by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 2, 2020 | Book Review, Fantasy
Summary: Face down on the bathroom floor after “a conk on the skull,” Jack, the narrator of Donohue’s unconventional latest, embarks on an epic and darkly funny journey through time and space without traveling much beyond his own bathroom. My take:...
by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 2, 2020 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller
Summary: Charlie Manx burned a man to death in his black 1938 Rolls Royce Wraith, but that’s not the worst of it. Rumor has it that he kidnapped dozens of children, taking them to a place he calls “Christmasland.” The only child ever to escape was a very lucky girl...
by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 2, 2020 | Biography, Book Review, Nonfiction
Summary: Go behind the scenes of seven of today’s most popular narrative radio shows and podcasts, including This American Life and RadioLab, in graphic narrative. Every week, millions of devoted fans tune in to or download This American Life, The Moth, Radiolab,...
by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 2, 2020 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller
Summary: Forty-eight hours after leaving her husband’s body at the base of the stairs, Tanya Dubois cashes in her credit cards, dyes her hair brown, demands a new name from a shadowy voice over the phone, and flees town. It’s not the first time. She meets Blue, a...
by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 2, 2020 | Book Review, Literary Fiction
Summary: Marion Flint, in her early fifties, has spent fifteen years living a quiet life on the rugged coast of New Zealand, a life that allows the door to her past to remain firmly shut. But a chance meeting with a young boy, Ika, and her desire to help him force...