Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney 1
This is the first issue in a series of manga based on the Capcom video game Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. This manga follows the same format as the game, as in being divided into separate cases that all tie into each other, rather than just one storyline. There are various references to the game, from small character references to the trademark “OBJECTION!!”.
This particular issue includes all of Case One, Turnabout with the Wind, in which Phoenix is yet again tasked with proving his friend Larry Butz innocent of murder, and the first half of Case Two, Turnabout Gallows, in which a man commits suicide after claiming to be chased by “the spider”, and Phoenix must prove the victim’s boss innocent of the crime. If you’re a fan of the Ace Attorney video games, or just a fan of mystery in general, then try this book out. Trust me, it’ll be worth the time.
Review by Joe
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Monday, March 14, 2011
How Good is Good Enough - Book Review
How Good is Good Enough? By Andy Stantely
So religion is something most people like to try not to worry about. Just be good most of the time and you’re set, right?
Wrong.
If you believe that all it takes to get into Heaven is be a “good” person, then do yourself a favor and read this book. It’s not even 100 pages long, and the pages are small. Obviously using the Bible as its base for information, this book digs deep and shows the truth behind what salvation really is and how to get there. Recounting the story of Jesus Christ and His teachings on earth, from His birth to resurrection, Stantely shows what the Bible says about salvation and what it takes to go to Heaven. Also, he has a very easy-to-understand and humorous way of writing, ensuring that the book never gets boring. It’s a fun read, but it also may be one of the most important books you will ever read. After all, your eternal future kind of depends on it. Trust me, you’ll enjoy the book, and if you don’t go to church often then maybe this is just what you need.
Book review by Joe W.
So religion is something most people like to try not to worry about. Just be good most of the time and you’re set, right?
Wrong.
If you believe that all it takes to get into Heaven is be a “good” person, then do yourself a favor and read this book. It’s not even 100 pages long, and the pages are small. Obviously using the Bible as its base for information, this book digs deep and shows the truth behind what salvation really is and how to get there. Recounting the story of Jesus Christ and His teachings on earth, from His birth to resurrection, Stantely shows what the Bible says about salvation and what it takes to go to Heaven. Also, he has a very easy-to-understand and humorous way of writing, ensuring that the book never gets boring. It’s a fun read, but it also may be one of the most important books you will ever read. After all, your eternal future kind of depends on it. Trust me, you’ll enjoy the book, and if you don’t go to church often then maybe this is just what you need.
Book review by Joe W.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Eragon - Book Review by Joe W.
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Eragon is a book about a 15-year-old male named, not suprisingly, Eragon. Eragon lost both of his parents at an early age, and lives with his uncle, Garrow, and his cousin, Roran. While hunting in a hated strip of mountains called The Spine, Eragon finds a strange blue stone and decides to pick it up and see what it's worth. Things happen, and Eragon finds out that it was never an ordinary blue stone; he had found one of the very few dragon eggs from ages past. Before he knows it, Eragon, with his dragon Saphira, becomes one of the last of the Dragon Riders, a group from many centuries ago who were the peacekeepers and fought against evil. However, one of them got corrupt with power and killed the others, becoming the strongest of all and ruling the land with an iron fist. Oh, and he's immortal. Eragon is the only one with even a small chance of defeating him, and since the evil ruler attacked his hometown, Eragon sets out on a journey to restore peace to the land. The book takes awhile to pick up speed, but once it gets going it stays going. Paolini wasn't known as a professional when he wrote this, but he deserves that title now. This is a great (albeit long) book, pick it up now. Or Paolini will find you.
Book review by Joe W.
Eragon is a book about a 15-year-old male named, not suprisingly, Eragon. Eragon lost both of his parents at an early age, and lives with his uncle, Garrow, and his cousin, Roran. While hunting in a hated strip of mountains called The Spine, Eragon finds a strange blue stone and decides to pick it up and see what it's worth. Things happen, and Eragon finds out that it was never an ordinary blue stone; he had found one of the very few dragon eggs from ages past. Before he knows it, Eragon, with his dragon Saphira, becomes one of the last of the Dragon Riders, a group from many centuries ago who were the peacekeepers and fought against evil. However, one of them got corrupt with power and killed the others, becoming the strongest of all and ruling the land with an iron fist. Oh, and he's immortal. Eragon is the only one with even a small chance of defeating him, and since the evil ruler attacked his hometown, Eragon sets out on a journey to restore peace to the land. The book takes awhile to pick up speed, but once it gets going it stays going. Paolini wasn't known as a professional when he wrote this, but he deserves that title now. This is a great (albeit long) book, pick it up now. Or Paolini will find you.
Book review by Joe W.
Friday, June 25, 2010
Little Brother - Book Review by Joe W.
