Oh good, this book was actually really cute and creative. While the artist is basic at drawing humans, Melissa Sweet captures the eye with bright colors and a mixed media of water colors, fabric swatches with patterns, and photocopied objects colored in with watercolor. She also makes great use of sewed cloth and fabrics for borders and text areas, making even the text part of the book a work of art. This one might be my pick for the Mock Caldecotts!

Alright, I give up. I really wanted to like this book but every time I try to read it becomes too trippy. I'm sure it's a great book but the way the author writes, and I can't tell where the real world ends and Lauren's strange hallucinations of the missing teens starts and blarghl! Too much!

Hooray! I love comic anthologies with some of my favorite comic artists!

Hooray! I love these comic anthologies, all these having the theme of islands. These are like the Flight comic anthologies, but much shorter. Can't wait for volume 3!

I can't consider myself a Stephen King guru since I only started to read his stuff a couple of years ago. I think Duma Key had just come out. Thankfully, I made sure to read "The Shining" and really enjoyed it. The sequel blew me away! I have encountered a few of King's notorious sad/bad/abrupt endings before, but this book was wonderful all the way though. What always does it for me are characters and how they grow or change throughout a story, and Dan Torrence is quite possibly one of my favorites. It's weird to say this, but this was a feel-good book for me. Sure, there's plenty of really scary stuff and characters (Rose) and great suspense, but for me it was all about reading about Dan and his climb from the shithole that is his life. Beginning as a young adult, becoming more like his father, to him making a decision to actually try and better himself, to Dan saving more than just his own life and taking great risks. Danny Torrence, I salute you! *salutes*

This book was a roller coaster of likes and dislikes. If I could give it 3.5 stars, I would do that. I really super enjoyed it for most of the beginning of the book! Dexter was witty and at his best. Then towards the last half of the book he became NotDexter. His decisions and feelings were totally against his character so far. He seemed way too human and vulnerable and made some pretty stupid decisions. That's okay, then at the end of this book there are some great plot twists that brought my rating back up again. Phew, that was a close one Dexter!

A cute little story for kids about a dad's time traveling adventure while out one day to pick up some milk. One thing that stood out to me: in the beginning of the story Prof. Steg is a "he" but near the end of the book it starts referring to the dinosaur as a "she". Anyone else catch that?

Again, a cute book in what I guess will be a series. Always quirky (or should I say, "quarky"?) and funny, the world of Kazam is a mishmash of technology and magic, and magic is making a comeback.

I don't know why, but this book seemed so much better than the first one. Maybe because I knew what to expect this time and I was able to enjoy it for what it was: a twisted, teen murder mystery full of suspense and gruesome details! Not a Dexter read-alike, like I had thought when I picked up book one in this series. Thankfully, this book was so intriguing and fast-paced, the series totally redeemed itself and was able to make my opinions of it take a 180. Well, maybe only a 90 degree, because the first book was good too, but Game was so much better!

It took me until the very end of this comic to understand the title. It took my husband two seconds. World history was never my strong suit. In fact, I really dislike history and historical fiction. Congratulations Gene Yang!! You have educated me about the Boxer rebellion in a wonderfully told graphic novel!