11.28.2012

Comic Splat - Week 48

All New X-men #2
What has the Beast done?
Old team journeys to future
Wolverine surprised!

11.21.2012

Comic Splat - Week 47

Amazing Spider-Man #698
Uh-Oh that's not good
The web slinger's new chapter
Doc Ock gets last laugh...

Ben Mezrich - Sex on the Moon

Big fan of Ben's books and thought this one would be a favorite but have to admit it was one of my least favorite.  Think part of the problem was the characterization of the main character.  When writing non-fiction you are kind of stuck with what you've got and this guy was basically a jerk.  Plus while it was true, the heist and follow on weren't really all that gripping.  It was kind of like his previous book about the MIT students being chased by the shadow mob, it just sort of seemed force.  Again a problem with non-fiction is you have to go with what you got and can't force a dramatic build up.

Now if they had gotten rocks out of the vault that would have been a whole lot more exciting!

11.16.2012

Karen Walker - The Age of Miracles

The Age of Miracles was an Indispensable from Powell's.  Started the book a while back then was traveling and so it sat on my shelf half read.  The concept kind of freaked me out and therefore I wasn't real keen on continuing the book. Having only given up on one book in my lifetime (Edith Wharton's - The House of Mirth), I wasn't going to make it two.  

Overall not a bad book.  Thought it kind of ended prematurely and could have been a bit more final. The effects of the longer day and the after effects were definitely though provoking.  Kind of makes you think about the only place currently in the universe that we can live on and how perhaps we take advantage of it.  Ok read but nothing I would have chosen to read.  Therefore thanks to Powell's for opening me to new books.

11.14.2012

Comic Splat - Week 46

New Avengers #33
Avengers Assemble!
Sorcerer attacks Doctor Strange
Look out magic time











The Amazing Spider-Man #697
Two hoboglobins
And Pete's got lots of problems
Now where is Spidey?

All New X-men #1
All is new again
Originals are back, baby
This I got to see!












11.12.2012

Random Haiku - Alaska

River
Flowing to somewhere
Endless quest
Ripples uncomplaining

River hunkers down
Swiftly tries to hold on
But winter grabs hold

Winter
Sun's aches to get up
Winter keeps her close to earth
Snow has won

11.08.2012

Grant Morrison - Supergods

Fascinating look at comic book history through the eyes of probably one of the best comic book writers of the Modern Age (Gaimen, Moore, Miller, Claremont?).  Interesting character, funny how another Brit makes good on a medium that is essentially an American invention.  Perhaps looking into America versus living in America makes you less involved and better able to filter the BS from the real stuff?  Great history of the modern art form.  Good take on what it means to create a new baseline on very old characters.  I personally loved what he did to the New X-men although less so with Batman.

11.07.2012

Comic Splat - Week 45

Avengers #33
Microverse show down
Avengers get beaten up
Who will save the day?

New Avengers #32
The Doctor is Strange
Sorcerer Supreme is spooked
Now under arrest!

11.01.2012

Jack London - White Fang

Being in Alaska and being without any books I went to my Kindle storage feature and found a book that would fit in nicely to the place I was at.  It is amazing that I hadn't read the book up to this point.  Always a fan of Jack London I guess I just never got around to reading it. That is what makes reading so fun.  You never now what your next book is and you never know when a book might make an impression.  

A beautifully written book told from a perspective of White Fang, a wolf.  Really touching and made me look at my dog in a different perspective.  The ending is very emotional or perhaps finishing it in the Anchorage Airport at midnight was a bit too much for me!

Great book, great read!