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Wishful Drinking
Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher Published: 2008 Narrated by: Carrie Fisher Length: 03:08 (163 pages) With the latest Star Wars release a few months back, I went down a black hole of interviews on YouTube and was reminded of how hilarious Carrie Fisher is. I knew she had written an autobiography, so I thought this would be the perfect time to check it out. It turns out she actually has three autobiographies and a number of novels, and after reading this I think I’ll eventually make my way through them all. This first autobiography is based on her one-woman stage show, and it’s basically an overview of why she is…
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The Sculptor
The Sculptor by Scott McCloud Format: Graphic Novel Illustrated by: Scott McCloud Publisher: First Second Books Published: 2015 Length: 496 pages I wasn’t sure what to expect from this, but I kept hearing excellent things. I know Scott McCloud from, but haven’t yet read, his trilogy of non-fiction graphic novels on the topic of comics: Understanding Comics, Making Comics, and Reinventing Comics. David Smith is a struggling artist who achieved minor fame early in his career and then watched it crumble away. He’s broke and facing possible homelessness, feeling like he’s hit rock bottom in his life, when he’s presented with a deal: his life for his art. He will…
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Golden Son
Golden Son by Pierce Brown Published: 2015 Series: Red Rising #2 Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds Length: 19:02 (464 pages) Red Rising was one of my favourite books last year. I marked it as my first favourite, but I made the list right after reading it, and I might have still been coming down a bit. Either way, it was a fantastic novel. This is the second of the trilogy, and it easily lived up to the first book. He always thinks because I’m reading, I’m not doing anything. There is no greater plague to an introvert than the extroverted. I had a couple of small problems with the first…
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The Last Colony
The Last Colony by John Scalzi Published: 2007 Series: Old Man’s War #3 Length: 336 pages I’m a big fan of John Scalzi, and the Old Man’s War series are some of his best. This is the third novel, and in this we return to John Perry, the protagonist from the first book, and Jane Sagan. This is a tricky one to summarize without giving away parts of the first book, but in a nutshell, the Colonial Defense Forces have decided to colonize a new planet despite pressure from a coalition of hundreds of races not to do so. John and Jane are chosen to lead the colonization efforts, and…
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March in Review
Books Acquired: The Tragedy of Mister Morn by Vladimir Nabokov Books Read: The Last Colony (Old Man’s War #3) by John Scalzi Golden Son (Red Rising #2) by Pierce Brown The Sculptor by Scott McCloud Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher I really enjoyed everything I read in March. Two were sequels to novels I love, so those aren’t too much of a surprise. The third is a graphic novel that got a lot of buzz last year and came highly recommended from a number of people I trust, so also not a huge surprise. The fourth was Carrie Fisher’s first autobiography, which I picked up on a complete whim and…