Reads
I am an avid reader and love writing book reviews. Hopefully you will find your next great read here. I read a little bit of everything including comics and graphic novels, YA and children’s literature, non-fiction, and more.
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The Humans are Worse than the Zombies
The Walking Dead: Volume 4: The Heart’s Desire by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn The Walking Dead is a very popular television series that was based on a comic book. I read the first hardcover collection a few years back and am only just getting around to reading more of the title.…
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Long Live Daredevil
Daredevil: End of Days by Brian Michael Bendis, David Mack, Klaus Janson, Bill Sienkiewicz, and Alex Maleev Daredevil meets a violent end at the hands of his arch-nemesis Bullseye. That’s not a spoiler alert either. This book is about the final days of our favourite super-hero. The strange thing about this story is that…
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The Final Days of Captain America
Captain America: The Chosen by David Morrell and Mitch Breitweiser Ever since Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns, comic writers have been inspired to tell the stories of the final days of our favourite superheroes. Origin stories have always been popular, but now exit stories are becoming all the more frequent. This graphic novel tells…
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Polarity Bear Tours the Zoo
Polarity Bear Tours the Zoo: A Central Park Adventure by Sue de Cuevas and Wendy Rasmussen This book tells the story of a polar bear who lives in a zoo. She is unhappy being caged up with nothing to do. This is the first picture book that I’ve been asked to review. Like many illustrated…
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Batman, Robin, and The Red Hood Join Forces
Batman & Robin: Dark Knight Vs. White Knight by Cornel, McDaniel, Tomasi, Gleason, Winick, and Tocchini There are three stories in this graphic novel. My favourite is not the title story, however. I much prefer the story arc that had Batman and Robin joining forces with The Red Hood. A little bit of history…
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Recommended Reads: Divergent
Divergent by Veronica Roth In the near future, we live in one of five factions. Each group is conditioned to think, act, and behave in a certain way. When we turn sixteen years old, we are given a test that assigns us to one of the factions. We then have the choice of staying in…
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The Great Gatsby on the Boardwalk
Fan-created cover by Stuart Ward for Hfour.ca The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald I didn’t see the new feature film of this story that came out last year. I figured I should read the book first. After all, it is a classic. I have to say that I was not all that impressed with the…
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Darth Vader Unleashed
Star Wars: Darth Vader and The Ghost Prison This story takes place shortly after the events in Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and approximately nineteen years before Episode IV A New Hope. Darth Vader is a ruthless villain and is unleashed on the pages here in a way we have never seen before. The…
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Star Trek Destiny – A Trilogy by David Mack
Star Trek: Destiny Trilogy by David Mack Book 1 – Gods of Night Book 2 – Mere Mortals Book 3 – Lost Souls I consider myself to be an avid reader but if my dad had ever kept a reading log, it would have put mine to shame. He was constantly reading and his place…
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Effective Question Techniques Teachers Should Use
Classroom Management: A Thinking & Caring Approach by Barrie Bennett and Peter Smilanich This is a typical question that teachers often ask the class, “Who can tell me the difference between a fact and an opinion?” It’s not an effective question because it only holds one student accountable and lets everyone else off the hook.…