Comic Book Review: Queen & Country: Definitive Edition Volume 01 written by Greg Rucka, art by various Tara Felicity Chace is a field agent for the Special Operations Section of the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS.) She’s one of three operatives known as Minders who are assigned to the most dangerous tasks, and is code-named… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Queen & Country: Definitive Edition Volume 01
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Open Thread: 2017 Wrap-Up
Open Thread: 2017 Wrap-Up That was a rough year, but I read a lot of books and made many posts! As usual with these annual wrap-ups, let’s start with the top tens! Top Ten Posts of 2017 Book Review: The Financial Expert Book Review: The Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds Book Review: The Black Tulip… Continue reading Open Thread: 2017 Wrap-Up
Open Thread: Scavenger Hunts
Open Thread: Scavenger Hunts This year, I participated in Beat the Backlist (2017), which had a Harry Potter theme. As part of this, there were four scavenger hunts, three of which I completed. Let’s take a look at them! Related posts: Manga Review: Sword Art Online: Aincrad Comic Strip Review: Dick Tracy Movie Review: Magnum… Continue reading Open Thread: Scavenger Hunts
Book Review: Curiosities of Literature
Book Review: Curiosities of Literature by John Sutherland This is a book of trivia, factoids and amusing stories about the world of literature. The author is a professor of English literature, so he knows his stuff. The book is organized by loose themes, beginning with food (both as featured in literature, and as eaten by… Continue reading Book Review: Curiosities of Literature
Open Thread: Top Ten Lists 2015
Like many bloggers, I keep a close eye on the stats of which posts get traffic, and it’s time to reveal the winners for this year. You all like list posts, right? So here are the reviews you the readers felt were important in 2015. Top Ten Posts of 2015 Anime Review: Urusei Yatsura Book… Continue reading Open Thread: Top Ten Lists 2015
Open Thread: Reading Challenges
Back in November, some folks in the Booklr community of Tumblr organized a challenge called #readwomen. The idea was to deliberately read books written by women for pleasure in December. For full participation, every book should be written by a woman, but I opted to just increase the proportion by picking from my to read… Continue reading Open Thread: Reading Challenges
Anime for Speculative Fiction Fans (2015)
Once again this year I participated in the “Anime and Manga for Speculative Fiction Fans” panel at Minicon. As promised at the panel, here’s a list of the items mentioned–I make no representations regarding the quality of the ones I have not seen. .hack: A series of interlocking video games, anime, manga and light novels… Continue reading Anime for Speculative Fiction Fans (2015)
Open Thread: Happy New Year!
2014 ends, and 2015 begins, so let’s see what this year’s top ten lists look like. (You like top ten lists, right?) Top Ten Posts of 2014 Comic Book Review: The Forgotten Man Graphic Edition Comic Strip Review: Spacetrawler Book 1 The Human Seat Manga Review: Weekly Shonen Jump (USA) Book Review: Insurrections of the… Continue reading Open Thread: Happy New Year!
Open Thread: Top Ten Books So Far
Things are still difficult here, though I have another job interview tomorrow to start off October. I haven’t had an open thread in a bit, so I’m going to do a Top Ten list. These are the books that the review posts of have gotten the most views over the life of this blog. This… Continue reading Open Thread: Top Ten Books So Far
Open Post: Top Ten as of Right Now
I’ll be away from my computer for the next little while, so let’s have a Top Ten list post! These are the top ten content posts for the last year. Anime Review: Labyrinth of Magic Manga Review: Vagabond Volume 1 Book Review: Good Advice from Bad People (really rocketed up the charts!) Manga Review: Ayako… Continue reading Open Post: Top Ten as of Right Now