On Thursday, it was announced our beloved Sir Ian McKellen will star in Bill Condon’s adaption of Mitch Collin’s A Slight Trick of the Mind. This may be the most beautiful, genius piece of news we’ve heard all year. Ian McKellen will play a long retired Holmes who lives with […]
Indie eBook Roundup #6
This is a particularly good book drop this time around, folks. Each book on this list probably worthy of three stars (even though I gave two of them two stars ) and you won’t go wrong with any one of them. We’ve got stuff for middle grade readers, fantasy lovers, […]
Dragon Run is A Surprisingly Solid Middle Grade Fantasy
Dragon Run Author: Patrick Matthews Release Date: March 1, 2013 Publisher: Scholastic Source: NetGalley ARC Genre(s): Middle Grade, Middle Grade Fantasy Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: High GoodReads | Amazon If you can look past the unimaginative name, Dragon Run is actually a really good fantasy novel for anyone – not just middle grade readers! I mean, […]
Breaking Bad: Rabid Dog Recap
Breaking Bad: Rabid Dog (5×12) Synopsis: Jesse’s realization begins to have consequences for Walt, while an unlikely partnership is formed. Rating: ★★★★☆ Nothing raises my stress levels quite like Breaking Bad. Walt walking around his gas-soaked house and finding nothing didn’t make me feel relieved – it made me feel like FUCKING […]
Full Bore: The First Dig Snorts It's Way to Your PC on Sept. 10
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=EXhOyTD6Tik] If you remember way back in December, I got word from an old college buddy of mine named Casey Carlin that he and some friends of his from high school were embarking on a journey to create their first game under the name Whole Hog Games. I was immediately […]
KotOR & Mass Effect Scribe Releases Children of Fire
Children of Fire Author: Drew Karpyshyn Release Date: August 27, 2013 Publisher: Del Rey Source: Edelweiss DRC Genre(s): Fantasy Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Medium GoodReads | Amazon Okay, so, we all know that high fantasy usually isn’t my thing – at least not when it comes to books anyway. I’m trying to change, though. I am trying to embrace […]
Tackle the Alien Invasion in Middle Grade Sci-Fi Thriller Earthfall
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=VdiuK-sP7vA] Earthfall Author: Mark Walden Release Date: August 27, 2013 (US); June 7, 2012 (UK) Publisher: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers (US); Bloombury (UK) Source: Edelweiss DRC Genre(s): Middle Grade Fiction, Middle Grade Science Fiction, Alien Invasion Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Mild GoodReads | Amazon I’ve been waiting for a good alien invasion story to hit […]
Indie eBook Roundup #5
Welcome to the fifth installation of the Indie eBook Roundup! We’ve got a couple really good ones here for you and a few others that might be worth your time. The last two on our list, in particular, are pretty stellar reads for fans of their particular genres. And if […]
Read The Book That Inspired ABC's New Series Resurrection
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=0e7vp9yMTuA] The Returned Author: Jason Mott Release Date: August 27, 2013 Publisher: Harlequin MIRA Source: NetGalley ARC Genre(s): Science Fiction, Religion, Family Drama, Grief Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: High GoodReads | Amazon When I first sat down to read The Returned I was actually very excited. I hard first heard about the book not through any literary circles but […]
Yellowcake Bakes a Blend of Fantastic YA Shorts
Yellowcake Author: Margo Lanagan Release Date: June 18, 2013 Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Source: NetGalley DRC, Edelweiss DRC Genre(s): Young Adult, Short Stories, Fantasy, Horror, Speculative Fiction Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: N/A GoodReads | Amazon First off, please forgive the title of this article. I was strapped for ideas and I thought, hey, ‘yellow cake’ […]
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