Month: September 2016

The Last One

The Last One by Alexandra Oliva Pages: 290 Genre: Post-Apocalyptic Published: July 12, 2016 Purchase: Amazon | Powell’s The brain is a terrifying and wondrous organ, and all it wants is to survive.   3/5 stars I really liked The Last One, but I didn’t love it. I read it pretty quickly,...

Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike #3)

Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith Pages: 494 Genre: Mystery Published: October 20, 2015 Purchase: Amazon | Powell’s “I do,” said Robin in a ringing voice, looking straight into the eyes, not of her stony-faced new husband, but of the battered and bloodied man who had just sent her flowers crashing to the...

Trucks

Maximum Overdrive is ridiculous, but it still has some fun, goofy moments. Trucks, based on the same Stephen King short story, has only one goofy moment and I believe it was unintentional. It is unclear why there was a need to make another version of the story while removing...

Saga: Volumes 1-6

Saga: Vol. 1-6 by Brian K. Vaughan (writer), Fiona Staples (artist) Pages: 928 Genre: Science Fiction Published: October 23, 2012 – July 5, 2016 Purchase: Book (Vol. 1-3) | Vol. 1 | Vol. 2 | Vol. 3 | Vol. 4 | Vol. 5 | Vol. 6 5/5 stars I had heard only good things...

Dark Matter

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch Pages: 342 Genre: Techno Thriller Published: July 26, 2016 Purchase: Amazon | Powell’s He says, “Every moment, every breath, contains a choice. But life is imperfect. We make the wrong choices. So we end up living in a state of perpetual regret, and is there anything worse?...

Dr. No

I love James Bond movies even though they can be cheesy or tone deaf in terms of sexism and racism. I’ve been rewatching them lately with Marci and wanted to also go through all the James Bond tropes along with the usual ridiculous things found throughout each movie. Dr. No Starring: Sean...