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Mogsy’s Book Haul

Posted on January 25, 2014 Leave a Comment

Dreamwalker – kicking off this list of new arrivals in the last fortnight is this gem by C.S. Friedman from DAW Books. Her adult fantasy books have always intrigued me, but Dreamwalker is actually quite a departure, featuring a story set in a modern setting that is geared more towards a young adult audience. Nevertheless, […]

Mogsy’s Book Haul

Posted on January 11, 2014 Leave a Comment

Be My Enemy and Empress of the Sun – This was a pretty awesome week thanks to Jo Fletcher Books, starting with number 2 and 3 of the Everness series. I’ve heard so many good things about it that I quickly caught up with the first book Planesrunner at end of last year just in […]

Graphic Novel Review: Locke & Key vol.6: Alpha & Omega by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez

Posted on January 4, 2014 Leave a Comment

Locke and Key, Vol. 6: Alpha & Omega by Joe Hill and Gabriel RodriguezGenre: Horror Series: Collects Locke and Key Omega #1-5 and Alpha #1-2 Publisher: IDW Publishing Publication Date: February 2014 Wendy’s Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Dodge has all the keys, as well as little Bode’s body and, with all the prom kids in […]

YA Weekend:The Almost Girl by Amalie Howard

Posted on December 21, 2013 Leave a Comment

The Almost Girl by Amalie HowardGenre: Science Fiction, Dystopia, Young AdultPublisher: Strange Chemistry (Angry Robot)Publication Date: January 7, 2013Author Info: www.amaliehoward.comWendy’s Rating – 3 of 5 stars: Riven is a military general in command of technologically advanced undead soldiers called Vectors. When we first meet her, she has defected and is being hunted by her former […]

Comic Review Bites

Posted on November 26, 2013 Leave a Comment

Artesia by Mark S. Smylie Artesia is an epic, Eisner-award nominated masterpiece of story and art. The world, its people and its pantheon are so richly detailed, but as the title says, this story is about Artesia. What an incredible character she is, embodying all aspects of the female, from priestess to warrior to daughter […]

Cover Lover

Posted on November 19, 2013 Leave a Comment

After successfully getting my profile up to a comfortable 87% with NetGalley, I said I would not get any more ARCs for the year, but further to my book haul of denial, I’m clearly not good with my personal promises and resolutions. These two books from Angry Robot popped right out at me because, well, […]

Mogsy’s Book Haul

Posted on November 16, 2013 Leave a Comment

The year’s NaNoWriMo has been going great so far; I’ve been keeping up with my word count every day and have on a several occasions even managed to churn out a review or two for the site. Which is nice because I’ve received some amazing books for review in the last two weeks. Allegiance – […]

Mogsy’s Book Haul

Posted on November 3, 2013 Leave a Comment

As you may know, NaNoWriMo kicked off this Friday, and in anticipation that the writing frenzy will be in full swing, I’ve slowly reined in on the new book additions in preparation for November. I’ll still be writing reviews, but I did want to make sure I’ll have enough time to devote to completing my […]

Graphic Novel Review: The Last of Us: American Dreams by Neil Druckmann

Posted on October 26, 2013 Leave a Comment

The Last of Us: American Dreams by Neil Druckmann Genre: Post-Apocalyptic, Zombies, Survivalist Adventure, GamingSeries: Last of Us (video game tie-in)Publisher: DarkHorse ComicsDate of Publication: July 2013 Great art, but a rather straightforward story without enough meat to be as powerful a tie-in to the game as it should be. 3 out of 5 stars […]

Mogsy’s Book Haul

Posted on October 19, 2013 Leave a Comment

Spending most of the last two weeks traveling means fewer books for me to feature today; it’s pretty much all review books this time and not a lot of purchases (my wallet is weeping with joy and relief) and I was also fortunate to be able to take a few of these on vacation with […]