UFOlogy #1 (of 6) Writer: James Tynion IV and Noah J. Yuenkel Artist: Matthew Fox Release Date: April 1, 2015 Publisher: BOOM! Studios Source: BOOM! Studios DRC Genre(s): Science Fiction Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Moderate BOOM! Studios had me at ‘James Tynion IV’ with this one. The Woods has been my favorite on-going series […]
Sleepless Knight is a Super Cute Introductory Graphic Novel for Kids
Sleepless Knight Author: James Sturm, Alexis Frederick-Frost, Andrew Arnold Release Date: April 14, 2015 Publisher: First Second Books Genre(s): Fantasy, Children’s Graphic Novel Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Mild GoodReads | Amazon Sleepless Knight is an adorable, short all-ages comic that’s half children’s picture book and half graphic novel. The titular knight and her trusty stead Edward head […]
The Nerdist is Throwing the Ultimate Marvel Movie Marathon – And You Can Go!
Announced mere moments ago at WonderCon, the Nerdist is teaming up with the historic El Capitan Theatre to host an epic two day, twenty-nine hour, eleven film Marvel movie marathon ending with an advanced screening of Avengers: Age of Ultron. Yes, you heard that right. 29 hours of Marvel movie […]
#VeryRealisticYA Let’s Us All Poke Fun at Our Love for YA Books
For the past two months one of my absolute favorite Twitter accounts has been @DystopianYA. The account good-naturedly lampoons the stereotypes so prevalent in young adult literature. The account is helmed by writer Dana Schwartz who also runs the popular @GuyinYourMFA account and brings the same sort of humor to […]
A Thousand Pieces of You Shows that Perhaps Love Really Does Transcend All
A Thousand Pieces of You Author: Claudia Gray Series: Firebird #1 Release Date: November 4, 2014 Publisher: Harper Teen Genre(s): YA, Science Fiction, Romance Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Mild GoodReads | Amazon This book had me hooked from the moment I first read the title. A Thousand Pieces of You. It’s just one of those titles that […]
Go “Into the Woods” from the Comfort of Your Own Home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H03Nu98qAEQ Into the Woods [Blu-Ray] Release Date: March 24, 2015 Cast: Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Anna Kendrick, Chris Pine, Tracey Ullman, Christine Baranski, Johnny Depp Director: Rob Marshall Studio: Walt Disney Pictures, Lucamar Productions Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Genre(s): Musical, Fantasy, Fairy Tale Extra Feature Rating: ★★★★☆ Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Low Amazon […]
Half Bad Is a Great – If Depressing – Read
Half Bad Author: Sally Green Series: Half Bad #1 Release Date: March 4, 2014 Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers Genre(s): Modern Fantasy, Young Adult Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: High GoodReads | Amazon Half Bad is a kind of weird book for me to review. I liked it for the most part, but at the same time a whole […]
The Zodiac Legacy: Convergence is the Perfect Start to Stan Lee’s Epic Middle Grade Series
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUJBGtpwRR4 The Zodiac Legacy: Convergence Author: Stan Lee, Stuart Moore Illustrator: Andie Tong Series: The Zodiac Legacy #1 Release Date: January 27, 2015 Publisher: Disney Press Genre(s): Science Fiction, Action/Adventure, Mythology, Middle Grade Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon When I first heard that Stan Lee was writing a middle grade novel I couldn’t have […]
Brandon Sanderson Turns the Superhero Genre On It’s Head in Steelheart
Steelheart Author: Brandon Sanderson Series: Reckoners #1 Release Date: September 24, 2013 Publisher: Random House Children’s Books Genre(s): Science Fiction, Young Adult Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Mild GoodReads | Amazon I am a sucker for anything superhero related and I had been wanting to read Steelheart for a really, really long time. While I really do love superheroes, […]
Discover your Middle Earth Weapon of Choice and Get Your Own Copy of The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies on Digital HD
Win an HD copy of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies from Partners Hub The Hobbit Trilogy has reached it’s cinematic end with The Battle of the Five Armies, which is out now on digital HD and hits stores on DVD, blu-ray, and 3D blu-ray March 24th. We’re […]