by envisionmg | Aug 25, 2014 | Non-fiction, Staff Review
Reviewed By Jim As part of my preparation for the post on the 100th Anniversary of World War I: Reading List I had been doing a lot of reading about the start of the war and the early days of the war. One thing that struck me was repeated mention of the fact that the...
by envisionmg | Aug 22, 2014 | Captions Column, Graphic Novels
Captions column by Drew [Parts one and two] Of course, you can’t swing a cape near American comics without hitting a superhero, so here are three titles from The Big Two. Ms. Marvel. Issues # 1-7. Words: G. Willow Wilson. Art: Adrian Alphona. So, humblebrag time, but...
by envisionmg | Aug 20, 2014 | Adventure, Historical Fiction, Staff Review
Reviewed by Michelle and Jim This is the story of how Jim came to read Traitor’s Blade: Michelle, after one chapter: Dude, this is basically Three Musketeers fanfiction! Jim: Oh? Are there swords? Michelle: Yes! And magic! Okay, that’s not very Three...
by envisionmg | Aug 18, 2014 | Patron Review
The Witch of Belladonna Bay – Suzanne PalmieriThe Witch of Belladonna Bay by Suzanne Palmieri, which I won from a Goodreads contest, is a lovely book that has a little bit of everything: mystery, romance, suspense, and magic. Bronwyn is forced to return to her...
by envisionmg | Aug 15, 2014 | Captions Column, Graphic Novels
Captions column by Drew [Read Part 1 here] Here are three comics set before today, back when the shadows were a bit deeper and the stakes a bit higher. Velvet Volume 1: Before the Living End Words: Ed Brubaker. Art: Steve Epting Imagine that it’s the Cold War and the...
