Star Wars: Razor’s Edge (Star Wars Legends) Author: Martha Wells Release Date: September 24, 2013 Series: Empire and Rebellion #1 Publisher: Lucas Books, Del Rey Source: NetGalley DRC Genre(s): Science Fiction, Media Tie-In Rating: ????? Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon I grew up on Star Wars books. I did my very first book report on Timothy Zahn’s […]
Connectivity and Commentary: The Video Game Monologues
So what’s a blogger who doesn’t play video games to say about a play about video games? Basically, regardless of your commitment to gaming or your feelings about theatre, The Video Game Monologues is an hour of entertainment for pretty much anyone. From portrayals of romantic and familial bonds through […]
Sons of Anarchy: Straw & One One Six Recap
Sons of Anarchy: Straw (6×01) Synopsis: The crew deals with the change in leadership, as they strike up new deals with local groups. Tara deals with being in jail. Toric makes a few trips to the prison and lays some brickwork down for his revenge plan. Rating: ????? We’re down to […]
Monday Night Crime with Bones & Castle Sept 23
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epbv15nMcLE] Castle: Valkyrie (6×01) Synopsis: After 6 weeks apart, Castle surprises Beckett at her apartment in DC, where he causes some trouble when he attempts to help her with a classified case. Rating: ★★★☆☆ The season kicks off right where it stopped, Beckett agrees to marry Castle. Yay! Except she needs to […]
The Origins of Cyborg 009 Retold
Cyborg 009 Author: F.J. DeSanto, Bradley Cramp, Shotaro Ishinomori, Stephen Christy Illustrator: Marcus To, Ian Herring Release Date: September 24, 2013 Publisher: Archaia Entertainment Source: NetGalley DRC Genre(s): Science Fiction, Manga Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: — GoodReads | Amazon Like many nerds, I went through a pretty serious anime phase once upon a time. My experiences with Fullmetal Alchemist […]
Sea Change is the Story of a Girl and Her Kraken
Sea Change Author: S.M. Wheeler Release Date: June 18, 2013 Publisher: Macmillan, Tor, Forge Source: NetGalley DRC Genre(s): Fantasy, Fairy Tale-ish, Young Adult-ish Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Mild GoodReads | Amazon Do you ever come across those books that you almost immediately know aren’t for you and yet you feel compelled to finish the story anyway because you […]
March Reaffirms the Power of Graphic Novels
March: Book One Author: John Lewis and Andrew Aydin Illustrator: Nate Powell Release Date: August 13, 2013 Publisher: Top Shelf Productions Source: NetGalley DRC Genre(s): History, Biography, Graphic Novel Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Medium GoodReads | Amazon John Lewis is a living legend. Born in 1940 he has been the Representative from the 5th District of Georgia since […]
Sleepy Hollow: Pilot Recap
Sleepy Hollow (1×01) Synopsis: The pilot kicks off and gives us our first taste of Sleepy Hollow. A small town with not so small secrets, no one knows who to trust and Ichabod Crane is enamored by electric windows and emancipation. Rating: ★★★★☆ Sleepy Hollow opened in the Hudson Valley in 1731 […]
Off Topic TV Roundup: Sept 14-21, 2013
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iysG6J4xH2s] Bones: The Secrets in the Proposal (9×01) Synopsis: Booth gets a visit from a friend from the CIA and visits a priest to make sense of the chaos Pelant has weaked, while Brennan deals with her disappointment and its effect on her relationship with Boot Rating: ????? It’s been a while […]
Educate Yourself With These Geek-tastic Non-Fiction Titles
Despite how many books I manage to read and review for Nerdophiles I feel like the vast majority of what I read on a day-to-day basis is actually what most people would classify as ‘Non-Fiction.’ Well, if you consider textbooks non-fiction, anyway, which considering I am in law school right […]