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Audiobook Review: The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi

Posted on June 9, 2015 16 Comments

A review copy of this book was provided to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi Genre: Science Fiction Series: Stand Alone Publisher: Audible Inc. (May 26, 2015) Author Information: Website | Twitter Mogsy’s Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars Narrator: Almarie Guerra | Length: 14 hrs In this day and age […]

Waiting on Wednesday 05/20/15

Posted on May 20, 2015 7 Comments

“Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine that lets us feature upcoming releases that we can’t wait to get our hands on! Mogsy’s Pick: Morning Star by Pierce Brown: Del Rey (January 5, 2016) Hmm, how to describe how I felt after the ending of the last book? Now that’s a challenge. Probably […]

Book Review: Defiant by Karina Sumner-Smith

Posted on May 11, 2015 17 Comments

A review copy of this book was provided to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. Defiant by Karina Sumner-Smith Genre: Fantasy, Science Fiction Series: Book 2 of The Towers Trilogy Publisher: Talos (May 12, 2015) Author Information: Website | Twitter Mogsy’s Rating: 4 of 5 stars This series definitely deserves to be getting […]

Book Review: Mother of Eden by Chris Beckett

Posted on May 10, 2015 14 Comments

A review copy of this book was provided to me by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. Mother of Eden by Chris Beckett Genre: Science Fiction Series: Book 2 of Dark Eden Publisher: Broadway Books (May 12, 2015) Author Information: Website | Twitter Mogsy’s Rating: 3 of 5 stars Mother of Eden certainly […]

YA Weekend: 5 to 1 by Holly Bodger

Posted on May 9, 2015 13 Comments

Book Source: Free review copy provided by Random House Children’s via NetGalley Genre: Dystopia/Utopia Publisher: Random House Children’s (May 12, 2015) Author’s Information: Twitter | Website Tiara’s Rating: 4 of 5 stars Just when I come off a rant with some friends about how much YA novels have been getting on my nerves as of late, I find […]

Book Review: The Affinities by Robert Charles Wilson

Posted on April 28, 2015 15 Comments

A review copy of this book was provided to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. The Affinities by Robert Charles Wilson Genre: Science Fiction Series: Stand Alone Publisher: Tor (April 21, 2015) Author Information: Website | Twitter Mogsy’s Rating: 3 of 5 stars My thoughts on The Affinities in a nutshell: Loved loved […]

Comic Stack – 04/15/15

Posted on April 15, 2015 8 Comments

Low #1 by Rick Remender (writer), Greg Tocchini (artist) Publisher: Image Comics Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy, When I first started reading this, I was a little bored with it. It seemed to be about humans living underwater, trying to figure out where new planets are to move to when, not if, they had to evacuate […]

#ThrowBackThursday – Graphic Novel Review: Wolverine: Old Man Logan by Mark Millar

Posted on April 9, 2015 2 Comments

If you’re not familiar with the #TBT, which is how Throwback Thursday is usually shortened, it’s a meme done on various social media sites and blogs that repost/post old pictures, old posts, and old tweets, from the past (throwbacks) and post them on Thursday . For a while I’ve been wanting to go back to old […]

Waiting on Wednesday 04/08/15

Posted on April 8, 2015 10 Comments

“Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine that lets us feature upcoming releases that we can’t wait to get our hands on! Mogsy’s Pick: Alive by Scott Sigler: July 14, 2015 (Del Rey) Del Rey seems to have a lot of good stuff coming out this year, especially in the vein of Young […]

Book Review: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Posted on March 13, 2015 12 Comments

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Genre: Dystopia, Post-Apocalypse Publisher: Knopf Doubleday (September 9, 2014) Author’s Information: Website | Twitter Tiara’s Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars An actor’s death while performing the eponymous role in King Lear heralds the end of an age, ushering in a new one with a roar. No one expected the […]