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Shadow Avengers: A Marvel: Crisis Protocol Novel ★★★★Dr. Strange and the Shadow Avengers try to stop Dormammu from enslaving the Earth in this prose Marvel novel.
The Transporter, Vol. 1: Nymph ★★★★A dystopian future where society has collapsed after a virus destroyed all of the iron on Earth.
Yojimbot 1.1: Metal Silence, Part 1 ★★★It takes place at an old samurai amusement park where a few of the samurai robots still function. One of them comes across a boy and his father who are being pursued by some kind of military team. The art is where this book really shines. The action sequences are fast paced and dynamic.
Sherman - Volume 1: The Promise: New York ★★★★The story of a wealthy American man and his son who is running for president. When his son is shot, he has to look back through his history to determine who wants his entire family dead.
The Old Guard: Tales Through Time, Vol. 1 ★★Being immortal and able to soak up damage may make for a very good soldier, but it's a pretty repetitive read.
Giant ★★★A story centered around the Sky Boys, those steel workers who built the skyscrapers of New York in the 1930's.
Jules Verne's Lighthouse ★★★A lesser-known Jules Verne story gets a sci-fi makeover. Pirates take over a remote outpost that maintains a wormhole for interstellar travel. One woman and her bot escape and are a consistent thorn in their side.
Made in Korea ★★A confused mess of a story that tries to mesh too many disparate elements. There are some interesting elements of awakening A.I. and gender identity. It's completely ruined by a tactless school shooting plot that even uses the names of the Columbine shooters.
That .epub news is very welcome. Maybe I'll finally get a Kindle now. EPUB is the most common format. Almost all arcs are available as EPUB. Most libraries use that format as well.
Nocterra, Vol. 1: Full Throttle Dark ★★★★An interesting Mad Max style comic where the sun is gone and everything in the dark has mutated into monsters. Combine that with a trucker theme and you have a winner.
Sir Edward Grey, Witchfinder: Omnibus Volume 2 ★★★Sir Edward Grey investigates supernatural occurrences in Victorian England. Part of the Hellboy Universe.
RoshReviews wrote: "70!!?!??! I am behind by 3 and am already getting the jitters!"If I told you how many I'm behind on, you'd keel over. Granted 90% of them are graphic novels...
Hakim's Odyssey: Book 1: From Syria to Turkey ★★★The story of a Syrian refuge as he wanders around the Middle East trying to find his place in the world, a place where he can support himself after being forced to leave Syria.
Black Cat: Discord ★★★★★Marvel's Black Cat gets a fantastic new prose novel that'll steal your heart.
1984: The Graphic Novel ★★I finally gave up on this after several months. The combination of its bleakness, repetitiveness and hopelessness turned this into a slog.
The EC Archives: Weird Science Volume 1 ★★★★Some atomic-powered comics of weird science.
The Secrets of Chocolate: A Gourmand’s Trip Through a Top Chef’s Atelier ★★A cartoonist spends a year with a French chocolate enrober.
Frank Miller's Sin City Volume 2: A Dame to Kill for ★★★★★Some more fantastic noir comics from Frank Miller.
Good Game, Well Played ★★Empire Records set at a video game store in the 90's.
Three Swords: A Marvel Legends of Asgard Novel ★★★It's about time the Warriors Three got one of these Legends of Asgard novels.
Sarah-Hope wrote: "Thank you, Chad! I'm not sure what the issue was."You copied the link to the book instead of the link to your review. Don't sweat it. I've made the same mistake before.
Welcome Sarah. Edelweiss seems daunting at first, but it's worth getting over the hump. Once you figure it out, it's actually very easy to use. Plus it has a lot of books NG doesn't. It's also a good place to try again if you get denied on NG. That has actually worked for me several times.
Sarah-Hope wrote: "I just finished Annie Hartnett's Unlikely Animals
, a novel that's both hilarious and moving—and that addresses a multitude of topics.My **** r..."
Sarah Hope's review can be found here.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Stan Lee's The Devil's Quintet: The Armageddon Code: A Thriller ★★★This was written from one of Stan Lee's unproduced ideas. It's about a team of Seal Agents who get powers from a deal with the Devil and then have to try and find a way out of it.
Alexander wrote: "Is it Ann Niklasson? I got a couple like that from her yesterday. Found out I've been auto-approved by 3 publishers, and I think I know one, but the other 2..?Still can't find a place on EW where..."
Yep, it was her. I've looked for the info on EW and never been able to find it either. I'm not sure why they hide that info from reviewers as it's interesting to see.
A publisher forwarded me the email they receive from Edelweiss when they get a DRC request today. Along with seeing your Profile, it looks like they get the following statistics.
The Edelweiss+ Profile & Statistics for Chad
· Listed in publishers contact lists: 3
· Publishers auto-approved by: 6
· Publishers that have granted title access: 30
· Total Requests: 0
o Approved Requests: 745
o Denied Requests: 445
o Pending Requests: 22
· Reviews Submitted: 993
