Lower East Side Librarian

Some Blue Bloods characters have a small part in this story, but if you’re expecting the witches to be half as compelling as their vampire cousins, you’ll be disappointed. Witches of East End is bad, but readable. I managed to stick with it even though it was pretty clear early on that De la Cruz isn’t giving us her best.

I’m sorry, but I don’t especially know what to make of this one. Librarian semi-accidentally kidnaps 10-year-old whose parents and pastor are trying to de-gay him. I probably would be more charitable towards the book if it depicted librarians and library work more accurately.

What a nice looking small press book, so well-produced! I know you’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but SSPT is just lovely. Oh yeah, the language and characterizations, too. Crawford takes her time exploring her characters and their worlds.

This book is kind of light and chick-litish, but it’s about women’s roller derby, so it’s at least a little bit awesome. What separates it from typical chick-lit is that while there’s definitely a dude involved, it’s really about not getting the guy.

The classic 16-year-old cut-and-paste zine has been best-ofed, featuring 14 issues assembled by artists. It’s a super cool concept, and I love that even as the zine got fancy, Hughes continued to distribute it for a dollar.