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Little Brother is about a 17-year-old boy named Marcus Yallow. While ditching school to play a scavenger hunt-type game with a few friends, the San Francisco Bay bridge is bombed by terrorists. People from around the site of the attack are taken by the Department of Homeland Security to a remote island off of the shoreline of San Francisco for questioning. However, the people are treated like prisoners for the few days that they’re held captive. Upon his return from the island and finding out that one of friends never made it out, Marcus swears revenge against the DHS and promises to rescue his friend, Darryl. I thought this book was pretty interesting, because it’s based around technology that’s right around the corner but isn’t really there yet. If you’re the type of person who likes books about government conspiracies and questions about freedom, then this is the book for you. Heck, if you’re the type of person who can read (I’m gonna assume you are by this point) then you’ll like the book.
Review by Joe W.
Little Brother is about a 17-year-old boy named Marcus Yallow. While ditching school to play a scavenger hunt-type game with a few friends, the San Francisco Bay bridge is bombed by terrorists. People from around the site of the attack are taken by the Department of Homeland Security to a remote island off of the shoreline of San Francisco for questioning. However, the people are treated like prisoners for the few days that they’re held captive. Upon his return from the island and finding out that one of friends never made it out, Marcus swears revenge against the DHS and promises to rescue his friend, Darryl. I thought this book was pretty interesting, because it’s based around technology that’s right around the corner but isn’t really there yet. If you’re the type of person who likes books about government conspiracies and questions about freedom, then this is the book for you. Heck, if you’re the type of person who can read (I’m gonna assume you are by this point) then you’ll like the book.
Review by Joe W.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
A Whole Nother Story - Book Review by Joe W.
A Whole Nother Story by Dr. Cuthbert Soup
A Whole Nother Story is about a man named Ethan Cheeseman, who is trying to perfect his time-machine, the CVR. He and his kids are on the run from the government agencies who want to get their filthy hands on the time-machine, for reasons that are never fully explained. So Ethan and his chidlren (Jough, Maggie, and Gerard) and his psychic dog, who barks when danger is near, constnatly move from town to town, changing their names and identities.
In their crazy travels, they meet various members of Captain Jibby's Traveling Circus, which has an odd cast of performers: a strong man who hurt his back too bad to lift anything, a fortune-teller with short-term memory loss, a tight-rope walker who had his speaking privileges revoked, and a sword swallower who lost his hand while feeding a tiger. While camping, they also come across a cowboy who wants to be a poet, and is trying to come up with something good enough for the annual poem contest. The Cheeseman family is being pursued by three different companies: one named Plexiwave, which ordered Agents 5, 23, 88, and 207 to take the CVR from the Cheesemans, one whose name is unknown, but they have Agents Aitch Dee and El Kyoo chasing after the Cheeseman family, and a third one who also has no name, but Agents Pavel and Leon (who's a chimpanzee) to use to trail the Cheesemans. All 3 of the coprorations may be on their trail, but the Cheesemans have a reason to risk their lives for the CVR: Olivia Cheeseman (Ethan's late wife) was murdered by Plexiwave so they could get the CVR. Ethan might have been persuaded, but Olivia, realizing that these people would use it for evil, refused any offer, no matter how much money they were wililng to give. That's when Plexiwave realized: the only way to get the CVR would be to get Olivia out of the way. So, she was called in for a doctor's appointment, in which she found that their normal doctor was sick and so a stand-in did the appointment. The stand-in doctor (who was working for Plexiwave, and probably killed the normal doctor) injected her with a drug that was supposed to keep her healthy. But of coure, Plexiwave is evil. The drug made Olivia's health rapidly get worse until one day, when she could live no longer. But in her sickness, she realized what had happened and re-coded the CVR so that even if Plexiwave did get it, they couldn't use it. The only problem was, she never told the new code needed to Ethan. She did write it down, but Ethan only has the first half of the paper. And he can't find the time to test out a bunch of different combinations, due to him constantly having to take apart the CVR and run off to a new town so they don't get caught by any of the 3 corporations. The book seems like a kid's book judging by the cover (and yes, I know that stupid saying) but it's worth reading in to. Considerint that thisis the author's first book, it has a good plotline and cliffhanger ending. It's funny at times as well. So get it. Now.
Review by Joe W.
A Whole Nother Story is about a man named Ethan Cheeseman, who is trying to perfect his time-machine, the CVR. He and his kids are on the run from the government agencies who want to get their filthy hands on the time-machine, for reasons that are never fully explained. So Ethan and his chidlren (Jough, Maggie, and Gerard) and his psychic dog, who barks when danger is near, constnatly move from town to town, changing their names and identities.
