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Giovanni Gelati's Blog – December 2010 Archive (50)

Graphic Novel Friday Amulet The Cloud Searchers

Amulet is a really good YA graphic novel. I am jumping into the story a little late with book three, but so what, this is just fun. I want to get all the info out of the way first that way we can just discuss the

graphic novel and enjoy ourselves.

“In the third installment of the thrilling Amulet series, Emily, Navin, and their crew of resistance fighters charter an airship and set off in search of Cielis, a mythical city believed to be located…

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Added by Giovanni Gelati on December 30, 2010 at 9:22am — No Comments

Digital short Satrurday A.J. Pompano The Sanibel Slouch (My First Kindle Read)

I know it isn’t Saturday, and yes I am happy to admit that The Sanibel Slouch by A.J. Pompano is the first read on my new Kindle. Am I trying to brag? No, I am fortunate to have received it as a gift from my children. What I am trying to do is bring this blog and my reading habits up to speed. I had plenty of doubts about whether I was going to enjoy using this device to read. I mean to not hold a book in my hands and enjoy it. I have to say it was a win-win for me as I got…

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Added by Giovanni Gelati on December 30, 2010 at 5:30am — No Comments

Romantic Wednesday Delilah Marvelle Prelude to a Scandal

I think I got this one right; it is Wednesday. Earlier today we had a guest post by Travis Hiltz on some graphic novel history (we usually reserve that for Friday) and tomorrow I am putting up a digital short story

post we usually pop in on Saturday. Go figure, short week and another awesome

holiday, Happy New Year to everyone; I hope you enjoy your festivities.

Okay business aside let’s get into Prelude to a Scandal by…

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Added by Giovanni Gelati on December 29, 2010 at 3:17pm — No Comments

Guest Post Travis Hiltz

 

Devil Dinosaur Omnibus

Quick history lesson: Jack Kirby (hallowed be thy name!) was one of the men who helped to create Marvel Comics. From 1960 until early 1970 he wrote and drew hundreds of Marvel’s most well

known characters.…

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Added by Giovanni Gelati on December 29, 2010 at 7:56am — No Comments

Matt Haig The Radleys

I am not a big vampire guy and really don’t read that much of the genre. My saying anything about this being a typical vampire novel would be incorrect and impolite. What this novel is though, is just plain flat out

fun and a very good read. The Radleys try to be the every neighbor, the middle

of the road couple, the average family, but they are anything but that; they

are abstaining vampires. Fun, frivolity, family soap opera, fast paced action

are what…

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Added by Giovanni Gelati on December 28, 2010 at 3:09pm — No Comments

Guest Post David N. Alderman author of the Black Earth Series

Book Review - Demon: A Memoir by Tosca Lee

For me, it’s hard to find compelling Christian fiction that can hold my interest. I became a fan of Tosca Lee when I met her about a year ago at a writer’s meeting and purchased a copy of Havah: The Story of Eve.

Havah opened my eyes to how beautifully Christian fiction could be written

without coming off preachy. In the same lines of Ted Dekker, Tosca knows how to

write compelling fiction…

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Added by Giovanni Gelati on December 28, 2010 at 7:06am — No Comments

Gelati's Scoop Top 25 Self -Published Novels of 2010

 

Alright, today is Thursday and this completes my trifecta of best lists for 2010. Next year I will be able to expand them a bit more and include Romance novels. Romantic Wednesday is becoming a very large part of our

week here @ The Scoop. After I put this post up in the different areas I

usually put them, I am signing off till after Christmas. The Gelati family

wishes you and yours the best and most Merry Christmas ever. Thanks.…

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Added by Giovanni Gelati on December 23, 2010 at 5:27am — No Comments

Matthew Reilly Hell Island

 

Are there any Scarecrow fans out there? I am definitely one. You can count me among those that have read everything that is available that Matthew Reilly has written, including the YA Hover Car series. The last time I posted

on a Matthew Reilly novel was for the Five Greatest Warriors novel (please

check the archives for that; I loved it). Here is what this short novel is

about:

“This revised edition of the…

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Added by Giovanni Gelati on December 22, 2010 at 7:22pm — No Comments

Gelati's Scoop Best Digital short Stories of 2010

 

Hi, me again. I am not going to get up on my soap box and explain my love for the digital short story again, but hey, they rock. Here are 15 of my favs from this year. Next year, I hope to make it a top 50 as I get

into them more. Enjoy and download the fun:

1-      Agents of Treachery…

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Added by Giovanni Gelati on December 22, 2010 at 1:01pm — No Comments

Gelati's Scoop Top 35 Novels of 2010

I am not a year-end list type of guy but I am going to put three out here this week. I have broken my lists up into three categories: novels, digital short stories, and self-published work. The plan is to put them up in that order Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The time frame involved for inclusion in this is the entire year, not just a quarter as I have done throughout the year. Placement of some of the novels may surprise you and/or irritate you (sorry), but I am more than happy to…

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Added by Giovanni Gelati on December 21, 2010 at 1:18pm — No Comments

Q&A with Alan Sakowitz author of Miles Away... Worlds Apart

-Have you found that the response that you get from those that have read your book to be positive and that they got the spirit of why it was written?

Yes, Readers have written to me from all across America and even several countries around the world with feedback.  Having a dialog with readers is such a pleasure.

