Kurt Mason
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Isn't It Bromantic?
Summer is the perfect time to kick back and relax with a good book. For me, summer reading has a different feel to it than winter reading. During the winter, I find myself getting cozy with a thrilling adventure or shocking mystery, but during the summer I want to sit by the pool with a nice steamy romance or daring drama. Beach reads, a popular subgenre of books designed to capture the ease of the summer spirit, are often a section of the bookstore that I overlook, but there was something about this book that caught my eye.
By Kurt Mason3 years ago in Humans
Watchers Unite
As an avid fan of all things Buffy the Vampire Slayer, I am ashamed to think about how long this book has been sitting on my bookshelf waiting to be read. My Buffy obsession started as I would get up early in the summer to catch the early morning episodes on The WB network or as I would patiently wait to get one DVD at a time when Netflix still came in the mail. After finishing the series for the first time… and the second time.. I was continually disappointed that Buffy would no longer be in my life. I gave a fair attempt to the Buffy video game (yikes), I’ve read some of the comic and graphic novel series, and I have played the Buffy board game, but it was seeing this book on the display rack at the bookstore that reignited that spark of love I will always have for the Buffyverse.
By Kurt Mason3 years ago in Geeks
Shattering of Peace
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say, but it seemed like all I could hear were the piercing shrieks of terror and agony rising out of the chaos below the palace. The acrid stench of burning flesh and combusted armaments filled the air, and the ground seemed to shake with each mighty impact. With their homes ablaze, people were running, scrambling to escape the death that surrounded them. Mothers and children were desperately making their way towards the palace as their sons, husbands, and fathers were heading towards the barracks that were stationed along the outer gates of the city. In the distance, trails of dust rose as those who were working in the fields sped towards sanctuary. The imperial fleet emerged from the darkness of the cosmic clouds, inching closer with each passing second. The time had finally come. We were under attack.
By Kurt Mason3 years ago in Fiction
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian
This book has been on my reading list for a long time; actually, this book was the topic of discussion in my young adult literature class during college, but I never got around to reading it (despite the rave reviews by some of my classmates and my professor). As I was looking at the book list for my graduate course starting in a few weeks, this title appeared again, and I realized that it was finally time to sit down and read this book.
By Kurt Mason4 years ago in Humans
The Pigman
This book was actually recommended to me by one of my students. I have a few voracious readers who are constantly scanning the library shelves looking for new books to devour. Although most of my students who read enjoy reading contemporary young adult fiction, I try to encourage them to read titles that they may not typically pick up off of the shelf--and this was one of those titles. After reading the book overnight, my student practically forced it into my hand, encouraging me to read it.
By Kurt Mason4 years ago in Geeks
Life After Life
This book came to me via Literati, and after reading the dust jacket I felt as though I was in for another great read. However, as I began to read, I found my mind wandering, and I realized that reading almost began feeling like a chore--like something I had to do simply to finish the book--instead of a relaxing pastime. There were parts of the story that kept me engaged as a reader, but there were parts that left me struggling to turn the page. In places, I found myself counting the pages left until the chapter would end just so that I could finish.
By Kurt Mason4 years ago in Humans
Ghost Boy
I picked this up because I had thought about teaching it to my students, and I found that I was pleasantly surprised at how good it was. At first glance, I expected this to be a stereotypical “don’t judge a book by its cover” or “it’s what’s on the inside that truly matters” type of book--and it was--but I found that it was also so much more than that.
By Kurt Mason4 years ago in Geeks
Luster
This was another mystery Literati arrival, and a title that I certainly don’t think that I would have picked out for myself. It took me longer than was expected to finish reading this because I was continually trying to figure out if I should give up and put the book down, or if I should continue reading and see it through to the end; ultimately, I did finish reading, but this book left me with a rather lackluster satisfaction. At first glance, this book has everything that I love to read: drama, romance, scandal, complicated relationships, and a search for a sense of belonging, but for me it just never delivered.
By Kurt Mason5 years ago in Humans