In their crazy travels, they meet various members of Captain Jibby's Traveling Circus, which has an odd cast of performers: a strong man who hurt his back too bad to lift anything, a fortune-teller with short-term memory loss, a tight-rope walker who had his speaking privileges revoked, and a sword swallower who lost his hand while feeding a tiger. While camping, they also come across a cowboy who wants to be a poet, and is trying to come up with something good enough for the annual poem contest. The Cheeseman family is being pursued by three different companies: one named Plexiwave, which ordered Agents 5, 23, 88, and 207 to take the CVR from the Cheesemans, one whose name is unknown, but they have Agents Aitch Dee and El Kyoo chasing after the Cheeseman family, and a third one who also has no name, but Agents Pavel and Leon (who's a chimpanzee) to use to trail the Cheesemans. All 3 of the coprorations may be on their trail, but the Cheesemans have a reason to risk their lives for the CVR: Olivia Cheeseman (Ethan's late wife) was murdered by Plexiwave so they could get the CVR. Ethan might have been persuaded, but Olivia, realizing that these people would use it for evil, refused any offer, no matter how much money they were wililng to give. That's when Plexiwave realized: the only way to get the CVR would be to get Olivia out of the way. So, she was called in for a doctor's appointment, in which she found that their normal doctor was sick and so a stand-in did the appointment. The stand-in doctor (who was working for Plexiwave, and probably killed the normal doctor) injected her with a drug that was supposed to keep her healthy. But of coure, Plexiwave is evil. The drug made Olivia's health rapidly get worse until one day, when she could live no longer. But in her sickness, she realized what had happened and re-coded the CVR so that even if Plexiwave did get it, they couldn't use it. The only problem was, she never told the new code needed to Ethan. She did write it down, but Ethan only has the first half of the paper. And he can't find the time to test out a bunch of different combinations, due to him constantly having to take apart the CVR and run off to a new town so they don't get caught by any of the 3 corporations. The book seems like a kid's book judging by the cover (and yes, I know that stupid saying) but it's worth reading in to. Considerint that thisis the author's first book, it has a good plotline and cliffhanger ending. It's funny at times as well. So get it. Now.
Review by Joe W.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Raven's Gate - Review by Joe W.
Raven's Gate by Anthony Horowitz
Raven's Gate is about a 14-year old named Matthew Freeman. As punishment for a crime he didn't really commit, he's given a choice: 3 years in an institution, or living with an old woman named Jayne Veverill. It would have been better if he had chosen the former. But strange things are happening in the small town of Lesser Malling - and he's the center of it all. If you're into fantasy-type stuff, this is a great book. Just make sure to grab the rest of the series, because once you pick this up, you won't put it down till you're finished.
Book Review by Joe W.
Raven's Gate is about a 14-year old named Matthew Freeman. As punishment for a crime he didn't really commit, he's given a choice: 3 years in an institution, or living with an old woman named Jayne Veverill. It would have been better if he had chosen the former. But strange things are happening in the small town of Lesser Malling - and he's the center of it all. If you're into fantasy-type stuff, this is a great book. Just make sure to grab the rest of the series, because once you pick this up, you won't put it down till you're finished.
Book Review by Joe W.
Monday, March 8, 2010
Epic - Book Review by Joe W.
Epic by Conor Kostick
In a world where violence of any kind is banned, all disputes must be
settled in a online multiplayer-style video game called Epic. This book
is about a boy named Erik who dreams to one day be a dragonslayer. But
when Erik's dad gets sent to prison for past crimes, Erik and his friends
team up to take down Central Allocations (the guys in charge) to get him
out of jail. I liked this book more than usual for its story (which I did
a really bad job of explaining) and its setting, on the technologically
advanced New Earth. There's a sequel called Saga, but sadly, as of writing,
this library does not stock it.
Book Review by Joe W.
In a world where violence of any kind is banned, all disputes must be
settled in a online multiplayer-style video game called Epic. This book
is about a boy named Erik who dreams to one day be a dragonslayer. But
when Erik's dad gets sent to prison for past crimes, Erik and his friends
team up to take down Central Allocations (the guys in charge) to get him
out of jail. I liked this book more than usual for its story (which I did
a really bad job of explaining) and its setting, on the technologically
advanced New Earth. There's a sequel called Saga, but sadly, as of writing,
this library does not stock it.
Book Review by Joe W.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Uncle John's Book of the Dumb - Book Review by Joe W.
Uncle John's Book of the Dumb by John Michael Scalzi
This book is a random collection of true stories about stupid people doing stupid things. There's a lot of variety in the stories, from police forcing a kid to shut down his lemonade stand due to a lack of a permit, to the 8-track, to a woman using a cigarette lighter to peer into a fuel tank. Reading this book, you'll learn one thing: stupidity knows no bounds (or anything else for that matter). I liked this book because I'm one of those people who laugh at this kinda dumb stuff. There's a sequel as well, if you crave more stupidity.
Book Review by Joe W.
This book is a random collection of true stories about stupid people doing stupid things. There's a lot of variety in the stories, from police forcing a kid to shut down his lemonade stand due to a lack of a permit, to the 8-track, to a woman using a cigarette lighter to peer into a fuel tank. Reading this book, you'll learn one thing: stupidity knows no bounds (or anything else for that matter). I liked this book because I'm one of those people who laugh at this kinda dumb stuff. There's a sequel as well, if you crave more stupidity.
Book Review by Joe W.
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