Review: Nimona

Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I purchased this from the Barnes & Noble at Union Square. I didn't know it would be a graphic novel, but I had a feeling it would be when I pulled it out from the Teen Sci Fi/Fantasy section from its weight and paper quality.

Definitely a cute story and interesting character design. Being a graphic novel, it's a very quick read. I like that there is a cohesive story from start to end and not just the characters being exposed to various situations.

There were a few pages towards the end where the printing was blurred. It didn't affect the artwork so much, but it made the text hard to read. I thought it was intentional because a lot of chaos is happening, but then it went back to normal and got blurry again for another two pages. Maybe this is only in certain copies of the book, but it did bother me.

I wonder if there will be a second book?

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Review: Midnight Graffiti

Midnight Graffiti by Jessica Horsting
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I think I picked this book up at a church book sale somewhere in Connecticut. It's been a while, so I don't really remember, but the fact that it contained a Stephen King short story caught my attention.

I probably would never have kept this book around, let alone reread it at least twice, probably three times, if not for the second story in the book, "Say Hello, Mister Quigley" by J. Michael Straczynski. I remember reading it for the first time in the basement of the house where I was living in New Haven, waiting for the laundry to finish. I loved the feeling of being so scared in a creepy setting at night, reading that short story. And then that ending! Loved it.

I felt like the rest paled in comparison, but some of the others I liked: "Murder Mysteries" by Neil Gaiman and "Dark Embrace" by James Van Hise. I had already read "Rainy Season" by Stephen King in his own collection, but I didn't find it all that great. I really did not like "Bad Guy Hats" by David J. Schow and really did not understand "Spike Jones and Reverend Sister Claudine."

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