-What are some of the positive things that have come from your readers taking your message to heart? There is nothing more meaningful than when readers…

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Added by Giovanni Gelati on December 21, 2010 at 4:23am — No Comments

Q&A with Susan Fraser King author of Queen Hereafter

-The research you have done seems exhaustive. Are you exhausted from it and do you find enjoyment from the process?

I love doing the research! Years in graduate studies taught me how to research and follow a historical trail, and I still love doing that. I can get lost in the fun of tracking down historical facts and theories and all the details. And a good portion of what goes in the books is also cumulative knowledge, so it's not as exhausting as it may seem. I've been gathering and…

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Added by Giovanni Gelati on December 20, 2010 at 12:46pm — No Comments

Guest Post Rose A. Valenta author of Sitting on Porcelain

 

Your Funny Bone Can Use the Exercise

Giovanni, thank you for inviting me to contribute to your blog and for reviewing my book Sitting on Cold Porcelain. I love reading books and am partial to humorous narratives. I love a good laugh and absolutely relish making other people laugh. Reading a good humor book tickles your funny bone and helps to make you a healthy and happy camper, especially when things inevitably go wrong.

Many people have asked me why I…

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Added by Giovanni Gelati on December 20, 2010 at 7:11am — No Comments

Graphic Novel Friday Samuel L. Jackson Cold Space

BOOM! Studios put out this graphic novel written and created by Samuel L. Jackson /Eric Calderon with the artwork done by Jeremy Rock. Yes, it is THE Samuel L. Jackson. Who knew the guy was a comic book fan? He explains all that in the introduction in a style that is all his own. I had the feeling he was talking directly to me, explaining what I was going to be experiencing in the graphic novel. Here is the synopsis of the 112 page Cold Space:

“From Academy Award-nominee Samuel L.…

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Added by Giovanni Gelati on December 18, 2010 at 1:31pm — No Comments

Digital short Saturday David DeLee Kickin' it South of The Border

I was hoping that this was not a digital short story about The South of The Border. I have come to know and now skip stopping at South of the Border off of Interstate 95 on our way down south on vacation. I like the neon as a marker in the evening, the billboards make me think of my childhood, but I could only think a good comedy would come of a story revolving around it. Thankfully David DeLee has something else in mind. Grace deHaviland rides again: ”Tracking a U.S. bail jumper across the…

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Added by Giovanni Gelati on December 18, 2010 at 10:22am — No Comments

Digital short Saturday A.J.Pompano School's Out Forever

Today is going to be a hybrid type of day. I got stuck, or should I say had the joy, of doing some serious Christmas shopping yesterday and didn’t finish off Graphic Novel Friday as I would have liked to. Add to that the Samuel L. Jackson graphic novel I picked up and the interest, comments, and questions about it, I knew I had to hustle today and get this all done. Tuesday I launch my best of the year lists a little later than I wanted to, but hey, life happens. Let’s get right into the…

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Added by Giovanni Gelati on December 18, 2010 at 6:48am — No Comments

Graphic Novel Friday Geoff Johns Green Lantern Blackest Night

I have turned into a huge Geoff Johns and Green Lantern fan. I saw this and had to pick it up; The Green Lantern and zombies. Could it get any better? Yes, I opened it up and began to get absorbed in it. Check out the particulars on this graphic novel:

“Comics hottest writer Geoff Johns (GREEN LANTERN: SINESTRO CORPS WAR, THE FLASH, ACTION COMICS, JSA) and superstar artist Ivan Reis raise the dead in this hardcover collection of the most anticipated comics event of the…

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Added by Giovanni Gelati on December 17, 2010 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Graphic Novel Friday Guest Post Travis Hiltz

The Thing:  Idol of millions

Since the very first issue of the Fantastic Four, its most popular member has always been Ben Grimm, the Thing. Whether it was the fact that he looked like a monster, but you could root for him, because he was one of the good guys or the fact that underneath his rocky exterior, he was portrayed as a regular guy is up for debate. He was the one that asked the questions the reader had when weird science fiction stuff happened. Whatever the reason, his…

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Added by Giovanni Gelati on December 17, 2010 at 10:25am — No Comments

Mary Jane Clark To Have and To Kill

To Have and To Kill is the first novel in  a new series for Mary Jane Clark. I haven’t had the pleasure of reading one of her novels before so this was a first of firsts for me, I enjoyed it. Clark definitely drew me in right away. Here is what this novel is about:

“My new character, Piper Donovan, is a struggling actress with no immediate prospects and a recently broken engagement. Reluctantly, she moves back in with her parents to take stock of her life. Piper steps…

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Added by Giovanni Gelati on December 16, 2010 at 6:56pm — No Comments

Joseph Wambaugh Hollywood Hills

Back in the day I used to read all of Joseph Wambaugh’s novels: The New Centurions, The Blue Night, The Choirboys, The Black Marble, The Glitter Dome, The Onion Field (non-fiction). It seems I have missed nine novels since and four non-fiction books. I am not going to list them; you can see them on the inside of the novel, Hollywood Hills when you crack it open. Let’s get into the action shall we?

“The legendary Hollywood Hills are home to wealth, fame, and…

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Added by Giovanni Gelati on December 16, 2010 at 2:09pm — No Comments

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