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Probably one of my favorite books by Jonathan Lethem—miles away from his other outstanding sci-fi work. The story follows a third-rate detective with Tourettes who has to solve a case on his own after his mentor is killed. The dialogue pops and you're constantly guessing where this is all leading.

It was made into a movie which added on a superfluous subplot. Just stick with the book.

I picked this up at a Dollar Store and kept it around for a while before I finally sat down to read it. It has a pretty sweeping history of how light (and steam-power) began the modernization (and electrification) of America.

It's an interesting read, more for the history of the mid-19th Century and its bizarre parallels with early 21st Century America. Newspapers were the social media of the time and James Strang took full advantage of creating his story as a lawyer, legislator, prophet, pirate, and 'King of Heaven and Earth'.

The writing wasn't as good as I hoped, but the story is pretty amazing.

Pretty decent encapsulation of a seminal moment in pop culture. Very informative of how certain trends started that would influence popular music for the next 50 or so years.

I enjoyed this collection of short stories, but they did not quite hit the high notes of much of her previous work.

I enjoyed this work quite a bit. The only criticism I have is that at some point in the novel you reach crisis fatigue. Yes, piloting a starship based on technology that's been developed in the past year or so is going to present some issues, but it sometimes feels like it's unrelenting.

It was entertaining and interesting. I wish the photographs of the safes were better - it's hard to make out a lot of details.

I also would have enjoyed a few diagrams - he'll be going into detail about some component of the safe and you'll be "what is he talking about". There's kind of an expectation that the reader has more than a passing familiarity with what he's talking about.

Pretty decent overview of an epic life spanning over six decades in the comic industry. Yes, it's told from one point of view, but battle lines are clearly drawn between those in the industry to make a quick buck and those who see it as a modern art form.

Great illustrations and good (if not a little choppy) storytelling.

Definitely worth reading if you're a comic fan.