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Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!   I seriously do no t know where this year has gone . It is already half way through 2016, and Summer is 18 days away. This means that comic book companies will delivering many new stories to get our attention. Marvel's Civil War II is underway and DC Comics has unveiled Rebirth. Let 's check out what is on teh way this first week of June. Here are my pics for Wednesday, June 2 , 2016: Boom Studios Pink Ran ger # 1 The Pink Ranger of the Mighty Morphin Power Ran gers debuts in her own comic! Writer: Brendan Fletcher   Art: Daniele Di Nicuolo   Cover: Elsa Charretier     $3.99/ 7 covers DC Comics     Green Arrow Rebirth #1 The b eginning for Gree n Arrow sees a meeting with Black Canary . Writer: Benjamin Percy $ 2 .99/ 2 covers Green Lanterns Rebirth # 1 The team up of a generation ends it s run and th...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons,    Tuesday Talks is a group on Goodreads that is a weekly discussion forum created by Janie Johnson and her pal, Janelle. It is a very active group and is very fun to be a part of.   This week's question is:  Do You Read Novellas That Are Included in a Series?      Yes, I love reading short stories and novellas that are included in a series. I find that they do a great job filling the blanks of character pasts and world building. There are many stories that lead up to the main story that are sometimes just touched upon in a sentence or a paragraph. I found this to be true of Gwenda Bond's Lois Lane young adult books for DC Comics. She wrote two short stories that told us what Lois was up to before her family moved to Metropolis. Both stories were highly entertaining, and they s et the mood for the first and second novels in the series. Janet Evanovich released "Between the Plums" a few years back to in...