April | 2015 | The BiblioSanctum

Upcoming: Sword of the North by Luke Scull + The Grim Company Giveaway!

Posted on April 10, 2015 6 Comments

*** The giveaway is now over, thank you to everyone who entered! *** To celebrate the upcoming release of the long-awaited sequel Sword of the North by Luke Scull, The BiblioSanctum has been given the opportunity to host a giveaway of the first book The Grim Company! Please see below for details about the giveaway and how to […]

Book Review: Hunt for Valamon by DK Mok

Posted on April 10, 2015 13 Comments

A review copy of this book was provided to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. Hunt for Valamon by D.K. Mok Genre: Fantasy Series: Stand Alone Publisher: Spence City (April 7, 2015) Author Information: Website | Twitter Mogsy’s Rating: 4 of 5 stars Hunt for Valamon was recommended to me by a friend, and […]

#ThrowBackThursday – Graphic Novel Review: Wolverine: Old Man Logan by Mark Millar

Posted on April 9, 2015 2 Comments

If you’re not familiar with the #TBT, which is how Throwback Thursday is usually shortened, it’s a meme done on various social media sites and blogs that repost/post old pictures, old posts, and old tweets, from the past (throwbacks) and post them on Thursday . For a while I’ve been wanting to go back to old […]

Tough Traveling: Unique Flora

Posted on April 9, 2015 30 Comments

The Thursday feature “Tough Traveling” is the brainchild of Nathan of Review Barn, who has come up with the excellent idea of making a new list each week based on the most common tropes in fantasy, as seen in The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynn Jones. Nathan has invited anyone who is interested to […]

Comic Stack 04/08/15 – 5 Manga Recommendations

Posted on April 8, 2015 8 Comments

I said I would be back to my #1s. This week, but I had a load of fun with my comic graphic novel recommendations that I thought I’d give you a few manga recommendations to follow up on that! I read a ton of manga, so don’t think this is my complete list by far. […]

Waiting on Wednesday 04/08/15

Posted on April 8, 2015 10 Comments

“Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine that lets us feature upcoming releases that we can’t wait to get our hands on! Mogsy’s Pick: Alive by Scott Sigler: July 14, 2015 (Del Rey) Del Rey seems to have a lot of good stuff coming out this year, especially in the vein of Young […]

Audiobook Review: The Once and Future King by T.H. White

Posted on April 7, 2015 20 Comments

The Once and Future King by T.H. White Genre: Fantasy, Mythology Series: Books 1-5 of The Once and Future King Publisher: Voyager (1996; first published in 1958) Tiara’s Rating: 3 of 5 stars Narrator: Neville Jason | Length: 33 hrs and 3 mins | Audiobook Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks | Whispersync Ready: No I’ve been participating in the Popsugar 2015 Reading Challenge. […]

Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Characters You’d Like To Check In With

Posted on April 7, 2015 17 Comments

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. They created the meme because they love lists. Who doesn’t love lists? They wanted to share these list with fellow booklovers and ask that we share in return to connect with our fellow book lovers. To learn more about participating in […]

Graphic Novel Review: In Real Life by Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang

Posted on April 7, 2015 12 Comments

In Real Life by Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang Genre: Gaming, Fantasy, Young Adult, Economics, Social Studies Publisher: First Second (October 2014) Author Info: craphound.com Artist Info: jenwang.net This is a graphic novel about gaming and economics, as it states in the long intro that perhaps delved more deeply into these topics than the actual comic does. In […]

Interview with Seth Skorkowsky, Author of Dämoren and Hounacier

Posted on April 6, 2015 8 Comments

Last year I read and reviewed a book called Dämoren, an urban fantasy/horror novel about a character named Matt Hollis and his magical sentient gunblade. I was blown away by the author Seth Skorkowsky’s world building and fresh take on angels & demons, so when I heard about the sequel Hounacier from Ragnarok Publications, I jumped right in. […]