Colored: The unsung life of Claudette Colvin

author: Emilie Plateau
name: Wayne
average rating: 4.06
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2019/04/25
date added: 2019/04/25
shelves: graphic-novels, non-fiction
review:
'Colored: The unsung life of Claudette Colvin with art and text by Emilie Plateau is a graphic novel adaptation of the book "Noire" by Tania de Montagne.

Told in a sort of second person narrative, the reader is put in to a story about a young woman living in a town under Jim Crow laws. When she is thrown off a bus and thrown in jail, she wants to start a bus boycott. This is not Rosa Parks. This is Claudette Colvin and this happened a few months before Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott.

Why is one person famous and not another? Why is it Rosa Parks we remember and not Cladette or possible other people? History can be picky that way and this story tells that along with a little known story.

The art is good with a limited color palette used to good effect. I liked the subtle signs in the shop windows showing the shops that were friendly and not friendly.

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Gun Love

author: Jennifer Clement
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2019/04/24
date added: 2019/04/24
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review:
'Gun Love' by Jennifer Clement is about a young girl living in a car with her mother and what family can mean.

Pearl France lives in a broken down car with her mother Margot. That means they get by eating what they can and being at the mercy of those who prey on the unfortunate. Pastor Rex, in the nearby trailer park, has a 'Guns for God' programme. That brings a man named Eli around who visits Pearl's mother in the back seat of their car. When Eli brings a gun around, Pearl's world is upended.

It's a rough existence and a look into a world that most of us don't want to see. The prose is sometimes luminous, even in the face of some pretty big despair. There is definitely a character journey that Pearl takes, but it felt incomplete to me a little. That didn't stop me from liking this book, if one can be said to like such characters.

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Dear Mister Essay Writer Guy: Advice and Confessions on Writing, Love, and Cannibals

author: Dinty W. Moore
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.57
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2019/04/24
date added: 2019/04/24
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review:
'Dear Mister Essay Writer Guy: Advice and Confessions on Writing, Love, and Cannibals' by Dinty W. Moore is a series of questions and answers on a variety of subjects told with some kind of hilarious results.

The book is laid out like an advice column for writers with various questions sent in by famous writers and the answers all being told in the form of various essays. The humor is clever. There is wordplay and lists. There is one essay told with Google map locations (you can look it up in google maps as well). One of my favorites was told with the ubiquitous creativity tool: the cocktail napkin.

I really enjoyed this humorous book about writing. I wasn't as familiar with all the author's mentioned, but that doesn't detract from the fun. And I learned all about Montaigne's obsession with cannibalism along the way.

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Muddy: The Raccoon Who Stole Dishes

author: Griffin Ondaatje
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.47
book published:
rating: 2
read at: 2019/04/24
date added: 2019/04/24
shelves: childrens
review:
'Muddy: The Raccoon Who Stole Dishes' by Griffin Ondaatje and Linda Wolfsgruber is a picture book about a picky eater that wants to eat garbage, but on a plate.

Muddy Whiskers is a young raccoon that lives with his family and other raccoons. While the other raccoons are content eating shellfish out of the river and other things they find, Muddy wants to eat human food from the restaurant across the river. The elder raccoons got kicked out the last town for eating out of garbage cans, so they don't like what Muddy is up to.

The illustrations seem a little on the rough side to me. The story is ok, but it's a story about a raccoon stealing food, so that might mean having conversations about what raccoons do versus humans.

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Tokyo Underground (Otaku Blue, #1)

author: Richard Marazano
name: Wayne
average rating: 2.83
book published: 2012
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 2019/04/22
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'Otaku Blue #1: Tokyo Underground' by Richard Marzano with art by Malo Kerfriden is the first half of a story told with two halves. How it turns out will have to wait until the second volume.

Asami is a sociology student who is studying otaku for her thesis. She mainly talks to the cute girls who dress like school girls and maids to attract the attention of the otaku. Meanwhile, local prostitutes have caught the unwanted attention of a serial killer who is collecting parts of their bodies. Inspector Arakawa and his young assistant are looking in to the murders. As Asami gets further in to the world of the Otaku, she gets an invite to meet with mysterious and famous otaku, Buntaro. Could the two stories have a common link?

