I recently served as the research assistant to a professor at my law school who wrote a comical presentation on zombies and tax law. So I know my zombies. And technically, this isn’t a zombie book. It’s more like 28 Days Later and the rage virus, really. Fast, crazed humans […]
“There Go the Colours of Madeleine…”
Sometimes books have to grow on you. I know that there are some people who don’t have the patience to read books that don’t hook them immediately. At times I am like that. Sometimes I will power through and sometimes I will give up to follow up on other pursuits. […]
Btooom!: Explosions, More Explosions, and…?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEV16SObPZY] Anime set in a virtual reality world aren’t new: take series like .hack//SIGN, Sword Art Online, and Accel World, for example. The characters are taken from the comfort of the “real world” and placed into the game space itself. A death of a character, once a meaningless hurdle, is […]
“The Host” Comes To Theaters & Giveaway!
Despite my current dislike of the Twilight series, at the time the Host was published I was a reader of Stephanie Meyer. By that time, I had already fallen off the bad wagon of reading Twilight, but was still very much into young adult novels. When The Host was released […]
G.I. Joe is back for Retaliation
Contrary to 80’s and 90’s stereotype beliefs, girls did not just like Barbies, and boys did not just like G.I. Joe. I was a huge fan of Joe from my childhood, and lamented over the end of that period of my life. Snake Eyes and Lady Jaye being my favorite […]
Enter The Forest of Hands and Teeth
With zombies becoming increasingly more popular it’s no surprise that a slew of young adult and new adult titles featuring the formerly human creatures have been hitting the market over the past few years. To be honest, I couldn’t be happier. I love zombies. Always have. Always will. No matter […]
Ready Player One
Before I begin this review I should probably be honest. This is one of my favorite books of all time. There are very few books that I will say that about and I will admit that no matter what I write here I cannot fully express just how awesome it […]
Cinderella is a Cyborg
At least, she is in the fairytale inspired novel Cinder by Marissa Meyer. When I picked up this book I figured it was going to be your usual fairy tale adaptation. They are pretty common these days. Once Upon A Time on ABC does it with a campy, family friendly flare that’s really gotten […]
“I want to be a great one…”
OZ: The Great and Powerful Perhaps not this time around but… Overall not bad. This movie was definitely what I’d call a popcorn muncher. You sit down not expecting anything great and drink soda and popcorn (Harkins, thank god for your loyalty cups and shirts) and be visually wowed for […]
Ashes, Ashes We All Fall Down…
Everyone knows that fast moving zombies are the most terrifying of all the zombies. I don’t think we quite realized that, though, until the Dawn of the dead remake came out and introduced us to those most terrifying of creatures. And then 28 Days Later came. Then 28 Weeks Later. […]