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Book Review: The Girl With All The Gifts by M.R. Carey

Posted on June 10, 2014 3 Comments

The Girl with All The Gifts by M.R. Carey Genre: Horror, Science Fiction Series: Stand Alone Publisher: Orbit (June 10, 2014) Author Information: Website | Twitter Mogsy’s Rating: 5 of 5 stars I confess, I’m not very good when it comes to pulling information out of book descriptions. But all I know is, when I first heard about The Girl with All The Gifts, […]

Comic Review Bites

Posted on June 3, 2014 Leave a Comment

Saga Volume 3 The last volume ended with a stand-off that seemed to spell certain doom for our protagonists. I expected to step into the aftermath of this, but instead, Vaughan went backward, giving us the little human moments that make this little dysfunctional family so wonderfully endearing. From playing board games to arguments to […]

Mogsy’s Book Haul – For Review, Purchased, and Goodies From Balticon

Posted on May 31, 2014 Leave a Comment

I’m putting up an impromptu Book Haul post this week — a few review books came in and I also made several purchases, most of which came from Balticon which took place over Memorial Day weekend. Flight of the Golden Harpy – harpies! An underrated and underused creature of fantasy for sure. That was enough […]

Mogsy’s Book Haul

Posted on May 24, 2014 Leave a Comment

My library saw some interesting new arrivals in the last couple weeks, as usual starting with the physical pile: The Girl with All the Gifts – my excitement to read this book has grown by leaps and bounds ever since it first piqued my interest. Finding out that it’s a straight-up horror only made me […]

Mogsy’s Book Haul

Posted on May 10, 2014 Leave a Comment

This fortnight’s haul features a pretty eclectic mix, starting with the physical pile: House of the Rising Sun – I remember the ARC of this book catching my eye a few times, but it just always seemed to pass me by. I’m actually kinda glad this one showed up unsolicited from Orbit because I’ll definitely […]

Mogsy’s Book Haul

Posted on April 26, 2014 Leave a Comment

Wolfhound Century – I’m actually not sure how this book has slipped my interest for so long, but it wasn’t until the recent release of the sequel that I finally started looking at the reviews and damn it just sounds so interesting. So excited that I won book one in a giveaway!World of Trouble – […]

Comic Review Bites

Posted on April 25, 2014 Leave a Comment

The People Inside by Ray Fawkes This is a unique, poetic graphic novel that uses the medium in a seemingly simple way at first glance. The “story” is told through windows into the lives of several different couples of various backgrounds and arrangements as they move through the many different stages and nuances of their […]

Mogsy’s Book Haul

Posted on April 20, 2014 Leave a Comment

This is the problem with waiting every two weeks to do a Book Haul post; sometimes a lot of books come in and the shelves just explode… Murder – I was so excited when I first found out there was going to be a follow-up to Sarah Pinborough’s Mayhem! I couldn’t wait and already read […]

Mogsy’s Book Haul

Posted on April 6, 2014 Leave a Comment

Operation Shield – it was a great fortnight for books! Kicking of the list is Operation Shield from Pyr, the newest Cassandra Kresnov novel. I read the previous book 23 Years on Fire last year when it came to me unsolicited and that was how I discovered this wonderful series (and even though it was […]

Comic Review Bites

Posted on March 27, 2014 Leave a Comment

Willow: Wonderland In season 6 of Buffy, Willow delved deep into her magical abilities, becoming addicted to the power and eventually becoming “Dark Willow,” the big bad of the season. Since then, she’s been struggling with the balance of her power — suppressing her desire, while still aiding Buffy and the Scoobies in the saving […]