The vampire Diaries: The struggle

The Vampire Diaries books are very different from the TV show. Elena, Stefan, Damon, Bonie, Caroline & Alaric are in both but the stories are totaly different. The Struggle is the 2nd book in the series. It ends with Elena being turned into a vampire. The TV show is going in a different direction. At least the part of the 1st season I watched so far. I enjoy both very much.

New comics

1. Angel #38
2. Doctor Who: The only good Dalek
3. Terminator 1984 #2
4. Torchwood #4

29 new comics so far in October 2010. WOW !!!
The Doctor Who book was a huge surprise since I didn't know that it's going to be released :)

New books

1. CSI: Killing game
2. Doctor Who: The feast of the drowned
3. Blood pact by Tania Huff

9 new books so far in October 2010.

Sherlock Holmes news from Dynamite

In January, the origin of one of the world's most iconic heroes - Sherlock Holmes - is revealed. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's dauntless detective returns in an all-new series of adventures exploring the sleuth's untold origins! Join Dr. John Watson as he meets young Sherlock Holmes in a fateful encounter that will forever shape both men's destinies! Mysteries and murders most foul abound as we discover clues that reveal just how Holmes became the world's most famous detective!

Sherlock Holmes: Year One is no mere ‘Year One' story. For both Watson and readers, Sherlock Holmes IS the mystery. Who is he? Where does he come from? What drives him? Watson is compelled to find out. And it'll take more than deductive reasoning to solve the most important case of the detectives' careers, a dozen murders laid squarely at their feet!

New comics

1. Doctor Who #16 - Final sacrifice p.4
2. Star Trek: Captain's log - Jellico
3. Stargate: Vala Mal Doran #4
4. True blood #4

25 new comics so far in October 2010.

Doctor Who: Ghosts of India

Donna wanted to eat Indian food so my beloved 10th Doctor took her to Calcutta. As usual he got the time wrong and they find theselves in the last weeks of Britain's rule of India. They meet some pompous Brits, Ghandi and 2 aliens. 1 good and the other is the bad guy in the story. I love the Doctor Who books !!!

G.I. Joe: The rise of Cobra - movie adaptation

I haven't seen the movie and was disappointed. The art isn't good, esp. when compared to the art in the ongoing series. Also sometimes the connection between panels wasn't clear enough. The story is about how Duke & Ripcord joined the Joes.

Dracula

The day after I returned from a trip to Romania I foundthis comics adaptation if Bram Stoker's book in the bargains bin. Talk about coinsidence :) Any how I enjoyed it a lot although the written diaries part was a bit archaic and hard to read because the colors they used were not distinctive enough. Otherwise the art was good.

The rest of January 2011 solicitations

Dynamite:

1. JIM BUTCHER DRESDEN FILES FOOL MOON #3
2. SHERLOCH HOLMES: YEAR ONE #1

Zenospcope:

1. CHARMED #8

Only 9 new items solicited for January 2011, is a world record low :( Guess I'll be ake to addord 2 G.I. Joe TPs.

IDW for January 2011

1. ANGEL #41
2. ANGEL ILLYRIA #3
3. DOCTOR WHO VOL 2 #1
4. SPIKE #4
5. STAR TREK KHAN RULING IN HELL #4

6 items so far solicited for January 2011. Only 5 new items from IDW is a world record low :(

Stargate SG-1: Four Dragons

Haleluya !!! At last a true SG-1 book after several a bit disappointing books. It ake place soon after Daniel's return from his accenssion. He gers captured by Lord Yu and the rest of SG-1 with the help of Master Bra'tac and Jacob Carter/Selmak go to the rescue. The end is very surprising when SG-1 discovered that the whole oredeal was Lord Yu's way of testing SG-1 and esp. Jack O'neill to see if they are capable of protecting Earth againsy Anubis. Loed Yu's conceren for Earth's well ebing is very surprising.

There is going to be a sequel to this book called Stargate SG-1: The drift which will take place in Antartica according to the auther. WOOHOO !!!

Spartan gold by clive cussler

Clive Cussler with help of others so far published over 30 books. I already read most of them. It started wih Dirk Pitt adventures. The Kurt Austin and the Oregon adventures were later added to the list. All these books are connected to the oceans and Numa. This book is the 1st in the Fargo adventures. New heroes who are treasure hunters and have no connection (so far) to Numa. The formula is the same: bit's of history mixed with riddles and twists and at the end our heroes descover another rare peace of history. This time it's 2 gold columns from Delphi.

While Dan Brown's 3rd Langdon book using the same formula was boring and idiotic, Cussler manage to keep all his books (so far) interesting and refreshing. I'm looking forward to reading more Faego adventures.

