“The Monster That Wouldn’t Sink: (A Frank Burly Short Story)”
“What happens when a really stupid detective goes back in time and ends up on the Titanic? He makes a $100,000 bet that the ship
“What happens when a really stupid detective goes back in time and ends up on the Titanic? He makes a $100,000 bet that the ship
“What can I say? If you’re gonna read this, read as much of it as possible in as short a time span as possible. Or
“What can I say? I thought the Darth Vader and Son book was a little better, and this was kind of more of the same
“What an interesting book. I think what would prevent most people from reading this is probably some version of a sentiment that can be summed
“What a weird and difficult task. Imagine you’re a comic book artist, and someone is all, “Make a comic ABOUT a well-known artist.” How the
“What a tough read. It’s an interesting bit of history, seeing how Japanese forces were living and fighting. And this is a great example of
“What a total piece of shit.Popeye’s, if you’re listening, I’ll do a for-hire romance novel based on…well, Popeye? Is that where your chicken restaurants get
“What a loaded question. If there’s one thing to take away from this book, it’s that you should never ask this one. Was she pretty?
“What a great, big pile of shit! Let’s be clear, I fully expected a great, big pile of shit. I read it for that specific
“What a great example of comic book plotting. The impossible happens. Something that I DON’T want to happen happens. And the story works. It’s great.
“What a fantastic book. I’m so disappointed in myself that I’m only getting to King in my mid-30’s, but I’m making up for lost time.
“What a delight! Although I feel bad for poor Bigfoot.You know what I don’t like? That new cryptids, like Slenderman, have a known creator. That’s
“welllllll…I think a lot of discussion about this book regards the authenticity of its depictions. I’m of the opinion that, as that goes, you can
“Well.I have mixed feelings.The book is a fun read, no doubt. If you like Petey Wheatstraw, this is about as close as a book is
“Well…sometimes I like how Sandman works, and sometimes it’s like, everything is dreams, so anything can happen or not happen, and that doesn’t leave a
“Well…I gave up. I bought the audio for 30-some dollars and figured it might be a great listen. But I find myself dreading listening. Part
“Well…here’s the thing, the writing is absolutely wonderful. It’s really great stuff. But the story is harder to follow than my non-signaling, weaving uncle is
“Well. There’s a guy named Shoemaker. And there’s a report. And, as the parenthesis indicate, there are space aliens. So I guess I can’t complain
“Well, this should be popular… I think it’s fair to point out that I got about 20% of the way through this book before I
“Well, this project, begun in October 2020, has been completed! Er, well, I finished one step in my 2020 project. Ah, October 2020. What a
“Well, this kind of breaks away from my normal rule against reading about super-small subcultures. You know, those books about professional Scrabble players or guys
“Well, this is really 2022 on Goodreads, but I can’t seem to locate that no matter how I search. I found it yesterday, but GR
“Well, this is more about the philosophy of cartooning than it is a How to Draw book, so it didn’t exactly fit into my project.
“Well, this ended EXACTLY where I wish it would have started, with Tony Stark suiting up and heading into space. Of course. Goddamn it. Why
“Well, there are a couple different things I’ve read about this book. 1. Reviews along the lines of “Nobody writes through the mind of a
“Well, the tree grows very slowly and with exhaustive detail. Couldn’t get through this one. Actually, that’s not entirely true. I could have. And I
“Well, the parts that were good were GREAT. And the parts that weren’t as good were super not as good. Wow. With reviews like that,
“Well, the first story was great! It was more World War Z than Night of the Living Dead. Or, perhaps more accurately, Land of the
“Well, probably the worst joke book ever.“What’s Yellow and Lights Up?” is not a joke when the answer is “An electric peanut.” Another favorite?“What’s Yellow
“Well, pretty great. It’s like…how do I describe something as pulpy, but in a 90’s way? If you can read this with an appreciation for
“Well, my Kirkmania for this year, after last year’s final reckoning with Walking Dead, was Invincible, and it was another solid ride. This is a
“Well, I’ve seen some…interesting takes on this. I think mine has some to do with creativity. I do think we have traded curiosity and exploration
“Well, I’ve got a new obsession. Charles Hinton has a good collection of books on Kindle. Including The Billion Dollar Lottery, War of the Dinosaurs,
“Well, it’s a pretty damn thorough book about Castlevania. I don’t know what to say about it other than it delivers exactly what it promises.
“Well, if you like trippy, life of the mind shit, this is probably your jam. I do not like trippy, life of the mind shit.
“Well, I managed to clear a room of four women talking about this. Twice. Two DIFFERENT sets of women. So that’s a sign regarding how
“Well, I hated it. It’s kind of hard to say that because of the book’s subject matter. It makes me feel like I’m saying the
“Well, I finished, and overall, this is a 5-star series for me. It’s weirdly not life-changing or super heavy or anything like that, but it’s
“Well, honesty time. I’m reading this series in one of those huge tomes that has 5 books slapped together into one slab. A slapslab, if
“Well, after just talking about how people put too much emphasis on endings, I have to say the ending on this one let me down
“Well shit.I thought I had this all figured out between a few library services and I could read a pretty good arc. But it turns
“Well holy shit. If you like bleak books and minimalist writing, hit this one. As a challenge to my fellow readers: A minimalist book that
“Weirder than expected.It’s an interesting artifact, to be sure. I didn’t read the whole thing. Part way through I decided that I was enjoying skimming
“Weird. Not a spoiler because it’s how the volume begins, but what you should know is that Doctor Octopus has put his mind into the
“Weird. Kinda sloppy. I would like to share something I learned in a creative writing class. One time I wrote this story. It was all
“Weird. But good weird. If you donât have a weird artsy friend, Lisa Hanawalt would make a good fill-in via her books. But if you
“Wearing a skin suit and walking among the dead kind of makes sense. It’s gross, but…it probably prevents you from having to kill people most
“We get Slimer, more Gozer, and Marshmallow Man? I mean, this is like Star Wars 7, a lot of the same. I never even saw
“We all know how I feel about half stars (for anyone whoâs new here: silly and unnecessary). I just saw a rating for this book
“We all have those books that sit on a nightstand, half-finished for weeks, right? Months? Maybe a year? *cough* Well, at some point you have