Giovanni Gelati's Blog – May 2010 Archive (8)

I was pleasantly surprised by this graphic novel. Alan Moore was shooting for the “archetypical big guy superhero in a cape” and he succeeded. Supreme is the superhero’s

superhero. Moore

says this about what he was trying to do” What I want to do, is to do a really

Supreme being. I see this as not being a retro book, not in the way 1963 was.

What I’d like to do is to try to infuse this new ‘90’s model type superhero

with all the…

I decided to start our new Sci-Fi/Paranormal postings a week early. I had gotten a hold of Richard Thomas’s Transubstantiate and had to give it a go. I thought I was on an awesome roll; let’s keep the momentum going. Disappointment was not to be had

and Thomas kept the ball rolling right along for me. The definition of the

title Transubstantiate is to change

from one substance to another. With a word that big I was expecting…

The debut novel for Mark Greaney is nothing short of a grand slam. His main character, Court Gentry, is amazing. Court is a burned CIA operative that has been a contract killer for his handler at the “Network”. The

back cover of the book has this blurb on it; ”To those that lurk in the

shadows, he’s known as the Gray Man. He is a legend in the covert realm, moving

from job to job, accomplishing the impossible and then fading away. And he

always hits his…

Truly fortunate is the way I have felt recently, more so than usual. I want to thank everyone for their support thus far as we continue to try to find our way here @ Gelati’s Scoop. We have made some incredible

friends on Facebook, Goodreads, Twitter and now Book Blogs. We hope that we are

fortunate enough to have that continue and grow.

One of the new features I want to quickly highlight is our new…

Happy Monday to everybody. The week before Memorial Day is upon us and we have an awesome lineup this week. He it is in a nutshell:

Today- Storm Prey

Tuesday- Lee Child -61 Hours

Wednesday- Mark Greaney Guest Post –Author of The Gray Man

Thursday- Richard Thomas-…

I have been getting some communications on different websites about my reading this novel. I was surprised to say the least. I enjoy the fact that everybody likes to share their reading lists, but this hit me out

of left field. People either love it or hate it, no in between. I must admit that from the

start, I read the first three in the series before taking a break from the

series.…