Supernatural: Beginning's end

The TV show started with Sam as a tudent in Sanford and John Winchester being missing for a long time. This book is the 3rd part of the TV show's prequel. In the 1st 2 part Sam & Dean were kids. Here they are already near their age in the serie. Dean is 20 something and Sam is 18. The book tells what happened right after Sam's graduation from highschool and how her ended up in Stanford while his dad went missing. Very interesting read. Another book telling what happend with Dean in time between the end of the book and the start of the TV show could be very interesting too. Unfortunatly DC decided to shut down Wildstorm, so I don't see any more Supernatural comics in the future :(

New comics

1. Angel v. Frankenstrin II
2. Spike #1
3. Star Trek: Khan ruling in hell #1
4. Tek war #8 - persistence of memory p.4

21 new comics so far in October 2010.

New books

1. Dark visions by L.J. Smith
2. Night world vol.1 by L.J. Smith
3. Vampie diaries: The struggle by L.J. Smith
4. Smallville: Dragon

6 new books so far in October 2010. Actually 3 of the books listed above are omnibuses consisting of 8 books, and I got the lot for 3rd of what the previous owners paid for them when they bought them as new. :)

Doctor Who news from IDW

IDW announced a new ongoing DOCTOR WHO comic book series, which will now feature all-new adventures of Matt Smith, the Eleventh Doctor. This January 2011, IDW Publishing launches DOCTOR WHO #1, kicking off an all-new ongoing comic book series.Penned by writer, Tony Lee, DOCTOR WHO #1 finds the Doctor and his new companions, Amy Pond and Rory Williams, battling holographic spam and 'friending' requests on a planet that's hours from destruction by an alien race. IDW's new ongoing comic book series promises not to dial down the excitement, offering holographic spam fighting Mad Max-esque mercenaries, Victorian Jack The Ripper suspense, penalty shoot-outs against Vikings and Cybernetic Space Pirate Dinosaurs among the many adventures that the Eleventh Doctor will be having. Said IDW's DOCTOR WHO editor Denton J. Tipton, "There's going to be something for everyone in this story. For example, fans of the classic series should be on the look out for a classic DOCTOR WHO villain!""I could tell you who they are, but I'd have to kill you," adds Lee. "Let's just say we've been given special dispensation to use them, and we have a killer story - in all senses of the word!"

CSI NY: Blood on the sun

2 murder mysteries for the price of one. In the murder of the family I guessed quite early that the father started to rape his daughter and then killed her and his wife. In the 2nd murder, that Bloom guy was a the main suspect from the beginning because of the bloodwood connection. But till the end I didn't guess that he was a CIA hitman under disguise.

Stargate SG-1: The power behind the throne

I love Stargate SG-1 in whatever format I watch or read their adventures. But I've mixed feelings about this book. The author took the easy way out and just copied descriptions of what happened in the consentration camps during the Hololocost changing only the names of the players: Nazies = Corvanie, Jews = Kelani and Hitler = Corvus Keen. I read Stargate for entertainment, not to be reminded of the Holocost !!!

Also SG-1 was not portrayed as their usual selves. They were subdued too easily, esp. O'neill. The end is also baffeling. We don't know if SG-1 arrived safely to the SGC including Jack who was detained by the Goa'uld Iblis after the rest of the team entered the wormhole. And so far there is no hint to a sequel.

Under world by Reginald Hill

Another great Daziel & Pascoe book. This time DI Peter Pascoe has the leading role, and at the end he is promoted to DCI. The book is so good that till the last pages I didn't guess who the real murderer is. The only thing I was sure of was that Billy Farr and his dog Jacko were murdered, but not why. I thought that Billy was excuted by the miners because they believed that he murdered the little girl. I was wrong.

The only part of the book I didn't like was the way Ellie Pascoe behaved around the young stad Colin Farr. Peter deserve much better from his wife.

Dark horse for January 2011

1. BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #40

1 item so far solicited for January 2011.

New books

1. Medusa by Clive Cussler
2. Spartan gold by Clive Cussler

2 new books so far in October 2010. I love it when the local bookstore sells 2 books for the price of 1 :)

New comics

1. Buffy #37 - Last gleaming p.2
2. Charmed #3 - Innocents lost
3. Dracula #1-4
4. Dresden Files: Storm front v. 2 #3
5. Stargate: Daniel Jackson #3

17 new comics so far in October 2010, and it's still the beginning of October. Looks like I'll have to watch myself comics wise till the end of the month :)

New books from Spetember 2010

1. 1-800-where-r-you: Safe house by Mag Cabot
2. 1-800-where-r-you: Code name Cassandra by Mag Cabot
3. 1-800-where-r-you: When lightening strike by Mag Cabot
4. 1-800-where-r-you: Sanctuary by Mag Cabot

8 new books in September 2010

New comics

1. Angel #37
2. G.I. Joe: cobra special #2
3. G.I. Joe: hearts & minds #5
4. G.I. Joe: the rise of cobra - movie adaptation
5. Star Trek: burden of knowledge #4
6. Spike: the devil you know #4
7. Terminator 1984 #1
8. Torchwood #3
9. True blood #3

9 new comics so far in October 2010. Not a bad start.