They most assuredly must, but there are a lot of red herrings being thrown out at this point. I liked the art quite a lot, but the story feels like it's moving slow at this point. Perhaps things pick up a bit in the second half. The cover drew me in, and I think it's quite striking.

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Justice League/Aquaman: Drowned Earth (2018-2019) (Justice League (2018-))

author: Scott Snyder
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.00
book published: 2019
rating: 3
read at: 2019/04/20
date added: 2019/04/20
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'Justice League/Aquaman: Drowned Earth' by Scott Snyder and a whole host of artists is a mega-event starring Aquaman and spanning 232 pages over 8 different issues of comic book.

Sea creatures from space invade the Earth and flood it. The Legion of Doom joins the fight. The aliens even bring a death kraken from space. Along the way Aquaman and Mera fight to save Atlantis and Aquaman even tries to appeal to Poseidon. The Titans show up for an issue, then are never seen again. The people of Earth that are touched by the aliens change into sea mutants. This also happens to some of the members of the Justice League. The only thing that may help is something that Arion, Atlantis' greatest hero, built long ago.

It's a pretty massive story, and it flails about a bit. I know the Titans are here just to sell a title, but they didn't have much to do with moving the plot along. Not being a regular reader left me confused about Batman and Dick Grayson. I think the decision to move in the pirate direction seemed a bit silly. Superman in an eyepatch was just kind of dumb. There is lots of action, and how much you care about it all probably will depend on how much you like Aquaman.

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Vault of Frankenstein: 200 Years of the World's Most Famous Monster

author: Paul Ruditis
name: Wayne
average rating: 4.48
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2019/04/16
date added: 2019/04/16
shelves: non-fiction
review:
'Vault of Frankenstein: 200 Years of the World's Most Famous Monster' by Paul Ruditis is a look at all the ways the book Frankenstein has been used in culture and changed along the way.

Starting with the origins of the book by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, we learn of her life and love, the tragedies and upbringing that brought the book to life. We read about the stormy holiday that inspired the author.

From there, the book is transformed into a stage play, then movies, and television and cartoons. How the monster became known as Frankenstein when the book is clear that this is the name of the creator is discussed, along with the invention of the character Igor, who is never in the book. The various ways the monster has been portrayed, parodied and changed are discussed.

Throughout the book are tons of photos from original manuscript pages and paintings of the area in Switzerland where the book was created. There are photos of Boris Karloff having the Jack Pierce makeup applied. There are stills from the many ways the creature has appeared.

I really had a great time reading this book. As a fan of the book and the original James Whale film, I really liked how this book presented things. The material, written and visual, was very interesting.

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Ida and the Whale

author: Rebecca Gugger
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.85
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2019/04/14
date added: 2019/04/14
shelves: childrens
review:
'Ida and the Whale' by Rebecca Gugger with illustrations by Simon Rothlisberger is a kind of magical picture book about a little girl with an unusual friend.

Ida is a little girl that lives in a treehouse and wonders what is beyond the sun and stars. One night, she is awakened by a loud thump and wakes to find a large whale outside her window. As they fly and talk they visit strange worlds and learn that things like flowers die so they can live again. Ida learns that if you feel lonely, you still can have a friend who thinks of you.

Does it make any sense? Not so much, but the illustrations are magical and the story is still strangely touching. I think a book like this can really spark the imagination and dreams of a young reader.

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Kahlo's Koalas: The Great Artists Counting Book

author: Grace Helmer
name: Wayne
average rating: 4.06
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2019/04/14
date added: 2019/04/14
shelves: childrens
review:
'Kahlo's Koalas' by Grace Helmer is a counting book with a unique idea.

This is a counting book with animals, but the animals are done in the style of famous artists. So starting with a panda in a Picasso style, then moving on to the title koalas, the reader is greeted by fun animals and different styles with every number. Lichtenstein, Warhol and Monet are here along with others.

I liked this bright, colorful counting book. The book includes some short bios on the artists, but for this kind of book, it seems perhaps a bit too advanced. It's still a fun board book and I liked the illustrations.

