Title: The Brokenhearted Author: Amelia Kahaney Release Date: October 8, 2013 Publisher: Harper Teen Source: Edelweiss DRC Genre(s): YA Science Fiction, YA Fiction, Superheroes, Pseudo-Dystopian Future Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: High (Get a very brief, spoiler-free review in the first paragraph) GoodReads | Amazon The Dark Knight meets Cinder in this gripping and cinematic story of heartbreak and revenge. […]
"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" Trailer is A Piece of Art In Itself
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEAAmn016_c] I really like the Secret Life of Walter Mitty. No, I haven’t seen the movie yet. I’m talking about the short story by James Thurber. It was included in several of the textbook readers I used in middle school and high school and I always thought it was a […]
SDCC 2013: Our First Look at The Astounding Divergent Footage
Ever since it was announced I have been fairly skeptical of the Divergent movie. I’m not going to lie about that. The first two books in the series were pretty good and I enjoyed them. Veronica Routh knew how to really hit hard with the action and the twists. It […]
SDCC 2013: Ender's Game Recruits at Comic Con 2013
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP0cUBi4hwE] There are very few movies that I am looking forward to this year as much as Ender’s Game. I’ve been a fan of this book since I read it for the first time in sixth grade. I still remember exactly how I learned about it for the first time, […]
The Burning Sky by Sherry Thomas
Title: The Burning Sky Author: Sherry Thomas Series: The Elemental Trilogy – Book 1 Release Date: September 17, 2013 Publisher: Balzer + Bray Source: Edelweiss DRC Genre(s): YA Fiction, YA Fantasy, Historical Fantasy Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Mild GoodReads | Amazon Sometimes I have a hard time getting into fantasy novels. It’s just a fact of being me. I […]
Ultimate Spider-Man Brings the Webslinger – and Others! – to the MCU
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b29QS0A5rhY] One of the saddest realities that we have to accept is that Spider-Man will never be in a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie. He’ll never get to join the Avengers. He’ll never be able to become Tony Stark’s protege or idolize Captain America. If we ever have a Marvel Civil […]
The Godzilla Experience Might Just Make Us Believers
So if you’ve been out of the loop for a bit then maybe you’ve missed Legendary’s latest kaiju news. Yes, they are rebooting Godzilla. I mean, we all knew it was inevitable. Someone was going to try to resurrect the classic franchise at some point and for Legendary this Godzilla […]
"The Knights of Badassdom" Will See the Light of Day After All!
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zyougFDZ7zU] Good news, everyone! It looks like we’re going to get to see the epic indie LARP film the Knights of Badassdom after all! This is really exciting news because this movie looks pretty freakin’ awesome. Let’s do a quick run down, shall we? The Knights of Badassdom stars Peter Dinklage […]
Another Little Piece by Kate Karyus Quinn
Title: Another Little Piece Author: Kate Karyus Quinn Release Date: June 11, 2013 Publisher: HarperTeen Source: Edelweiss DRC Genre(s): YA Fiction, YA Paranormal Fiction, YA Horror, Paranormal, Horror Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Review Spoilers: Mild GoodReads | Amazon Honestly, I was a little disappointed in this one. GoodReads bills it as: “The spine-tingling horror of Stephen King meets an eerie mystery worthy […]
Linked by Imogen Howson
Title: Linked Author: Imogen Howson Release Date: June 11, 2013 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers Source: Edelweiss DRC Genre(s): YA Fiction, YA Science Fiction, YA Dystopia, Twins, Science Fiction Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Moderate (One Major Plot Point Reveal) GoodReads | Amazon Color me surprised! I didn’t know what to expect from Linked – I hadn’t […]
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