Jan. 9th, 2016

Nimona by Noelle Stevenson

I tried twice to read this, and each time I bounced off. Nimona was a mildly interesting character, but that wasn't enough to overcome the general silliness of the world and story, and the simplistic and unengaging artwork. Definitely not for me. (1 of 5 stars)

Undertow by Michael Buckley

I almost didn't finish this book, and now that I have, I rather wish I hadn't wasted my time with it. It is totally formulaic and forgettable. It strikes me as a young-adult cross between Swamp Thing and The Creature From the Black Lagoon, with a bit of forbidden Romeo and Juliet love thrown in for good measure. This is not a good thing, mind you. It also doesn't help that the main character becomes completely unrealistic at the end, Saving the Day over thousands of trained warriors because she is a Special Snowflake (or "Wild Thing," as she puts it). I'm not going to describe the plot because bah. I will avoid the sequel like the plague, and so should you. (1 of 5 stars)

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There is no frigate like a book to take us lands away. ~Emily Dickinson

Being a writer is a very peculiar sort of a job: it’s always you versus a blank sheet of paper (or a blank screen) and quite often the blank piece of paper wins. ~Neil Gaiman

Of course I am not worried about intimidating men. The type of man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man I have no interest in. ~Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The road to hell is paved with adverbs. ~Stephen King

The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read. ~Mark Twain

I feel free and strong. If I were not a reader of books I could not feel this way. ~Walter Tevis

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one. ~George R.R. Martin

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