Behind Blue Eyes

Perusing Portland by Jason R. Koivu My rating: 4 of 5 stars Disclaimer: Jason Koivu is a friend that I met on Goodreads several years back, so there might be some slight positive bias here. That said, I really enjoyed this short overview of the Portland area. I was fortunate enough to go to Portland last week for a work conference, and I happened to find out I was going right about the time Jason released this. So heck yeah, $1.00 or two later (I can't remember), I snatched this baby right up. I did set it aside so I could read it closer to the time of my trip. Well, it sure came in handy. I didn't get to it until I was actually on the trip, so there is a mix of suggestions that I used from the book with some things I'd already seen by the time I saw them mentioned. But all told, this made for a fun read while I was there. Jason's sense of humor made me laugh out loud a few times too. It's not the most thorough or complete guide t...

Red Hood/Arsenal, Vol. 1: Open for Business by Scott Lobdell My rating: 3 of 5 stars I received a preview eARC of this title from the publisher through NetGalley. Yeah, so my only experience with Roy Harper was the version of him on Arrow , and I'm still binging that to get caught up. So I see he has a new title, partnered up with one of the former Robins, Jason Todd. Great! I'm actually thinking it will be great to see Red Hood break away from Green Arrow and get his own action going.. Except. I was confused. Based on the above exposure, I somehow thought Roy was Red Hood. Because well, he wears a red hoodie on Arrow . Silly me to assume that. Now, as I said I'm not caught up, so no spoilers if the Arsenal thing happens or doesn't happen on the show. So Roy Harper is Arsenal, wearing a red outfit and toting a bunch of arrows. Alright, I had the idea right, just the name flipped. The Red Hood is actually the other dude wearing a red...