The conflict in the Commonwealth hits a fever pitch... could this be the end of …
Review of 'The Walking Dead' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
OK, Walking Dead, you've redeemed yourself. This was a motherfucking masterpiece. I just wish I hadn't had to wade through the last 100 issues of crap to get here. After reading the afterword I can see that the point where I walked away the first time (and only checked back in now and then after that) was about the point the creator had originally intended to end it. After that point it just felt like the series was spinning its wheels and regurgitating itself every two volumes. But this volume was worth all that crap filler.
Oh lord. Testosterone Harlequin I choose you. For the first two chapters of this book I wondered what I had gotten myself into with this paperback challenge I set myself. I almost gave up on this one and tossed it but decided to just ignore the writing and power through. By the end I was engrossed and staying in my favorite reading spot WAYY too long for the comfort of my legs and backside.
Is this good? Not at all. Is it exactly what the tin says it is? Absolutely. This is pure action escapism and nothing more. It's one of those books you pick up at a truck stop because you know you're going to have some downtime at some point and you need something to read other than your phone screen. I picked it up after it was withdrawn from the paperback rack for …
Paperback 2020 Book #2
Oh lord. Testosterone Harlequin I choose you. For the first two chapters of this book I wondered what I had gotten myself into with this paperback challenge I set myself. I almost gave up on this one and tossed it but decided to just ignore the writing and power through. By the end I was engrossed and staying in my favorite reading spot WAYY too long for the comfort of my legs and backside.
Is this good? Not at all. Is it exactly what the tin says it is? Absolutely. This is pure action escapism and nothing more. It's one of those books you pick up at a truck stop because you know you're going to have some downtime at some point and you need something to read other than your phone screen. I picked it up after it was withdrawn from the paperback rack for purely nostalgic reasons. I was never a huge Mack Bolan fan, but I did have a few similar series that I adored (Endworld, CADS, and Doc Savage mostly). I call them similar not because of setting or genre but because of how they are written and how akin to tinned popcorn they are. They're not the fresh made popcorn of movie theaters, they are the popcorn of christmas gifts from distant relatives... but they still hit the spot when you're really just craving popcorn and nothing better is in the house.
Would I recommend it? Totally. If you know what you are getting into.
I could give a synopsis of the story but... really? They're all the same and if you've read one you've read them all: Mack finds a lead on some really bad guys who are trying to do something really bad. Mack then kills a bunch of people in brutal fashion with skills that no real human could hope to match. Throughout this the book spends pages dedicated to listing exactly what the weapons, gear, and clothing being worn by everyone is. There's likely a girl. She may doublecross Mack or sleep with Mack... or often both. There's this attempt to setup a sense of dread and danger but no reader buys that because we all know Mack can't be beat. Mack single-handedly (maybe he has a helper or two) dispatches the bad guys and saves the world. The end.
On a rainy day at Lumberjanes camp, the Roanokes explore tabletop gaming (with bonus magic!), …
Review of 'Lumberjanes Vol. 13' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Still not a fan of the artwork personally (but it's a taste thing not a quality thing, it's super high skill stuff) but this was a fun story. Glad the wife made me read it.
After his parents are kidnapped, timid twelve-year-old Henry York leaves his sheltered Boston life and …
Review of '100 Cupboards' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
It was an ok little Tween book. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would although I really couldn't stand Henryetta... I kept thinking she would grow on me and she did... but as a wart does rather than in a positive way. I might read the next one but probably not.
