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Graphic Novel Review: Suicide Squad, Vol. 1: Kicked in the Teeth by Adam Glass

Posted on March 11, 2015 7 Comments

Suicide Squad, Vol. 1: Kicked in the Teeth by Adam Glass Genre: Superhero Publisher: DC Comics Author Information: Twitter Tiara’s Rating: 3.5 of 5 Coming hot on the heels of my last journey into a DC comic is the first volume of Suicide Squad. The squad is comprised of Deadshot, a merc for hire, […]

Graphic Novel Review Bites

Posted on March 8, 2015 8 Comments

Teen Titans Go! Vol. 1 by Sholly Fisch and Lea Hernandez With thanks to NetGalley for the opportunity to read an advanced copy of this graphic novel in exchange for an honest review. My kids and I miss the 2003 Teen Titans cartoon. It was fun and funny, and also had some amazing messages. The new […]

YA Weekend: Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson

Posted on March 7, 2015 16 Comments

Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult Series: The Reckoners #1 Publisher: Delacorte (September 2013) Author Info: brandonsanderson.com Wendy’s Rating: 5 of 5 stars When Calamity struck, several people were transformed into superhuman beings–Epics. No one knows the science behind Calamity itself, or how all of these superpowers work, but it is clear […]

Comic Stack 03/04/15: Leading Ladies

Posted on March 4, 2015 3 Comments

This week’s stack (which should’ve been last week’s stack, but I got all caught up in my emotions about another leading lady, Silk) features some leading ladies in comics. We take a trip with five girls at a camp for Hardcore Lady Types. We learn that a third-rate cosmetic company will likely be the cause […]

Comic Review: Silk #1 by Robbie Thompson

Posted on February 25, 2015 8 Comments

I’m doing something a little different here in lieu of my usual comic stack, and you’ll see this from time to time. My intention was to make this a post all about books with leading ladies, but once I got around to writing about Silk, it become so wordy that I decided it merited its […]

Graphic Novel Review: Mind the Gap, Volume 1: Intimate Strangers by Jim McCann and Rodin Esquejo

Posted on February 22, 2015 4 Comments

Mind the Gap, Volume 1: Intimate Strangers by Jim McCann Genre: Supernatural, Mystery, Crime Publisher: Image Comics (October 2012) With thanks to Netgalley and Image Comics for the opportunity to read this graphic novel in exchange for an honest review. Elle Peterssen is young, rich, beautiful, smart. She has a loving boyfriend and a wonderful […]

Comic Stack 02/18/14

Posted on February 18, 2015 7 Comments

This week I take a trip to a small town in Craw County, Alabama where BBQ is king, football isn’t a sport its a way of life, and the necks glow fluorescent red. Next, I visit a small town in Oregon whose claim to fame is breeding sixteen of the world’s most notorious serial killers with […]

Graphic Novel Review Bites

Posted on February 15, 2015 6 Comments

The Wicked and The Divine: The Faust Act Every 90 years, the Pantheon of gods returns, reincarnating in the bodies of young people. They will live, love, hate, and laugh, and then, in two years, they will die. During that time, there is only one rule: they must not harm humanity with their abilities. Lucifer, […]

Comic Stack 02/11/14

Posted on February 11, 2015 2 Comments

This week I met Poe, a young boy born with black feathers whose destiny seems to rest in a game played by omnipresent beings, Laney Griffin, a man who has a chance encounter in the woods after deciding to do whatever necessary to help his dying son, Kate Kristopher, who has to return to her fantasy […]

Graphic Novel Review: Harley Quinn Vol. 1: Hot in the City by Amanda Connor & Jimmy Palmiotti

Posted on February 9, 2015 9 Comments

Harley Quinn Vol. 1: Hot in the City by Amanda Connor & Jimmy Palmiotti Genre: Superhero, Leading Ladies Publisher: DC Comics (October 28, 2014) Author Information: Website|Twitter Tiara’s Rating: 2.5 of 5 Hijinxs and mayhem ensue when one of Harley’s former patients leaves her real estate in Brooklyn. Packing up the few possessions she owns and […]