On Thursday, the Antichrist meets Anathema, and I don’t know where this is going. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to read Good Omens.
On Wednesday, Aziraphale and Crowley realize they have the wrong child, and set off to find the Antichrist. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to read Good Omens.
In the beginning and eleven years ago, two immortal beings decide that it might not be time to start the Apocalypse. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to start reading Good Omens.
I’ve been sitting on this post for about seven months. In fact, about 1,500 words of it had been completed before I ever opened a new document and started writing what you’re reading right now. I just couldn’t bring myself to finish writing a review about The Fault in Our Stars because it was too personal for me.
I like to end on a happy note, so let’s start off with the bad news:
I have been planning on reading four supplementary issues/collections of related Sandman material, including two Death stories and two more Sandman books. It was going to be awesome! But while I was away camping/hiking the first weekend of August, a package containing The High Cost of Living, Endless Nights, and The Dream Hunter was stolen from either the area where packages are left inside my gated apartment complex OR from outside my apartment itself. Normally, I’d just buy more and chalk it up to bad luck, but as of the time I’m writing this (August 8th, OH MY GOD THE PAST), I am about to leave to Chicago for LeakyCon and I just can’t afford to drop more money on books. All three of the comic places I frequent in the East Bay and San Francisco are also out of all three of these comics.
So, I am unfortunately going to have to delay me reviewing these, but not by much. The wonderful SpectralBovine is lending me his copies!!!! You will still get reviews of all of them. Like the Legend of Korra posts on Mark Watches, they WILL NOT take the place of other regularly scheduled reviews. You’ll just get two posts in one day. I will delay these posts for ONE WEEK. That means the first review of The High Cost of Living will go up on August 23rd. Please check the Master Schedule for the new order!
Here’s the good news: tomorrow, I will have a surprise one-off review I’ve been meaning to complete for a while. No, I will not tell you what it is. 🙂 (Unless you subscribe to my newsletter. Those folks already know!)
On Monday, August 20th, we will be starting the next project on this site: Mark Reads Good Omens. The Master Schedule is updated with the breakdown for how posts will be split up so that you can follow along, especially since Good Omens does not have traditional chapters. This book has easily been the most-requested non-series book for Mark Reads, and I am ecstatic to finally introduce myself to Terry Pratchett’s writing.
It will take 10 posts to cover Good Omens, so that means that on August 27th, I will start the Newsflesh trilogy and the Song of the Lionness quartet. Like I do with Angel and Buffy on Mark Watches, posts will alternate between the two series. This way, I can cover two distinctly different things at the same time and y’all don’t have to wait forever for me to get to some other stuff. As always, check the Master Schedule for the OFFICIAL order of posts.
Thank you all for understanding! I am very excited to start new things around here. YAY!
In the seventy-fifth and final issue of The Sandman, Dream commissions the final play he is owed by William Shakespeare, and Shakespeare demands to know why Dream wanted a specific story told. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to read The Sandman.
In the seventy-fourth issue of The Sandman, an exiled man comes across Dream in a desert at two points in Dream’s life, and it forever changes his destiny. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to read The Sandman.
HUZZAH! After much work and editing, the longest single Mark Reads book is now complete. Clocking in at around 75,000 words, here is Mark Reads Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
The fabulous Jamie Herman designed this stunning cover. SHE IS SO TALENTED, I SWEAR. You can purchase a PDF, ePub (iBooks, Nook) or .mobi (Kindle) version of this book for just $4.99Â on MarkDoesStuff.com.Â
What will you get?
Oh shit, that means I get to start the next Doctor Who book, which will be about series three, which means MARTHA JONES FEELINGS WILL BE EXPLODING EVERYWHERE. Unprepared forever.
Thank you to everyone who already purchased a copy just from me Tweeting it this afternoon. You rule!
In the seventy-third issue of The Sandman, Hob Gadling copes with the loss of his longtime friend. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to read The Sandman.
In the seventy-second issue of The Sandman, the wake begins. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to read The Sandman.
