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Book Review: Three by Jay Posey

Posted on July 8, 2013 1 Comment

Three by Jay Posey Expected Date of Publication: July 30, 2013 Thank you to NetGalley and Angry Robot for providing me with a pre-release copy of Three in exchange for an honest review. This futuristic, post-apocalyptic science fiction novel piqued my interest as soon as I saw it, and I knew even from reading its […]

Audiobook Review: Turn Coat by Jim Butcher

Posted on June 28, 2013 Leave a Comment

Turn Coat by Jim Butcher I seem to have developed a habit of reading the first book in a series then skipping a whole bunch to read from the series again. It worked well for me with Star Wars: A New Jedi Order and I can’t complain about my recent run with The Dresden Files. […]

Comic Review: Batgirl: Knightfall Descends by Gail Simone

Posted on June 20, 2013 Leave a Comment

Batgirl, Vol. 2: Knightfall Descends by Gail Simone Just dial F for Feelings on this one. My second journey into a Gail Simone book, and let me just say, that I really enjoyed this book. Gail seems to have found her footing in this book and with the character. Much of the campiness that slightly […]

Audiobook Review: Medicus by Ruth Downie

Posted on June 18, 2013 Leave a Comment

Medicus by Ruth Downie This story follows military medicus (doctor) Gaius Petreius Ruso who is a Roman man living in Brittania (England). He’s escaped to the Brittania to heal from a disaster of a marriage that ended in divorce and the death of his father that left the family with many undue debts to pay. […]

Audio Book Review: City of Lies by Lian Tanner

Posted on June 5, 2013 1 Comment

City of Lies by Lian Tanner Okay, let’s see if I can pull this review off without making it another gush-fest on my love for Claudia Black. As usual, her narration is fantastic, but for this second book of The Keepers Trilogy, I want to focus on the story because that’s what I think really […]

Book Review: The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

Posted on May 27, 2013 Leave a Comment

The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey Having really enjoyed Rick Yancey’s The Monstrumologist, I became interested in checking out the author’s other works and decided to pick up his new young adult book The 5th Wave. The book tells the story of an alien invasion, happening over a period of time in a series of planned […]

Book Review: The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson

Posted on May 24, 2013 2 Comments

The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson Huge fan of Brandon Sanderson here, which is why I was all over this book even though I knew it would take place outside of his Cosmere universe and be a little different from his usual epics. I admit I was mostly curious as to what reading a young adult […]

Book Review: Bitter Seeds by Ian Tregillis

Posted on May 20, 2013 Leave a Comment

Bitter Seeds by Ian Tregillis This book could have been a story arc in a comic book, and I mean that in a good way. In fact, I’m thinking that could be why I liked this book so much. You have British warlocks versus Nazi Germany’s engineered super soldiers in an alternate history of World War […]

Book Review: Whispers Under Ground by Ben Aaronovitch

Posted on May 17, 2013 12 Comments

Whispers Under Ground by Ben Aaronovitch Wow, never have I snapped up and read all the currently available books in a series so quickly. With my enthusiasm waning for Harry Dresden in light of the new direction the Dresden Files series has taken in the last few books, someone else has recently dethroned him as […]

Film Review: Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

Posted on May 13, 2013 Leave a Comment

What is a movie review doing in a book blog, you might ask? Well you see, I would reply conspiratorially, I cheated. Persepolis – the graphic novel – was the topic of discussion in our recent Ladies Night Comic Club meeting, but procrastination various distractions and priorities got in the way of me reading it. […]