Factory Summers by Guy Delisle. Translated by Helge Dascher and Rob Aspinall. Drawn & Quarterly, 2021. 9781770464599. 156pp. At sixteen, Delisle was hired for a summer job at Quebec City’s pulp and paper mill, where his father had been working […]
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Author: Gene Ambaum
Bookstabber Episode 6: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells
Episode 6: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells In this episode, Gene and Willow talk about the first two novellas in Martha Wells’ amazing series The Murderbot Diaries. Their unique narrator is […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Trish Trash: Rollergirl of Mars The Collected Edition by Jessica Abel
Trish Trash: Rollergirl of Mars The Collected Edition by Jessica Abel. Backgrounds and designs by Lydia Roberts, colors by Walter. SuperGenius, 2018. 9781545801666. 208pp. Trish isn’t quite old enough to join her local roller derby team, the Terror Novas, but […]
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Book Review: Crying in H-Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner
Crying in H-Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner. Knopf, 2021. 9780525657743. 256pp. I’ve heard and read several interviews with Zauner since the book came out a few months back. My favorite is the one where she cooks with YouTube Korean […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Paul at Home by Michel Rabagliati
Paul at Home by Michel Rabagliati. Translated by Helge Dascher and Rob Aspinall. Drawn & Quarterly, 2020. 9781770464148. 204pp. Paul is a cartoonist in his early 50s, though folks tell him he looks older. He lives alone with his dog, […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Old Head by Kyle Starks
Old Head by Kyle Starks, colors by Chris Schweizer. Image, 2021. 9781534320741. 120pp. Former pro basketball player Nash Gliven, Jr. was once known as “The Knife.” But most players referred to him as “Old Head” because he stuck around for […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Sunny Volume 1 by Taiyo Matsumoto
Sunny Volume 1 by Taiyo Matsumoto. Translation by Michael Arias. Viz Signature, 2013. 9781421555256. Publisher’s Rating: T for Teen, recommended for ages 13 and up. The stories in Sunny are about the kids who live in the Star Kids Home, […]
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Book Review: Otto: A Palindrama by Jon Agee
Otto: A Palindrama by Jon Agee. Dial Books for Young Readers, 2021. 9780803741621. 144pp. Agee gives credit for palindromes by others in the acknowledgements at the end. Picture book creator Agee’s first graphic novel is told entirely in palindromes — […]
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Picture Book Reviews
The Middle Kid by Steven Weinberg. Chronicle Books, 2021. 9781452181806. I love Weinberg’s books, particularly the way he’s now working with both collage and drawing and painting and whatever in his picture books and the AstroNuts series. This one seems […]
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Book Review: The Galaxy, And The Ground Within (Wayfarers Book 4) by Becky Chambers.
The Galaxy, And The Ground Within (Wayfarers Book 4) by Becky Chambers. Harper Voyager, 2021. 9780062936042. 336pp. I’m a huge fan of Chambers’ good natured, character-centric Wayfarers series, and this, the final book, is on par with the other three. […]
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