June 1, 2011 @ 9:55 AM 1 Comment      

1 Jun

The last novel for readers workshop I have decided to read was the biography Kurt Cobain by Cristopher Sanford. This book goes into immense detail about the troubled rockstars life. From his stomach ulsers that caused his heroin addiction to his shady marriage to Cortney  Love. The story tells of the struggles of his band Nirvana and the “grunge”  revolution  that they lead. I enjoyed this book very much. I’m a big Nirvana fan and to read about Kurt Cobain’s  life and death was pretty cool. The over all biography is a little depressing seeing how it deals with the struggles of his life including the  suicides in his  family, and the tramatic  scenes he saw as a child. I don’t want to give any of it away but if your a nirvana fan then deffinetly read it or pick up any other book about Kurt Cobain. He is such an intresting character that the world of music history can never overlook him. If i had to rate it 1 out of 10 id rate it an 8.

Here's a image of the famous Kurt Cobain

May 25, 2011 @ 10:20 AM 1 Comment      

25 May

Watchmen by Alan moore is set in the 1960′s through the 1980′s which was during the cold war. The book starts off with the murder of a famous super hero, The Comedian. Later it shows another hero, Rorshach. Rorshach is a detective, but is later framed for murder and seen as a villian by the police. The whole story revolves around Rorshach trying to find the “masked murderer.” He eventually notifies  his old super hero team, which is made up of Dr.manhattan, The Night Owl, The Silk Spectra, and Ozymandias. Later after Dr. Manhattan leaves earth, Rorshach, and the Night Owl find the “masked killer” and his plot to end the world. I liked the graphic novel alot. If i had to rate it out of ten, i’d rate it a nine. Many of the passages made me stop in my tracks, and the ending made my jaw drop. Read it.

April 27, 2011 @ 9:51 AM 1 Comment      

27 Apr

V For Vendettais a graphic novel set infuture fascist England. The novel shows the suffocating nature of  life in an authoritarian police state and follows the main character V and his efforts of bringing down the Nazi like government. The story also follows some of the government workers who were assigned to catch Codename V. The Story starts off with V saving a girl named Eve, from being raped on the street by government Police. Later it shows V blowing up a government building and later using Eve as bait to kill people affiliated with the governments attempts to commit genocide.Later it explains that V was once in a resettelment camp and was almost killed but he escaped. Now he’s on the hunt for the government workers who helped commit these acts of horror. I enjoyed this book very much, It was my favorite graphic novel of all time. I would rate it a 9 out of 10