REVIEW: All Together Now

Title: All Together Now – Volume 1
Author: Alan Ball
Finished: September 19, 2011
Pages: 156
Published: 2011
Format: First Edition

Even before I read this, I had already purchased and read the graphic novels individually, but it was fun to re-read in order and gain the full experience.

The great part of the new graphic novel series is that you get more stories about the show than they can portray on air. In this particular adventure, Sookie and friends are stuck inside Merlotte’s with a demon who feeds off other people’s greatest secrets.

In order to survive, the group has to share their deepest & darkest with those around them.

I look forward to seeing what the next volume has in store.

*challenges: countdown challenge, 11 in 11 reading challenge, 100+ reading challenge, pub challenge, monthly mixup

Support Your Local Library Challenge 2011 – COMPLETE

Hosted by: Book Junkie’s Bookshelf
January 1 – December 31, 2011

Loved this challenge. It was easy and hard at the same time. I really needed to read books off my own shelf but I kept getting library books. Looking forward to this one again next year.

MY LIST:

1. The Secret in the Old Attic by Carolyn Keene
2. The Clue in the Crumbling Wall by Carolyn Keene
3. The Mystery of the Tolling Bell by Carolyn Keene
4. Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
5. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
6. Badass by Shannen Doherty
7. Me by Ricky Martin
8. The Curious Incident of Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon
9. Unbearable Lightness by Portia de Rossi
10. Clue in the Old Album by Carolyn Keene
11. From a Buick 8 by Stephen King
12. Life by Keith Richards
13. Crush It! by Gary Vaynerchuk
14. Postcard Killers by James Patterson
15. Love, Lust & Faking It by Jenny McCarthy
16. The Sherlockian by Jenny McCarthy
17. Don’t Blink by James Patterson
18. Pride & Prejudice & Zombies: Graphic Novel adapted by Tony Lee
19. Walking Dead: Days Gone Bye by Robert Kirkman
20. The Ghost of Blackwood Hall by Carolyn Keene
21. The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
22. The Secret of the Wooden Lady by Carolyn Keene
23. The Mystery at the Ski Jump by Carolyn Keene
24. The Clue of the Velvet Mask by Carolyn Keene
25. Troublemaker 2 by Janet Evanovich
26. The Scarlet Slipper Mystery by Carolyn Keene
27. Toys by James Patterson
28. The Walking Dead: Volume 2 by Robert Kirkman
29. The Walking Dead: Volume 3 by Robert Kirkman
30. The Walking Dead: Volume 4 by Robert Kirkman

REVIEW: The Walking Dead Volume 2-14

Title: The Walking Dead
Volume 2-14
Author: Robert Kirkman
Finished: September 2 – October 15, 2011
Format: paperback

Instead of writing 14 reviews for the individual volumes, I thought I would give me overview so far of the series. I read most of it back to back and it seems fitting to write this review as I’m watching the Walking Dead Season 1 Marathon on AMC right now before Season 2 premieres tonight.

Not only to compare the first and second season to the first two volumes, but I couldn’t help continuing to read volume after volume to find out what happens to the group. If anything, this is the first time I’ve read a series where the unexpected can literally happen without notice. Just because you think it would be crazy to do something or thing it impossible and crazy, that is exactly what they would do.

This series of graphic novels is very interesting, intriguing and full of twists and turns. I can’t wait to find out what happens next.

*challenges: countdown challenge, 100+ reading challenge, support your local library challenge, 11 in 11 reading challenge

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James Patterson II Challenge – COMPLETE

September 1, 2010 – August 31, 2011

Yvonne at Socrates’ Book Reviews hosted the James Patterson Reading Challenge again. I’m looking forward to the next round since I still have so much left to read and catch up. Loved this challenge. I could keep reading Patterson forever!

1. I, Alex Cross - finished 11.8.10
2. Cross Fire - finished 3.14.11
3. Maximum Ride: School’s Out Forever - finished 8.5.11
4. Maximum Ride: Saving the World - finished 8.31.11
5. Worst Case - finished 3. 12.11
6. 10th Anniversary - finished May 4, 2011
7. Midnight Club - finished August 20, 2011
8. The Postcard Killers - finished 3.24.11
9. Don’t Blink - finished 4.8.11
10. Toys (releases 3.14.10) - finished 6.7.11

REVIEW: Maximum Ride – Saving the World

Title: Maximum Ride – Saving the World
Author: James Patterson
Finished: August 31, 2011
Pages: 407
Published: 2007
Format: paperback

The third book of the Maximum Ride series, just when you think you’re getting closer to the end of the series, the kids begin facing new challenges in their travels.

When they find out that they are going to be “extinct” if they are captured by the school, their mission becomes even more important. They want to continue living but they know there is more and the world is now in danger, not just them.

The stories are getting better. Can’t wait to start the next book.

*challenges: countdown, off the shelf, 100+ reading challenge, series 5 challenge, 11 in 11 reading challenge 

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