Locke & Key: Crown of Shadows

Joe Hill’s Locke & Key Locke & Key has been nothing but spectacular since it’s inception.  Hill and Rodriguez, despite crafting a series about keys that literally do the impossible, have created these very relatable characters that are both memorable and seemingly real.  You hurt when they hurt, cheer when they overcome and anticipate what…

11/22/63

Stephen King’s 11/22/63 A few years ago, I had a few friends over to my place for some pizza and movies. We had rented Terminator 3, so I’m going to put this gathering at around.. 2003? After the movie was over, we started talking about time travel and how enormous a concept it was to…

Old Man Logan

Mark Millar’s Old Man Logan Holy Shit.. that was violent. I know, I should have expected that from the man who brought us Kick-Ass but I guess I just wasn’t prepared for it. I even read Stephen’s excellent review which doesn’t play down or ignore the violence either. So, still.. why did this shock me? Maybe it…

Fade To Blonde

Max Phillips’s Fade to Blonde Former boxer and current odd-jobber Ray Corson is enlisted by damsel in distress, Rebecca LaFontaine, to shake off some unwanted attention. A gentleman by the name of Halliday intends to disfigure Rebecca but not if Corson has anything to do with it. This novel had to be dripping with solid gold…

Mockingjay

Suzanne Collins’s Mockingjay I really wanted to write this epic review about how much I enjoyed the Hunger Games Trilogy. However, I pretty much related all of what I felt in my first two reviews. You know, just overall. About that horrible, sick feeling in my stomach when terrible things happen to undeserving people –…

Criminal: Lawless

Ed Brubaker’s Criminal Vol 2.  Lawless Lawless tells the story of Tracy Lawless, a former criminal turned United States soldier. Upon hearing of his little brother’s death, Ricky joins up with his brother’s old gang in an effort to bring some justice to his killer.  Coming off some groundbreaking material with Sleeper and Incognito,  I’ve decided to continue my…

Sleeper: Season Two

Ed Brubaker’s Sleeper: Season Two I had a feeling I wouldn’t be disappointed. That being said, considering how strong season one had been, the doubt still lingered in the back of my mind. Could Phillips and Brubaker create something as strong as the original? The answer: Yes! Season one ends with Holden Carver’s own personal Empire Strikes Back.…

Catching Fire

Suzanne Collins’s Catching Fire This book is a far better book than The Hunger Games and I have no idea how that’s possible.Let me explain. I accept that I’m going to come into contact with books that are exceptional, books that are better than what I had previously read in the past, but a sequel…