Read through Gillian Flynn's "The Grown-Up," a novella previously published in a GRRM-edited collection. I thought it was quick, funny, spooky, and it didn't overstay its welcome. While you patiently wait for a follow-up to "Gone Girl," this wouldn't serve you wrong. Though, I wouldn't pay much more than the $2 it…

I feel this pain. iTunes ripped off Spotify's interface, and took away all my cataloguing, giving me extreme nerd rage.

Not sure about his comics work, but I loved Kavalier and Clay, and had a lot of fun with Yiddish Policeman's Union. Telegraph Avenue is in my stack, but I've had a similar experience: I'll read ten pages and feel exhausted almost immediately.

Same! I hadn't realized Acedia's first volume had landed. With Chabon on board? That's a winning combo.

Agreed on the Japanese occupation of China. These flashback sections constituted the most enjoyable passages in the book. I get that a great amount of confusion is to be expected with Murakami, but I found it tolerable in "1Q84" and unbearable in "Wind-Up Bird Chronicle."

Should also mention: I'm about to dig into "Clyde Fans" by Seth after a terrific sales pitch at my local bookstore.

Wolf in White Van is the correct choice of those two, mainly because you will be able to finish it in a year's time.

I got an ARC a month ago from Goodreads. "Slade House" is a bunch of spooky fun, but definitely not as deep and interesting as his previous novels.

Have to disagree on the art. I found Alias' gritty art to be a nice counterpart to Bendis' and Maleev's Daredevil run.

Glad to hear it! Really enjoyed the first two, and I have big expectations. In a similar vein, anyone read this year's big winner, "The Three-Body Problem?"

Got through Inherent Vice and enjoyed it, but Gravity's Rainbow first 100 pages drove me into a fit and I haven't read anything of his since.

Just finished off Haruki Murakami's "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle." I was very excited to read it, but found it to be a real slog who's narrative bounced all over the map and concluded with a nap on a train, but very little resolution of the variety of plot lines. It's a real shame as (I'm just asking for Murakami…

The AV Club has been on point this fine Monday, dropping reviews on a few books I've been curious about. I loved "The Corrections", should I take the dive with "Purity" or skip?

I was wondering if the Hip came before the Seth, or vice versa. The Canadian chicken or the egg problem.

Just picked up Seth's "It's a Good Life If You Don't Weaken," mainly because it is supposedly one of the mainstays of Canadian graphic literature. Also, about to dive into volume 5 of Matt Kindt's fantastic "Mind MGMT." Very excited to dig into the AV Club feature once I'm through with it.

I consider myself well versed in Marvel, but I should have offerred the qualifier that it was one of the better event comics. Young Avengers (Gillen & McKelvie) would probably get the nod for best team book of the last few years, Fraction's Iron Man is fairly good though it has a lot of ups and downs.

I flipped through it the other day. Some of the art is spectacular and exceptionally detailed. The ending isn't as strong as it should be given the premise.

For some reason, I mentally group Civil War and the subsequent Death of Captain America/Bucky Cap as part of the same storyline. Perhaps that is giving me a higher opinion of it than it deserves; however, as an intro to the Marvel Universe it does provide a storyline that contains (mostly) characters that will be…

My intro to modern superhero comics was Civil War. I recently reread it and it holds up extremely well. You'd be hard pressed to find a more accessible and all encompassing view of the Marvel Universe.

Recently finished "The Sculptor" by Scott McCloud and found it to be quite good. A few weeks out, I find that the female lead is a little flimsy and generic. Even so, highly recommended! In floppies I'm currently digging Hickman's Secret Wars, Saga, Deadly Class, John's Justice League (the run has been hit and miss,…