Category: 52 Books/52 Weeks

The Best American Crime Reporting 2009, ed. by Otto Penzler and Thomas H. Cook

October 20, 2009 2:20 am Published by Sam

This annual volume is always a pleasure. This year, more than any other I recall, the stories accumulate around Philadelphia... View Article

October 18, 2009 2:20 am Published by Sam

As previously noted, I usually avoid wordless comics. The great notices for this silent comic mixing surreal horror with classic... View Article

October 14, 2009 2:20 am Published by Sam

XKCD is an amazing comic. For something that’s so much about Linux and cryptography and other geeky pursuits, it’s consistently... View Article

October 7, 2009 2:35 am Published by Sam

The Goon gets darker. It still has comedy, but like the previous volume, the tone is more grim, the violence... View Article

October 5, 2009 2:41 pm Published by Sam

Houellebecq is lauded for his literary fiction, but to my reading, he’s writing science fiction. This book follows a comedian’s... View Article

September 19, 2009 2:14 pm Published by Sam

This deluxe collection of the influential 60s/70s horror comic is a joy. The terrific production values perfectly highlight the art:... View Article

September 9, 2009 2:46 am Published by Sam

This volume demonstrates one of the things manga ? with its long stories (this is 20 volumes) and weighty pagecounts... View Article

September 6, 2009 1:44 pm Published by Sam

Chaon is working at masterful stuff in his second novel. The plot is about identity theft, and of course, identity.... View Article

August 30, 2009 2:57 am Published by Sam

This is my third or fourth time through the deep, expansive, rewarding Sandman series. This time, though, I’m enjoying the... View Article

August 28, 2009 2:14 am Published by Sam

It may be too much information to tell you that I do a lot of reading in the tub. As... View Article