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Yasmina and the Potato Eaters: Part 1

author: Wauter Mannaert
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2019/04/14
date added: 2019/04/14
shelves: graphic-novels, young-adult
review:
'Yasmina and the Potato Eaters Part 1' with story and art by Wauter Mannaert is about a clever young cook and an insidious addictive new food product.

Young Yasmina lives with her dad. She loves to cook and loves freshly grown produce. She gets food from a couple guys with community gardens, but when those gardens get bulldozed to make way for a new addictive potato crop, Yasmina has to look elsewhere for food. Yasmina turns to the roof garden of her apartment, but since she is not invited to take food, she is stealing. What happens when she gets caught? And what the heck is going on with the weird packaged potatoes that people can't stop eating?

I liked this story of a savvy young chef and her love of eating healthy because it didn't feel like a complete sermon. The message comes across well, and Yasmina is a completely likeable main character. I can't wait to read part 2.

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Fissure

author: Tim Daniel
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.00
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2019/04/14
date added: 2019/04/14
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'Fissure' by Tim Daniel with art by Patricio Delpeche is a clever horror concept that illustrates a town and how it is divided. Sort of.

El Sueno, Texas, is close to the border. It's population has a good mix of people. There is also a nearby newly finished border wall. That doesn't stop Hark Wright from seeing his pregnant girlfriend Avery Lee Olmos. What might stop them is the giant fissure running down the middle of the street, and the weird monsters that live inside of it. While townfolk are strangely called to jump in, Hark is saved from doing the same by Avery. Together they have to get out and maybe save the town.

I liked the concept a bit more than the execution, but I still liked this story. I think I know what the writer was attempting and it got close in my mind. Perhaps in any subsequent story, it will come together a bit better. I did like Patricio Delpeche's art though, and it fit the creepty aspects of the story pretty well.

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The Cross-Eyed Mutt

author: Étienne Davodeau
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.40
book published: 2013
rating: 4
read at: 2019/04/13
date added: 2019/04/13
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'The Cross-Eyed Mutt' by Etienne Davodeau is a graphic novel about the Louvre and asks the question what qualifies as art?

Fabian is a security guard at the Louvre. He spends his days keeping tourists away from the art and pointing in the direction of the Mona Lisa. His girlfriend is Mathilde. When Fabian goes to meet Mathilde's family, he meets a group of odd eccentrics. When they learn Fabian works at the Louvre, they show him an ancient family painting of a cross-eyed dog and ask him if it would be possible for him to have it added to the Louvre. It's a silly painting, and it's nothing to do with the job that Fabian has, but before long, he meets a secret society of folks who may help to make it possible.

I really liked this story and it's commentary on art. How we view art. How we try to capture art on a rushed vacation. Why something qualifies as art, but not something else. The questions don't get answered, but they leave us to ponder them, as good art does.

The art is also fun. The story is set in the Louvre, and it looks like the artist got to spend time in the galleries capturing the art and spectators.

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Taxi Tales: The Fragrant Lady

author: Ergün Gündüz
name: Wayne
average rating: 2.36
book published:
rating: 2
read at: 2019/04/13
date added: 2019/04/13
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'Taxi Tales: The Fragrant Lady' with art and story by Ergün Gündüz is a story set in Istanbul and related from the back seat of a taxi.

Yalcin is a cab driver. He meets many people during his job, and this comic tells the story of an older man that enters the cab. The man tells him of an encounter with a beautiful woman, named Flore, with a troubled past. The man tries to help the woman, but not always in the best way, and things take their usual sad turn.

After an introduction stating how comics can be different the world over, I really didn't expect this typical type of story. The art is good, but a bit on the lurid side for me. It seems that the artist likes to draw beautiful naked women. Why are the troubled women in books and films always beautiful, when in reality, those with addiction issues are often not? Also, I was never able to tell why the title refers to her as "fragrant."

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The Art of Dying

author: Raule
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.35
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2019/04/13
date added: 2019/04/13
shelves: graphic-novels
review:



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Emotional Explorers: A Creative Approach to Managing Emotions

author: Maria Conangla
name: Wayne
average rating: 4.09
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2019/04/13
date added: 2019/04/13
shelves: childrens, non-fiction
review:
'Emotional Explorers' by Maria Merce Conangla and Jaume Soler is a workbook with activities to help children to learn to manage emotions.

