The Walking Dead by Kirkman and Moore

The Walking Dead Kirkman and Moore

We have all asked ourselves the simple question:
HOW WILL THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE BEGIN?
Well, for Kirkman and Moore it’s simple. They don’t know. Because our main character simply wakes from a coma in a deserted hospital and begins his new life in the zombie-filled new age. (Yes, exactly like in the movie 28 Days Later) As much as I’m quick to dismiss the situational zombie clichés, there are interactions and situations you’ve never considered. As a zombie survivalist, you’ll be pleased to know that our hero is almost a joy to follow. He makes all the right decisions and seems relatively sane. His adventure takes us to the survivors who have set up barracks and mini-societies. While the situation isn’t new, the human interactions are what drive this series. Infidelity, danger, and fear for the children are the true issues in the books as well as, of course, survival.

3.999/5

(as a side note, I have only read the first two books of the series and can't testify to how the rest of the books hold up!)

Imagine a fine day in which every human is simply going along with business as usual when suddenly... all the men on the planet, animals included, suddenly start coughing up blood and die.





You might be wondering, is this some wacky dream you had, Nicole?
The answer is: NO! IT'S A GREAT GRAPHIC NOVEL CALLED

Y: THE LAST MAN by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra

...and as if gang of new 'Amazons' burning down the sperm banks and whats left of the government having cat fights wasn't enough excitement for you there is of course, a lone survivor.
From bra scoffing lesbians to men get told, "not even if you were the last man on earth..." you will love this book because, in short, it is awesome.

I give it 4.5/5

<3 Nicole

originally written for http://oldfirehousebooks.blogspot.com/

Metamorphosis by Kafka

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka and Peter Kuper

The animation was interesting. I am not an expert on this story and have not, admittedly, read it in many years so I cannot attest to its "correctness" as an adaptation. Though, the story is told well enough with art that assists. This book should do well as a dumbed-down version- as an expression that is more easily accessible.

3/5

Exit Wounds by Rutu Modan

Exit Wounds by Rutu Modan

4.75/5

Not as deep as I was expecting. I thought there would be more bloodshed considering that it was based and focused on Israeli suicide bombings but I really liked the human relationships displayed. The ending is clever.

Chicken with Plums Marjane Satrapi

Not as good as Persepolis, of course, but an interesting read. I wonder what the movie will be like since it's such a short story. Maybe they will embellish a lot?

Vacation!

Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

3.5/5





Knit One, Kill Two by Maggie Sefton

1/5

The Stranger Albert Camus

I find it strange that I am reading Crime and Punishment while I read this book. They are so similar yet so different. They are both foreign, one Russian, the other French, and the cultural differences exist but at the base of things it is the same. Murder, consequence, and law. Kafka's The Trial comes to mind from Czechoslovakia(?) There have always been men committing murders. Another story I thought of was Bradbury's "Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl" where the murderer's conscience is so full of strife he is caught at the scene of the crime!
They are not happy books, including The Stranger, yet they all present one of the oldest crimes. I suppose I should read more murder mystery to get more "literary" exposure to the topic. I cannot speak on that genre. But for the literary works, the minds of these great writers when faced with murder break down from thought. But not in The Stranger. This is not an eloquent evaluation of the book. This is merely me working through it! It was fantastic, an easy read, and a wonderful insight to a character with very few descriptors to slow it down. It's almost as if Camus just knew what was going to happen, wrote it down, and then gave it to me to read. It is perfect.
5/5