"West Newport Blues" by P.S. Foley is a love letter to time and place that doesn't exist anymore: Newport Beach in the 1970s. Scotty and Bobby are high school seniors, best friends who love to surf. Bobby is also a football star, Scotty prefers writing but he's popular just because he's Bobby's best friend. It was fun to read about how Newport used to be back then, and Foley captured the spirit of the place well, I think. I enjoyed the tale of teenage friendship, even if it seemed a little too sentimental to be realistic. It's a rare teen boy who is that self-aware.
And so ends "Fables" by Bill Willingham, after a dozen years and 150 issues. It was a great run and I enjoyed it. On the eve of their big battle, Rose Red meets with Snow White to discuss a treaty. Rose feels their family curse must be broken, after all, according to legend their family can only bear daughters and Snow White has sons with Bigby. They decide to never inhabit the same world and hope for the best, and send their armies home without bloodshed. It seems to have worked: there is a scene set many years in the future of their reunion after being apart for so long. It was a fitting ending to this series.
I'm a big fan of "The Big Bang Theory", and Kunal Nayyar, who plays Raj, seems like a nice guy. His autobiography was fun and sweet: growing up in India, coming to America to go to school and getting bit by the acting bug, deciding to pursue his dream and getting his big break by landing the job on "The Big Bang Theory". It was a fun, quick read.
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