Just a quick post this morning with a couple of links about me, me, me! First, Justin Stroman interviewed me for his site, Organization Anti-Social Geniuses. Second, the list of my votes for Hooded Utilitarian's Best Comics Poll has now been published. I am left with a quandary, though, because I have since discovered that Fumi Yoshinaga's Flower of Life is completely … [Read more...] about Me, Me, Me!
Deception on His Mind by Elizabeth George
From the front flap: Balford-le-Nez is a dying seatown on the coast of Essex. But when a member of the town's small but growing Asian* community is found dead on its beach, his neck broken, sleepy Balford-le-Nez ignites. Working solo, without her long-time partner Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley, Sergeant Barbara Havers must probe not only the mind of a murderer and a case … [Read more...] about Deception on His Mind by Elizabeth George
Flower of Life, Vols. 1-4
By Fumi Yoshinaga | Published by Digital Manga Publishing When Fumi Yoshinaga sets a series in high school, you just know that she’s not going to do it like anybody else. Harutaro Hanazono is beginning his first year of high school thirteen months behind schedule due to a bout of leukemia. The manga begins as he introduces himself to his new classmates in a manner that … [Read more...] about Flower of Life, Vols. 1-4
Flawless by Sara Shepard
From the front flap: In the exclusive town of Rosewood, Pennsylvania, where the sweetest smiles hide the darkest secrets, four pretty little liars—Spencer, Aria, Emily, and Hanna—have been very bad girls... Spencer stole her sister's boyfriend, Aria is brokenhearted over her English teacher, Emily likes her new friend Maya... as much more than a friend. And Hanna's … [Read more...] about Flawless by Sara Shepard
Skyfall by Catherine Asaro
From the back cover: Skyfall goes back to the beginning, to the rebirth of Skolia, showing how a chance meeting on a backwater planet forges a vast interstellar empire. Eldrinson, a provincial ruler on a primitive planet, is plagued by inner demons. But when he meets Roca, a beautiful and mysterious woman from the stars, he whisks her away to his mountain retreat, … [Read more...] about Skyfall by Catherine Asaro