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As an avid, life-long fan of professional wrestling, it was enjoyable to read about the life of Jim “George ‘The Animal” Steele” Myers. I grew up watching The Animal perform as one of the most hated “heels” in the wrestling business, and my early adult life seeing him transform into a “babyface” character in the WWF.
If you have any interest in professional wrestling, you'll want to read his story.
Not Your “Pie in the Sky” Plan
Tice lays it on the line. Hard work is required to GET work as a freelancer and she points out the steps that have worked for her and can work for you.
Excellent little package of powerful advice.
Enlightening and Entertaining
A delightful look at the marriage secrets of 40 celebrated couples that lets you peek into their way of remaining happily married. You'll pick up some good pointers and probably see parts of your own married life.
In Ireland of 1918, the flu pandemic is raging through the country. Three women, a nurse, a doctor, and a young orphan woman cross paths in the maternity ward of a hospital.
I don't want to give away the story, but it and the characters in it are worth your time. While the nurse and young orphan woman are fictional characters, Doctor Kathleen Lynn is a real historical person who was a member of Sinn Fein and being pursued by the police.
The parallels between the flu pandemic of 1918 and the COVID-19 pandemic today and people's reactions then and now make you realize that 100 years is not such a great divide of time.
My only complaint; Ms. Donoghue's style of writing is a narrative where dialogue is never offset by quotes and punctuation that is painfully distracting. I almost stopped reading the book early on because of it, but I persevered and I'm glad I did.
Highly recommended.
The World's Finest
A tale of the first meeting of these Golden Age heroes, Superman and Batman. At first suspicious of each other, The Man of Steel and The Dark Knight combine their talents and powers to bring evil Industrialist Lex Luthor to justice, with more than a little help from intrepid Daily Planet reporter Lois Lane.
The “Maestro” Indeed
I have followed and admired George Perez's comic book art since he first entered the industry 48 years ago and I have loved his work ever since. I remember sitting in the room at MegaCon in Orlando in 2001 hearing that he would be drawing the ultimate crossover of Avengers/JLA and so looking forward to that project.
Thank you to my daughter for this awesome Christmas 2021 gift. I took longer than usual to read a book of this length because I kept taking time to enjoy the wonderful examples of Perez's artwork at Marvel.
This book was an X-mas gift from my wife.
Marie Severin was one of only two known female comic book artists when I was growing up (the other being Ramona Fradon, who was best known as the artist for Aquaman) and one of my favorite all-around artists.
I loved her work on Hulk, Doctor Strange and others, but was mostly enthralled by her covers for various Marvel characters such as Spider-man, Submariner, and Captain America.
But I also loved her more cartoon-like art for Not Brand Echh where she provided hilarious caricatures of those same superheroes mentioned above and others from the Distinguished Competition (otherwise known as DC comics)
This book reprints so many covers, pages and panels of Severin's vast amount of work, as well as in depth interviews with Marie herself and so many of her co-workers through the years. It really was a lot of fun the be able to “peek behind the curtain” and see the background of her professional life before and shortly after she retired.
This book is an excellent opportunity to learn more about the multi-talented Marie Severin and is highly recommended for those who remember her work and/or want to learn more.
One of the true babyfaces in wrestling!
This book could have been helped tremendously by an editor or even a proofreader to fix the multitude of spelling, grammar and punctuation errors, but I don't see how you can NOT help but be impressed by the true babyface personality of one of the nicest guys to ever step into the squared circle.
Arriba! To the man we all knew as Tito Santana, thanks for all the years of professional wrestling entertainment.
I picked this book up at the 2023 Superman Celebration in Metropolis, IL where the author was a guest. He was a delight to meet and graciously autographed my copy of his book.
As someone who considers himself to be a sort of “expert” on the subject of Superman and his history, I say this book is one of the most authoritative and in-depth works on every iteration (comic books, radio, TV, books and movies) of the Man of Steel that exists. And the sources of those authority are the very people who worked on the Last Son of Krypton's creations, character and adventures over the past 85 years.
I highly recommend this detailed (700 plus pages) examination of one of our greatest heroes of all time to anyone who loves Superman and wants to know more about his rich and layered history.
An Excellent Guide For First Time Authors
One of the best books I've read for first time authors. Lots of great, common-sense advice and examples of getting those words out of your head and into a publishable, readable book.
I can't keep reading this. I've tried several times but it is just too YA for my tastes.
I loved this book! I'm so glad my daughter loaned it to me to read.
I was in my mid-20's in the 80's, so while not technically a child of that decade, I was pretty familiar with all of the music, movie and pop culture references throughout the story. Reading this brought back some fond memories.
The story had a good plot; I'd even call it a fun plot, that meshed well with the gaming subject matter. The characters were interesting and the dialogue was realistic. I've never been a gamer, but I know enough from friends who are and characters in other books, movies and TV shows to find myself able to follow along easily enough.
Highly recommended if you enjoy futuristic fantasy adventure science fiction mixed with a bit of magic!
Another one hit out of the ballpark by Butcher. And the revelation about Thomas? That was great!
This is the first work of James Swallow's that I've read and I enjoyed it very much. It was nice to see the back story of Valeris' reasons for her betrayal in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country and to know what happened to her after her acts of treason against Starfleet and the Federation. Weaving in Section 31 was also a nice touch.
If you like Star Trek and its worlds, you should enjoy this book.
This has been in my e-book “stack” for quite a while, waiting to be read. I honestly wish I had read it sooner. Being a recent transplant to Maggie Valley in Haywood County (June 2010), I have found more information about my new home in two days of reading than I have in almost 2 years.
Story, characterization and dialogue are excellent and will hold your attention, leaving you wanting more when you reach the final page.
I heartily recommend Ms. Magendie's “Sweetie” to one and all, and look forward to reading her other works in the near future.
Some interesting questions/answers...but a LOT of useless conjecture-style questions.
Really thought a certain character would take up the Sword, but it didn't happen. Another great story by Butcher.
Another great Dresden story from Butcher, as usual. My only complaint is that this story had TOO much stuff going on, but I'd recommend it to anyone with an interest in urban fantasy.
I enjoyed reading about the founders of National Lampoon, their lives, and especially the look back at some of the funniest articles, graphics and cartoons that made me laugh in my latter teen years.
What an incredibly well-told piece of history by Laura Hillenbrand about world-class runner and World War II POW survivor Louis Zamperini! This was a difficult book to read and just as difficult to put down. Zamperini's plane crash in the ocean, weeks lost at sea, and years as a Japanese POW all show the remarkable will to not only survive, but to live through the pain and suffering and degradation of the human spirit he had to endure.
Hillenbrand is an excellent writer and I am determined now to read her other best-selling novel, “Seabiscuit” as soon as I can.
An interesting story idea burdened by excruciatingly awful sub-plots, characters and dialogue.
I was in my early 20's when Jimmy Carter was President and my feeling was that he was not a very good President. In fact, I had much more respect and admiration for him AFTER he left the White House due to his work with Habitat for Humanity and the status he attained as an elder statesman.
That being said, reading his daily diary entries of his 4 years as President of the United States has given me a little bit better insight into what he was trying to (and, in many cases) accomplish. Carter shows both his good and bad sides as a President and has the courage to address his shortcomings in some of his dealings with other elected and appointed officials and with foreign heads of state. The entries on his work and dealings with Begin and Sadat to attain the Camp David Accord were some of the most interesting to me.
I would recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in the inner workings of the Carter presidency.