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
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Book Review: The Third Chimpanzee for Young People
Book Review: The Third Chimpanzee for Young People by Jared Diamond, adapted by Rebecca Stefoff Disclosure: I received this book as a Goodreads giveaway on the premise that I would review it. This is a young adult version of Jared Diamond’s The Third Chimpanzee, originally printed in 1992. I have not read that book, so will… Continue reading Book Review: The Third Chimpanzee for Young People
Book Review: Wounded Tiger
Book Review: Wounded Tiger by T. Martin Bennett Disclosure: I received this book as a Goodreads giveaway on the premise that I would review it. Mitsuo Fuchida was the flight leader in the attack on Pearl Harbor. Jacob DeShazer was a bombardier who participated in the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo. The Covell family were missionaries. This… Continue reading Book Review: Wounded Tiger
Book Review: The Thing with Feathers: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human
Book Review: The Thing with Feathers: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human by Noah Strycker Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher as part of a Goodreads giveaway on the premise that I would review it. I received an Advance Reading Copy and there may be changes in the… Continue reading Book Review: The Thing with Feathers: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human
Book Review: In the Wet
Book Review: In the Wet by Nevil Shute This is rather an odd book by the author of On the Beach and A Town Like Alice. It starts as the story of Roger Hargreaves, an aging Anglican priest in Northern Australia in the 1950s. In the course of his parish duties, Father Hargreaves meets a colorful local… Continue reading Book Review: In the Wet
Book Review: Fortress Rabaul: The Battle for the Southwest Pacific January 1942-April 1943
Book Review: Fortress Rabaul: The Battle for the Southwest Pacific January 1942-April 1943 by Bruce Gamble Disclaimer: I received this book through a Goodreads giveaway on the premise that I would review it. This is the second of three books about the Southwest Pacific campaign during World War Two. The first book covered the fate… Continue reading Book Review: Fortress Rabaul: The Battle for the Southwest Pacific January 1942-April 1943