Life and Death Twilight Reimagined Author: Stephanie Meyer Release Date: October 6, 2015 Publisher: Little Brown Genre(s): Fantasy, Magic, Paranormal, Romance, YA Spoilers: Mild Rating: ★★★☆☆ GoodReads | Amazon It was actually good. Damn it all. I can’t lie, this was a much better retelling than what I was hoping for. Meyer did us right by “retelling” […]
Get Your First Look at “Passenger” With This Stunning Book Trailer!
Passenger Author: Alexandra Bracken Release Date: January 5, 2016 Series: Passenger #1 Publisher: Disney Hyperion Genre(s): Fantasy, Science Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction, Young Adult GoodReads | Amazon | BN | iBooks There is just about a month left to go before Passenger, one of 2016’s first must-read YA novels of the year, releases and we couldn’t be […]
Spelled Isn’t Exactly Spellbinding
Spelled Author: Betsy Schow Release Date: June 2, 2015 Publisher: Disney Hyperion Genre(s): Fantasy, Magic, Adventure, Science Fiction Spoilers: Mild Rating: ★★☆☆☆ GoodReads | Amazon Every so often I buy a book solely because the cover looks really neat. Okay, so I do this a lot. Most of the time, it works out well and I discover […]
Daria Song’s “The Time Chamber” Revisits “The Time Garden” From A Different Perspective
Author: Daria Song Artist: Daria Song Release Date: October 13, 2015 Publisher: Watson-Guptil Genre(s): Fantasy, Picture Book, Coloring Book Rating: ★★★★★ Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon A couple of months ago we posted a review for an adorable new adult coloring book called The Time Garden. In the book a young girl finds herself climbing inside […]
Interview: Claudia Gray Talks Star Wars, Defy the Stars, and Science Fiction!
When we received word that Little, Brown Books for Young Readers had acquired Defy the Stars, a new young adult sci-fi book series from author Claudia Gray, we couldn’t have been more excited. Over the past couple of years Claudia has become a real favorite here at Nerdophiles. Her recent Star Wars novel […]
How to Prepare for Star Wars: The Force Awakens
There are only nineteen days to go before the Force awakens here in the United States – and even fewer for some of our international readers. Ten years ago most of us had simply assumed the saga was complete and that we had all the Star Wars movies we would ever […]
A is for Agitating- A Review of A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie
Author: Kathryn Harkup Release Date: September 8, 2015 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Source: NetGalley Genre(s): nonfiction, mystery, reference Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Review Spoilers: N/A GoodReads | Amazon This book’s intended audience is readers with a master’s degree or higher in organic chemistry or biochemistry. Without it, you’re probably going to be a very lost and […]
Holiday Gift Guide 2015: Excellent Gifts for the Book Lovers On Your List
I love books. If I could spend all day of every day reading I’d probably be a pretty happy camper. Sadly, that’s not really an option. But at least I get to spend a little of my time helping you find the perfect gift for the reader on your holiday […]
Lois Lane is the Real Hero in Gwenda Bond’s “Fallout”
Lois Lane: Fallout Author: Gwenda Bond Release Date: May 1, 2015 Publisher: Switch Press Genre(s): Media Tie-In, Young Adult, Superheroes, Mystery Rating: ★★★★★ Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon I’m going to admit something to you all up front here: I did not expect to like this book at all. I sincerely mean that. I did not […]
Kickstarter Watch: The Velocipede Races looks to Defy the Odds & Win the Race
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ellyblue/the-velocipede-races/ You may remember a few months back we ran a Kickstarter Watch for a feminist zombie-bike anthology called Peddle Zombies. Well, after that was successfully funded the amazing people at Microcosm Publishing decided to push forward with their latest project. The Velocipede Races, penned by Emily June Street looks to follow […]
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