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Solid opening with action, a kidnapping, and a serial killer playing cat and mouse with our Texas Ranger.

This collection contains 5 short stories and a novella. Reading the novella now. Enjoyed the first 3 tales better. The longer work has a lot of narrative description that slows down the adventure imo. Good writing overall tho and fun main character.

A creator-owned collection of 6 comics/issues forming a hefty graphic novel that's gritty and violent (as post-apocalypse stories generally are) and overall pretty well done. The narrative is a bit repetitive so could be tighter but the artwork is cool - the whole thing done by Les Garner.

Daily readings and prayer throughout Lent.

Some good adventuring and sword play.

Finished the main novella. So well told, a straight up adventure moving relentlessly forward. Odd, weird, Lovecraftian.

The author's first book, I think, and it shows. Just powering through and skimming to get the barely interesting plot over with.

Volume 2 has a bit more variety of stories than Volume 1, but not by much. Still lurid in its details and over the top in 40s gangster lingo. You tracking what I'm saying, Bub?

Good discussion on how the church can better serve those in need.

A fine novel.

Two issues make up this series, I downloaded 2 PDFs and just finished the first comic. About 68 pages consisting of 8 mob/crime stories from the 30s and 40s. Supposedly based on true events but I doubt it. Only 2 plots - the racketeering shtick and the prison breakout trope. All kinda blah with muddy and crowded black and white illustrations. I'll give the first issue 2.5 stars.

Finished the first 2 stories in this collection. Very swashbuckling! Engaging, if a bit flourishing, prose that fits the era (an alt medieval Italy, I think?) and the first person swordplay braggadocia of our hero.

not a quick read, but neither is it over dense or complex, just dealing with weighty matters in an older style of writing (late 1800s, I believe)

Engaging.

Just found a beat up copy in the dollar bin.

Written in the 1600s, updated language and edited for today.

I'm reading the English version which is titled, "The Laughing Seagull" and is set in the Bay of Kotor (Montenegro) which we visited just a few weeks ago on a Mediterranean cruise.