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’ […]
East Meets West in Komacon
Komacon Author(s): Rick Veitch, Ben McCool, Colleen Doran, Beau Smith, Joe Keating, Anina Bennett Illustrator(s): In-Hyuk Lee, Hae Mi Jang, Jun-Hyuk Choi, Rock-He Kim, Chan-Hyuk Lee, Jung-Guen Yoon Release Date: August 13, 2013 Publisher: Image Comics Source: NetGalley ARC Genre(s): Fantasy, Science Fiction, Mythology, Graphic Novel Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Review Spoilers: High GoodReads | Amazon So, […]
"The Grandmaster" is Beautiful, But Flawed
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC5amKLgnFU] The Grandmaster Release Date: August 30, 2013 Cast: Tony Leung, Ziyi Zhang, Chang Chen, Zhao Benshan, Song Hye-Kyo Director: Wong Kar-wai Studio: Block 2 Pictures, Jet Tone Films, Sil-Metropole Organisation, Bona International Film Group Distributor: Sil-Metropole Organisation, Bona Film Group, Annapurna Pictures, The Weinstein Company Genre(s): Wu Xia, Drama, Action Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Review Spoilers: Medium IMDB | Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia Let me be […]
Liberty on Earth, Liberty on Zehava!
Starglass Author: Phoebe North Release Date: July 23, 2013 Publisher: Simon and Schuster for Young Readers Source: Edelweiss DRC Genre(s): Young Adult, YA Science Fiction, Science Fiction, Jewish Fiction Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: High GoodReads | Amazon I have very mixed feelings about Starglass. For the most part I think I can say that I liked it. At […]
Lara Croft Is Going To Have Serious Issues After All This…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjNCWe94WGw] Tomb Raider (2013) Release Date: March 5, 2013 (US) Developer: Crystal Dynamics, Eidos Montreal Publisher: Square Enix Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Rating: ★★★★☆ System: PS3 (also 360, PC, Steam) Review Spoilers: Low IGN | Gamespot | Metacritic | Amazon Before this year’s entry into the series, I had never played a […]
Indie eBook Roundup #4
We’re up to the fourth edition of the Indie eBook Roundup and this edition is full of books you NEED to check out. Every single one of them is a book worth reading – though they may be very genre specific. Make sure to read through our reviews and then […]
Turbulence by Samit Basu
Title: Turbulence Author: Samit Basu Release Date: July 9, 2013 (USA) Publisher: Titan Books Source: Titan Books ARC Genre(s): Science Fiction, Fantasy Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Low What it would be like to wake up with a superpower you’ve always wanted? Maybe you can fly, adjust time, or are a celebrity wherever you go. That’s our premise to […]
"The World's End" and how Edgar Wright and co. annihilated my expectations
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n__1Y-N5tQk] The World’s End Release Date: July 19, 2013 Cast: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine, Martin Freeman, Eddie Marsan, Rosamund Pike Director: Edgar Wright Studio: Relativity Media, Working Title Films, Big Talk Productions Distributor: Universal Pictures, Focus Features Genre(s): Science Fiction, Comedy Rating: ★★★★★ Review Spoilers: Low IMDB | Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia Edgar Wrights The Worlds End isn’t just a science fiction homage nor […]
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