Reviewsday: Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts

Shantaram is first and foremost the story of a man on the run after escaping from prison in Australia, assuming a false identity and living in Bombay. The scope of the story is epic – every character is a study in culture, language and ethnicity; every location – from the tourist bars to the slums […]

Reviewsday: The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien

  In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort. So begins […]

Reviewsday: The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly by Stephanie Oakes

Minnow has no hands. The leader of a cult ordered them removed, and now she’s on trial for almost beating a boy to death. Minnow’s story unfolds in both directions; with us learning about the trials of life in the Kevinian cult, run by a man whose rules change with the weather; watching Minnow grow […]

Reviewsday: Batman:Hush by Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee

Batman: Hush follows Batman in search of a new enemy who is manipulating other villains to destroy the dark knight and take over his city. As Batman struggles to figure out this case, Bruce Wayne is also having trouble in his personal life when he finds himself questioning whether he should trust the woman he […]