Title: Elizabeth Webster and the Court of Uncommon PleasAuthor: William LashnerPub. Date: October 15, 2019Publisher: Disney-HyperionFormats: Hardcover, eBook, audiobookPages: 320Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, Audible, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD It’s not often that my love of middle grade fiction and my chosen profession find common ground which is probably why I enjoyed Elizabeth Webster and the Court of […]
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Kickstarter Watch: Immerse Yourself in a D&D Campaign with Adventure Boxes
Immersive Dungeons & Dragons Tabletop RPG Adventure Boxes Dungeons & Dragons is a layered game. At its core it is about imagination and story telling. However, you can’t bring a bunch of nerds around a table to talk fantasy without some of them getting carried away. D&D has become a […]
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Join the Kids in Mr. Wolf’s Class for Some Silly Fourth Grade Adventures!
I really enjoy how relatable these books are because while obviously none of our kids are animals in real-life they can easily see themselves and their friends in Mr. Wolf’s Class.
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Shannon Hale & LeUyen Pham’s ‘Best Friends’ is the Perfect Back-to-School Pick for Middle Grade Readers!
Title: Best FriendsAuthor: Shannon HaleIllustrator: LeUyen PhamSeries: Real Friends #2Release Date: August 27, 2019Publisher: First SecondReview Spoilers: LowGoodReads | Amazon Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham are back with this stunning sequel to their autobiographical take on Hale’s childhood, Real Friends. Picking up where the last book left off, Best Friends covers a particularly tumultuous […]
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Return to the 80’s with Ben & Jensen
I’m of the firm belief that a lot of the pop culture nonsense we have today can likely trace its path back to the 80’s. Comedy singing duo Ben & Jensen probably agree. After their successful video Back in the 90’s, they decided to take it back to what even […]
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‘The Cook and the King’ is a Fun, Silly Tale About a Hungry King and His Terrified Cook
Title: The Cook and the KingAuthor: Julia DonaldsonIllustrator: David RobertsRelease Date: May 7, 2019Publisher: Harry N. AbramsReview Spoilers: LowGoodReads | Amazon A clever tale about a king searching for a new cook, The Cook and the King is a fun book that will entertain kids and parents alike. It’s a sort of modern fairy tale […]
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Rockstar Book Tours: ‘Sam Saves the Night’ is a Great, Not-So-Spooky Middle Grade Halloween Read!
Title: Sam Saves the NightAuthor: Shari SimpsonPub. Date: October 1, 2019Publisher: Disney-HyperionFormats: Hardcover, eBookPages: 304Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD As a proud member of the ladies-named-Sam team, it was probably inevitable that I’d check out Shari Simpson’s Sam Saves the Night. After all, if the title is to be believed, I was destined to […]
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Zombieland: Less of a Double Tap and More of Swipe Left
Release Date: October 18, 2019Cast: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Abigail Breslin, Emma Stone, Rosario Dawson, Zoey Deutch, Luke WilsonDirector: Ruben FleischerStudio: Columbia PicturesDistributor: Sony PicturesSpoilers: LowIMDB| Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia There are some movies that are really fun to write reviews for, either because they’re so transcendentally good and I feel the need to proselytize, or because they’re so […]
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Win Tickets to See Stephen King’s Doctor Sleep at the World Premiere!
Are you as excited as we are to return back to the world of The Shining? Well, we are giving away two tickets to the world premiere of Stephen King’s Doctor Sleep starring Ewan McGregor and Rebecca Ferguson! The film follows the character of Danny Torrance years after the events […]
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Rockstar Book Tours: Grace Goes to Washington! [Giveaway]
Title: Grace Goes to WashingtonAuthor: Kelly DiPucchio, LeUyen Pham (Illustrations)Pub. Date: September 3, 2019Publisher: Disney-HyperionFormats: Hardcover, eBookPages: 40Find it:Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD Fans of DiPucchio and Pham’s Grace For President, rejoice! Grace and her class are back and this time they are taking on the legislative branch of the US government. This is the perfect […]
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Gemini Man, Double the Willenium
Release Date: October 11th, 2019Cast: Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead Benedict Wong, Clive Owen, Will SmithDirector: Ang LeeStudio: Skydance Media, Jerry Burckheimer Films, Fosun Pictures, Alibaba PicturesDistributor: Paramount PicturesSpoilers: LowIMDB| Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia Will Smith is Henry Brogen, an expert assassin – the best in the business- and a man who wants to retire. The only problem? His […]
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Gauntlet Con 2019 is Just Around the Corner!
Gauntlet Con 2019 is almost here! The Gauntlet gaming community is hosting their annual convention later this month and I am absolutely so stoked to share this with all the Nerdophiles readers out there. You know we’re fans of RPGs around these parts but there’s more out there than just […]
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JOKER – A Mad, If Meh, Tale
Release Date: October 4th, 2019Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie BeetzDirector: Todd PhillipsStudio: DC Films, village Roadshow Pictures, Bron Creative, Joint EffortDistributor: Warner Bros. PicturesSpoilers: LowIMDB| Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia Joker is an interesting movie. An origin story for a character that has never had a real one thus far, a movie in the Batman universe without Batman, […]
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Sorry For Your Loss: Middle Finger, Thumbs Up Recap
The second season for Facebook Watch show, Sorry For Your Loss, has officially begun! Take a look at the recap of the last two episodes of last season to refresh your memory! The first season of Sorry For Your Loss showed us the pain and heartbreak of losing your significant […]
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“Birds Of Prey” Official Trailer Revels In A Newly Single Harley Quinn
Newly single, newly emancipated; Harley Quinn is back in our lives and we’re loving it! Set after Harley has freed herself broken up with Joker, Birds Of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn finds our favorite psychologist-turned-antihero back in Gotham with a new crew of friends. The […]
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