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Graphic Novel Review: Rat Queens Vol.1: Sass and Sorcery

Posted on March 24, 2014 4 Comments

Rat Queens, Vol. 1: Sass & Sorcery by Kurtis J. Wiebe and Roc Upchurch Genre: Fantasy, Gaming Series: Rat Queens #1-5 Publisher: Image Comics Publication Date: April 8, 2014 Wendy’s Rating: 5 of 5 stars: Drop whatever pre-conceived notions you might have over RPG adventurers. These women are unapologetically perfect in their blazing imperfections. And a copy […]

Mogsy’s Book Haul

Posted on March 23, 2014 Leave a Comment

Defenders – kicking off this week’s stack of books is this title from Will McIntosh, whose Love Minus Eighty was one of the best books I read last year. You can imagine my excitement and gratitude when I received this ARC, so my big thanks to Orbit Books! The Unquiet House – Jo Fletcher Books […]

Mogsy’s Book Haul

Posted on March 9, 2014 Leave a Comment

The beginning of every month always sees a ton of amazing new releases, so I may have picked up a couple of those this week…and then some. This week also saw more than the arrival of just books though, for my highly-anticipated package filled with The Iron Wolves–related goodies arrived from across the pond! Included […]

Mogsy’s Book Haul

Posted on March 2, 2014 Leave a Comment

The Anxiety of Kalix the Werewolf – this week I’m stacking the shelves with a couple surprise arrivals and luck from February contests/giveaways. I was so happy to win this book by Martin Millar and I have Nathan from Review Barn to thank for hosting that giveaway! Review Barn has held some great giveaways, which […]

Mogsy’s Book Haul – The NetGalley Pile

Posted on February 16, 2014 Leave a Comment

I normally gather up my new books to feature my hauls every other week, but I think I’m going to sneak a special post in with just the titles I received for review from NetGalley this time, simply because there are more of them than usual! It’s hard to believe my stats are still above […]

Graphic Novel Review: Viscera: Epic Frail by Nathan Massengill

Posted on February 12, 2014 Leave a Comment

Viscera: Epic Frail by Nathan Massengill TRIGGER WARNING: Violence against women. Genre: Science Fiction, Social Commentary Publisher: Bad Damsel Media Publication Date: December 2013 Author Info: nathanmassengill.com Wendy’s Rating: 2.5 of 5 stars Viscera, or so she calls herself now, having defined this viscous “killer virgin” persona from the previous scared, victim, is of a […]

Mogsy’s Book Haul – Blades and Shorts

Posted on February 8, 2014 Leave a Comment

Time again to feature the books that came in over the last couple weeks! And in case you missed it, I’m also doing the Review Copy Cleanup challenge, so hopefully a lot of these will be reviewed in the coming days. Is it just me, or do many of the titles seem very edgy this […]

Mogsy’s February Challenge: Review Copy Cleanup

Posted on February 1, 2014 Leave a Comment

Thanks to word of mouth, I discovered Review Copy Cleanup 4.0 over at Vicky’s Books, Biscuits and Tea. I desperately need something like this! My to-review books have been piling up lately and I was going to make it a goal to polish off a bunch this month anyway, so this could not have come […]

Book Review: Hang Wire by Adam Christopher

Posted on January 31, 2014 Leave a Comment

Hang Wire by Adam Christopher Genre: Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Series: Stand alone Publisher: Angry Robot (January 28, 2014) Author Information: Website | Twitter Mogsy’s Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars Having wanted to read a book by this author for a while, I initially debated either tackling 7 Wonders or the Empire State series, but then […]

Comic Review Bites

Posted on January 28, 2014 Leave a Comment

With thanks to NetGalley for the opportunity to read advanced copies of these graphic novels, in exchange for honest reviews. Red Sonja vol.1: Queen of Plagues The Red Sonja movie is a guilty pleasure, yet I have never read the comic, perhaps for fear of what the industry would do with a metal bikini-clad heroine. […]