Tuesday, January 15, 2013

What Would Wonder Woman Do? by Susan Colon & Jennifer Traig, 128 pages

I got this book for Christmas to add to my Wonder Woman collection. The subtitle is: An Amazon's Guide to the Working World. The chapters take you from The Interview, through the Perils of the Office Romance, up to Vacation, Benefits and Other Perks. It's funny, filled with great Wonder Woman artwork, and talks about how hard being a working woman in today's world is, especially in high heeled red boots.

Garfield gets in a pickle by Jim Davis, 94 pages

Happiness is a new Garfield collection book.

Garfield keeps his chins up by Jim Davis, 95 pages

New Garfield books in at the library that I picked up for Samantha. The hard part is fighting off Samantha and Renee both to get a chance at reading them. It's hard to believe that Garfield has been around for over two decades, and is still funny.

Monday, January 14, 2013

Stuck in the Middle edited by Ariel Schrag, 210 pages

This graphic novel featured 17 comics all about middle school. Reading it just reminded me of how much I hated middle and high school, and how you couldn't pay me to go through that again. My 11-year-old read it and told me that she thought I probably looked like one of the characters in middle school. It was not a flattering picture and the sad thing is that I did look like that. On that depressing note I will say this was extremely well-done and reflects the feelings that seem to afflict kids at that age.

My Happy Days in Hollywood by Garry Marshall & Lori Marshall, 276 pages

I'd finished Penny Marshall's biography not too long ago, so it was interesting to read about the same show (Laverne & Shirley) from her brother's point of view. This family has created some of the best shows and movies around, I like the fact that they do family friendly very well.

The House of Lost Souls by F. G. Cottam, 343 pages

This was a very odd ghost story, going with the premise that places can be evil. I did like the fact that Crowley was in this book, he was a fascinating character. Very English, if you like that in your ghost stories.

Friday, January 11, 2013

Werewolves of the Heartland by Bill Willingham, 152 pages

I have to disagree with Stephanie because I have been hooked on this series from book 1 and loved every book. I'm seriously considering starting my own collection to own all of these myself.