Seconds Author: Bryan Lee O’Malley Artist: O’Malley and Jason Fischer Colorist: Nathan Fairbairn Release Date: July 15, 2014 Publisher: Ballantine Books Source: Bought and Owned Genre(s): Fantasy Rating: ★★★★★ Review Spoilers: Mild GoodReads | Amazon What would you do if you had the chance to correct your mistakes by eating a magic mushroom before you went […]
“Lockstep” is a Hard Sci-Fi Read With Great YA Crossover Appeal
Lockstep Author: Karl Schroeder Release Date: March 24, 2014 Publisher: Tor/Macmillan Source: NetGalley DRC Genre(s): Young Adult, Hard Science Fiction Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Mild GoodReads | Amazon This is one of those books that’s hard to review not because it isn’t good but because it’s so hard to explain to other people why it’s good. I’m not […]
All-New Hawkeye #1 is Stunning, But Lacks Distinction
All-New Hawkeye #1 Author: Jeff Lemire Artist: Ramon Perez Release Date: March 4, 2015 Publisher: Marvel Comics Source: Bought and Owned Genre(s): Action, Superhero, Drama Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Low Comixology | Things From Another World It’s strange having to review a new Hawkeye comic. Not just because the previous series by Matt Fraction, David Aja, and Annie Wu […]
The #NerdsRead Pull List: April 8, 2015
Okay, so, we’re a week behind on this. We know. We’re still getting the hang of things! Still, this week we’ve got a lot of really great comics for you guys. We have reviews for fourteen comics courtesy of three of our wonderful staff members. We’re looking at some of […]
“Rebels #1” is the Start to An Amazing Historical Fiction Comic Series
Rebels #1 Author: Brian Wood Artist: Andrea Mutti Release Date: April 8, 2015 Publisher: Dark Horse Source: Dark Horse DRC Genre(s): Historical Fiction Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Moderate Historical fiction is becoming increasingly popular in pop culture and I’m loving it. American Revolution in particular has recently become a much more common setting for various offerings. From […]
MMSAI Tours: Denton Little’s Deathdate is Delightful
Denton Little’s Deathdate Author: Lance Rubin Release Date: April 14, 2015 Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Source: Me, My Shelf, and I Tours Genres: YA, Humor Rating:★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Low Goodreads | Amazon | BN We’re super excited to be joining Me, My Shelf, and I Tours in promoting this new book, Denton […]
Mea’s Thoughts on Claymore
WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD Written by Norihro Yagi, the creator of Angel Densetsu, Claymore is a seriously brutal manga, full of death, monsters, and badass women that die in the hoards to protect humans. There is no question as to why this is considered a ‘dark fantasy manga.’ The main protagonist is Clare, who […]
“Marvel’s Daredevil” Sets A New Standard for The Marvel Cinematic Universe
Daredevil Cast: Charlie Cox, Elden Henson, Deborah Ann Woll, Vincent D’Onofrio, Rosario Dawson Produced By: Drew Goddard, Steven S. DeKnight Episode Numbers: 13 Genres: Crime, Drama, Superhero Rating: ★★★★★ Review Spoilers: Light Netflix | IMDB Daredevil doesn’t have the best reputation. I’m not talking about the character or any of his various comic stories. I’m referring […]
Webseries Discovery: The Misselthwaite Archives
Let me preface this review with saying that this is by far the best multimedia incorporated webseries adaptation I have ever seen. And yes, I’m including all my previous novel-to-webseries adaptations favorites. Now, I know what you’re thinking – NOTHING can be as good as LBD or Carmilla or *insert favorite […]
Deep State Vol. 1 Brings the Moon Landing Home
Deep State Vol 1: Darker Side of the Moon Author: Justin Jordan Artist: Ariela Kristantina Colorist: Ben Wilsonham Release Date: April 14, 2015 Publisher: BOOM! Studios Source: BOOM! Studios Press Site Genre(s): Sci-Fi Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Mild GoodReads | Amazon John Harrow doesn’t exist, and his job is to make sure that other things don’t […]
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