review: All Things Murder