Thursday, July 22, 2010

New Books

Novels

Freak Magnet
by Andrew Auseon - At first glance, this novel seems like a straightforward if unconventional love story: boy sees girl, boy chases after girl screaming that she's beautiful, girl tells boy to get lost. But through the alternating points of view of Charlie and Gloria, Auseon layers this romance with much more-Charlie's pain over his mother's terminal illness as well as Gloria's grief over her brother's death in Afghanistan and her frustration with a mother who is attentive to everything but her daughters.

Graphic Novels:


Spider-Man. The Secret Wars - How do ten heroes end up buried alive beneath one hundred and fifty billion tons of rock? And is the Hulk mad enough to do anything about it? What were the events that led up to this catastrophe? What are the heroes thinking? And with the weight of an entire mountain range above them, how do they go about their desperate fight for survival? All the answers are in the first issue of the series that takes you deeper into the classic events of the Secret Wars, and pulls the lid off stories that were left untold!

Amazing Spider-Man Presents. Jackpot - The last Jackpot died in combat alongside Spider-Man - so who is the new Jackpot putting fear into the hearts of street criminals? Why has Boomerang targeted her for death? And how is The Rose involved?

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