A couple of weekends ago, I found myself on an unexpected flight back from Minnesota. I had taken my laptop along in lieu of other entertainment, intending to get a lot of work done, but on the last leg of my journey, I just wasn’t feeling it. So, I started wandering around the Charlotte, NC airport looking for reading material. It took no fewer than three bookstores for me to find one with a selection that included anything other than Danielle Steele, Nicholas Sparks, and James Patterson, but I did finally come across a book that I had been planning to read for a few months: Devil in the White City. I finally wrapped up the book last night, so here is my quick and dirty review.
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Editorial | Devil in the White City, a quick & dirty review
Filed under Book Reviews, Tracy Gronewold
Saturday Review: Secret Wars #9
Secret Wars (Marvel)
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Esad Ribic
For those who haven’t been keeping up, the world ended. At least for a very short moment, until it was remade into Battleworld by God Doom. Then a bunch of other stuff happened and we all find ourselves in issue 9 of an 8 part mini-series. And no, that’s not a typo. Secret Wars #9 is the final chapter of an eight issue summer event (the term applies rather loosely at this point). Needless to say this was a fitting, if odd, ending to Marvel’s most recent universe reshaping.
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Saturday Review | Sheriff of Babylon #2
The Sheriff of Babylon (Vertigo)
Writing: Tom King
Art: Mitch Gerads
The highly anticipated second issue of Sheriff of Babylon is definitely a middle child. This issue spends most of its time showing readers the frustrating reality that former police officer Christopher Henry faces as he tries to get answers from Iraqi nationals who hate Saddam Hussein and their American “liberators” equally. Continue reading
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Therefore I Geek Podcast Episode 47, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
In which, Andrew, Tracy, Kurt, and Becky discuss their impressions of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Kurt mentions that JJ Abrams successfully avoided an eternity of being called “Jar Jar Abrams,” Andrew wows us with deep, insider knowledge of the Star Wars universe, Tracy wants to try space food in the Star Wars universe, and Becky drops an awe-inspiring fan theory. This podcast is full of spoilers, so listen at your own risk. Continue reading
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Therefore I Geek 