By using analogies about the planet and animals, young readers are taught to see their emotional landscapes like the many varied landscapes on Earth. The dragons on a map are really just unexplored areas that we can learn to explore. Finding ways to create protected spaces helps young people learn to keep themselves from being damaged by harmful emotions.

Along with the 5 chapters are colorful drawings, facts about nature and plenty of ways to explore using these analogies to work on their inner selves.

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Battlestar Galactica: Folly of the Gods

author: Cullen Bunn
name: Wayne
average rating: 2.79
book published:
rating: 2
read at: 2019/04/12
date added: 2019/04/12
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'Battlestar Galactica: Folly of the Gods' by Cullen Bunn with art by Alex Sanchez is a graphic novel set in the world of the 1978 Sci-Fi series.

The Galactica fleet finds themselves suddenly on the verge of a black hole. Evading means tearing ships apart, so the order is given to forge on through. During this Adama is injured and falls in to a weird coma. On the other side of the black hole, they find themselves with some very unexpected allies as they battle a lost race of Cylons. Adama miraculously recovers and the ships miraculously make it out again.

It feels like a classic episode, so it gets points for that. Unfortunately, that means a story that relies of Deus Ex Machina and a feeling of not a lot of real threat at all (unless you are one of the unknown background characters). Attempts are made to tie this in with the series, so maybe true fans will appreciate that. To me, it was just more meaninglessness in a story with nothing at stake. The art seemed a bit dreadful to me also. The characters have a loosely drawn quality that is never my favorite.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Dynamite Entertainment, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.


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Breaking Up Is Hard To Do... But You Could've Done Better

author: Hilary Campbell
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.34
book published: 2017
rating: 3
read at: 2019/04/07
date added: 2019/04/07
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review:
'Breaking Up is Hard To Do...But You Could've Done Better' by Hilary Campbell is a collection of terrible breakup stories that some illustrations have been added to.

Breaking up is never easy, and things can go really wrong. This collection tells stories of how wrong it can go sometimes. Break ups where a Game Boy is thrown at someone, or someone is dumped but then dates a very similar girl are thankfully not common, but bad things do happen to people during breakups.

This book is darkly humorous, and the stories are so bizarre. Perhaps there is comfort in numbers, so having something like this to read at a bad time might help the reader feel better. The illustrations are cute and help to show sometimes how weird things can look or sound.

I received a review copy of this ebook from Animal Media Group and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.


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Little Bear Wants to Grow

author: Judith Koppens
name: Wayne
average rating: 4.37
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2019/04/07
date added: 2019/04/07
shelves: childrens
review:
'Little Bear Wants to Grow' by Judith Koppens with illustrations by Suzanne Diederen is a picture book about being impatient to be bigger.

Little Bear wants to grow up. When his parents tell him to be patient, he decides to seek other advice. He is told that eating and drinking lots of something like ice cream or lemonade will do the trick, but somehow those things don't work. After trying many things, he learns that he is growing up a little bit every day.

Told with humor and warmth, this is a picture book with nice pictures and a lesson about patience. Also, it's fun to think about eating lots and lots of ice cream.

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Ripley's Believe It or Not

author: Ben Meares
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.56
book published:
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 2019/04/07
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'Ripley's Believe It or Not' by Tony Isabella and Ben Meares is a graphic novel that immediately took me back to when I was a kid and had the Ripley's cartoon books to thumb through.

Using a framing story of people visiting the Ripley's Odditorium's, this collection features some famous stories that have been featured by Ripley's Believe It or Not. A railroad worker is impaled by a spike and lives, but his personality changes for the worse (who can blame him?). A cat in a nursing home seems to know when people will die. A superstitious woman builds an odd house to try to confuse the ghosts that haunt it.

I loved reading these stories as a kid and this graphic novel brought all the weird, ghoulish times right back again. The art is decent enough. The framing story just feels like it gets in the way, but the short stories included are just fun.

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Mera: Tidebreaker

author: Danielle Paige
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.40
book published: 2019
rating: 3
read at: 2019/04/06
date added: 2019/04/06
shelves: young-adult
review:
'Mera: Tidebreaker' by Danielle Paige with art by Stephen Bryne is an early story of how Mera and Aquaman become a couple.

