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  • 4 stars out of 5

We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lynne Ramsay

Told in bits and pieces of flashbacks and the present, We Need to Talk About Kevin is a moody, creepy film about tragedy and its aftermath.

Posted by on October 20, 2018

  • 3 stars out of 5

The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

Travel journalist Lo Blacklock leaves for the assignment of a lifetime: a one week luxury cruise with only ten cabins. What she hoped would be a week of relaxation, turns...

Posted by on October 15, 2018

  • 4 stars out of 5

Jughead: The Hunger, Vol. 1 by Frank Tieri

 What should truly be celebrated here are the blood soaked, gore spattered pages of what have always been slice of apple pie, Americana comic books about teenagers and their problems....

Posted by on October 15, 2018

  • 3 stars out of 5

Dare to Be Wild by Vivienne De Courcy

While Mary Reynolds admits that filmmakers took artistic liberties with her story, she feels that the movie gets all the important parts right and is very happy with the result.

Posted by on September 26, 2018

  • 5 stars out of 5

Black Hammer Vol. 2: The Event by Jeff Lemire

Marooned in a small country farm town, Abraham Slam and his family of strange heroes cannot leave. Their adventures in Spiral City woking as unlikely heroes seem like another life...

Posted by on August 28, 2018

  • 2 stars out of 5

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

Amidst the rising tensions of the Civil War, President Lincoln is dealing with more than the state of the country; his son Willie caught something akin to typhoid fever and...

Posted by on August 25, 2018

  • 5 stars out of 5

Neuromancer by William Gibson

Neuromancer is the cyberpunk novel.  Published in 1984, it both popularized the genre and is the genre’s most essential work.  It tells the story of a cyberspace cowboy named Case,...

Posted by on August 21, 2018

  • 4 stars out of 5

Giada’s Italy: My Recipes for La Dolce Vita

Celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis is familiar to many from her appearances on The Today Show and Food Network’s Giada at Home. Her new cookbook, Giada’s Italy: My Recipes for...

Posted by on August 18, 2018

  • 4 stars out of 5

Learning to Drive by Isabel Coixet

Learning to Drive is a leisurely, character-driven movie billed as a "comedy drama" but its overall tone is more hopeful and reflective than hilarious.

  • 2 stars out of 5

Listful Thinking by Paula Rizzo

When reviewing a book about lists, one is compelled to write a list or two....

Posted by on July 31, 2018

  • 5 stars out of 5

Going Rogue by Drew Hayes

Going Rogue is the third book in Drew Hayes’s series “Spells, Swords, and Stealth.” Our story continues to follow the two groups from “Split the Party.” Thistle, Grumph, Gabrielle, Eric,...

Posted by on July 27, 2018

  • 4 stars out of 5

The Boiling River by Andrés Ruzo

While the author touches on the science, this is not the book's main focus. Instead, he examines how many different groups influence and are influenced by the boiling river.

Posted by on July 26, 2018

  • 4 stars out of 5

The Big Book of 30-Day Challenges by Rosanna Casper

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to improve your life across a spectrum of personal levels in just one month – where you can prioritize the changes to fit your schedule? Rosanna...

Posted by on July 24, 2018

  • 4 stars out of 5

The Postmortal by Drew Magary

The Postmortal is set in an America not too far in the future,where a man has discovered the cure for aging. While at first this is outlawed, and is only...

Posted by on July 21, 2018

  • 5 stars out of 5

The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester

The year is 2301.  Telepaths are common, including within the police department.  Consequently, there hasn’t been a murder perpetrated in over 70 years. Ben Reich aims to change that fact....

Posted by on July 13, 2018

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