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#RRSciFiMonth Audiobook Review Bites
Posted on November 29, 2017 5 Comments
It’s been a while since I’ve written a review. Had some major life changes including a promotion, taking on some freelance work, and a move, so excuse my absence. I’m still settling into all my new roles and I haven’t been able to read as much as I’ve wanted during this time. However, I’m getting […]
#RRSciFiMonth: Graphic Novel Review Bites
Posted on November 23, 2017 5 Comments
Bitch Planet Volume 2: President Bitch Volume one of this series introduced us to a future where the dystopian concept of a patriarchal society goes to very scary places. While The Handmaid’s Tale takes a softer approach to putting women in their place, Bitch Planet takes more extreme measures with its non-compliant women. They are sent […]
Audiobook Review Bites
Posted on May 8, 2017 15 Comments
Night Pleasures by Sherrilyn Kenyon Genre: Urban Fantasy Series: Dark Hunter #1 Publisher: St. Martin’s Press (September 15) Tiara’s Rating: 2.5 of 5 stars Night Pleasures follows the misadventures of Amanda Devereaux and the hunter Kyrian of Thrace. Amanda comes from a family of magically talented women including herself, but her gifts have stagnated because she’d […]
Graphic Novel Review Bites: Kabuki, Lady Killer, The Beauty
Posted on October 6, 2016 6 Comments
Kabuki Library Volume 3 I’ve been a fan of David Mack since a very intuitive comic book pusher (I say this with love, but frankly, this guy had me figured out and knew exactly what he could get me to buy) suggested I read Circle of Blood, the story of a government assassin in a […]
Graphic Novel Review Bites
Posted on September 3, 2016 9 Comments
I’m at Fan Expo Canada this weekend, Canada’s largest pop culture event. While the event now covers everything from spaceships to monsters and all the magical girls and clockworks in between, at its roots, it remains a comic book event, therefore it’s fitting that I drop in with some long overdue comic book reviews. Wonder Woman: […]
Audiobook Review Bites
Posted on July 29, 2016 14 Comments
Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson Genre: Fantasy Series: The Malazan Book of the Fallen #2 Publisher: Tor (February 1, 2005) Tiara’s Rating: 4 of 5 stars In the deserts of Raraku, a rebelling is brewing led by a seer known as Sha’ik. These rebels hope to usher in the Whirlwind, a phenomena said to be the […]
Audiobook Review Bites: Heroes & Villains
Posted on June 20, 2016 8 Comments
Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult, Dystopia Series: Reckoners #1 Publisher: Delacorte Press (September 24, 2013) Tiara’s Rating: 4 of 5 stars Twelve years prior to this story, Calamity appeared in the sky and burst, gifting astonishing powers on ordinary people. Instead of people using their powers for the betterment of mankind, these people–called […]
Audiobook Review Bites: Here Be Dragons
Posted on June 9, 2016 15 Comments
A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan Series: Memoir by Lady Trent #1 Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Tor Books (February 5, 2013) Tiara’s Rating: 2.5 of 5 stars Lady Isabella Hendemore discovers a lifelong love of natural science, especially the study of dragons, at the tender age of seven-years-old. In her polite society, academics are […]
Audiobook Review Bites: Star Wars Canon
Posted on June 2, 2016 7 Comments
Star Wars: Smuggler’s Run by Greg Rucka Series: Star Wars Canon Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult, Tie-In Publisher: Disney Lucasfilm Press (September 4, 2015) Tiara’s Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars An aged Han Solo tells a group of young mercenary types a story about the famed Millennium Falcon, a story set between A New Hope and […]
Graphic Novel Review Bites
Posted on May 12, 2016 11 Comments
Hinges Vol. 2: Paper Tigers With thanks to Netgalley for the opportunity to read an advanced copy of this graphic novel. This is a very quiet book. As in, it doesn’t often use words to tell its story, instead relying, as it should, on the images. The main character, Orio, rarely speaks unless it is […]
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