Mera is a rebellious teenager of Xebel. She is also royalty. She doesn't want to marry the man her dad has picked out and she misses her deceased mother. When she does something that could spark a war, she decides the only way to make things right is to kill the heir to the throne of the Xebel's sworn enemy. Arthur Curry is that young man, but he doesn't even know he is from Atlantis. Mera has to find him on land, and finish the job, but she finds someone that is not as evil as she thought, and she finds her heart in conflict.

The story works as a teenager in love story, and I had to keep telling myself that. I like Mera as a character, but don't know a whole lot about her. This story makes her seem a bit more vulnerable, at least when she was younger. I am a pretty big fan of the art in this book. The colors are muted except for Mera's flaming hair. This works in panels she is in, but feels a bit dulled when she is offstage. It makes for a striking visual.

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Great Job, Mom!

author: Holman Wang
name: Wayne
average rating: 4.59
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2019/04/06
date added: 2019/04/06
shelves: childrens
review:
'Great Job, Mom' by Holman Wang is a board book about all the jobs a mom has. It features amazing felt dolls like he made for the Cozy Classics series.

A mom has many jobs. Outside the home, she might be a carpenter, but at home, she is a general dispensing orders, and an archaeologist and scientist. The book shows mom racing to save a falling child, or taking a photo of baby's first steps. The book ends with a short afterword showing the process to make this book.

The pictures in this book (and previous ones by Holman Wang), are what are compelling. In this book, the details make the pictures really work. The text is also a good reminder to kids of how hard parents work.

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Great Job, Dad!

author: Holman Wang
name: Wayne
average rating: 4.83
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2019/04/06
date added: 2019/04/06
shelves: childrens
review:
'Great Job, Dad' by Holman Wang is a board book about all the jobs a dad has. It features amazing felt dolls like he made for the Cozy Classics series.

A dad has many jobs. Outside the home, he might be an executive, but at home, he is a waiter and chauffeur and a bunch of other jobs. The book features many tableaus of dad at work, fixing tablets, checking diapers, resolving disputes. The book ends with a short afterword showing the process to make this book.

The pictures in this book (and previous ones by Holman Wang), are what are compelling. In this book, the details make the pictures really work. The text is also a good reminder to kids of how hard parents work.

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The Black God's Drums

author: P. Djèlí Clark
name: Wayne
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2019/04/06
date added: 2019/04/06
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'The Black God's Drum' by P. Djèlí Clark is a novella set in an alternate New Orleans of steam and voodoo.

The story stars street-smart Creeper who is intent on making her way aboard an airship. She also has a pretty big secret living inside her, Oya, a god of the wind. When she finds out about a potent weapon that could be used against her friends and city, she smuggles aboard an airship named Midnight Robber and tries to stop the weapon known as The Black God's Drum.

I found this alternate world fresh and really appealing. I've read any number of steampunk style books, some better than others. The addition of the city of New Orleans, the magic system, and some memorable characters made this a fun, quick read.

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Breaking the Ten, Vol. 2

author: Sean Michael Wilson
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.33
book published:
rating: 2
read at: 2019/04/05
date added: 2019/04/05
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'Breaking the Ten, Vol. 2' by Sean Michael Wilson with art by Michiriu Morikawa continues the story of a distraught young man testing God.

In a recap, David was a devout believer until his wife and child were killed by a drunk driver. He has set out to break all of the 10 commandments in order to see if God even cares. Bystanders to the process are Mr. White and Mr. Black acting kind of like the cartoon shoulder devil and angel.

This time around, things are drawing to a close as David works on breaking the final 5 commandments, including dishonoring his father and mother. This is all leading up to the final commandment (at least in David's mind): Thou Shall Not Kill. Will David finally get an answer from God or will he commit this terrible act?

I got to read both volumes of this. David starts out as sympathetic, kind of, but by the time we get to this last half of the story, David is a real insufferable jerk. His family was taken by a random stranger, so his reasoning is that he can do the same thing? I liked the art well enough, but this story was just a little too over the top. I didn't feel like it delivered what I would have liked it to.

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