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#RRSciFiMonth: Wild Seed by Octavia Butler

Posted on November 2, 2015 10 Comments

Sci-Fi November is a month-long blog event hosted by Rinn Reads and Over The Effing Rainbow this year, created to celebrate everything amazing about science fiction! From TV shows to movies, books to comics, and everything else in between, it is intended to help science fiction lovers share their love and passion for this genre […]

Audiobook Review: The Country of Ice Cream Star by Sandra Newman

Posted on June 23, 2015 12 Comments

Genre: Dystopia, Science Fiction, Science-Fantasy Publisher: Ecco Press (February 10, 2015) Author Information: Website | Twitter Tiara’s Rating: 4 of 5 stars Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble Narrator: Lisa Reneé Pitts | Length: 26 hrs and 38 mins | Audiobook Publisher: Blackstone Audio (June 16, 2015) | Whispersync Ready: No Full Disclosure: A review copy of this audiobook was […]

Book Review: Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman

Posted on July 11, 2014 4 Comments

Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman Genre: Non-Fiction, Biography Publisher: Spiegel & Grau (April 2010) Author Info: Twitter Wendy’s Rating: 3 of 5 stars : I enjoyed spotting the different characters and story elements within the book that the show expands on so wonderfully. Yes I read this because I’ve watched and enjoyed the […]

Film Review: Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

Posted on May 13, 2013 Leave a Comment

What is a movie review doing in a book blog, you might ask? Well you see, I would reply conspiratorially, I cheated. Persepolis – the graphic novel – was the topic of discussion in our recent Ladies Night Comic Club meeting, but procrastination various distractions and priorities got in the way of me reading it. […]

Book Review: Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

Posted on October 19, 2012 Leave a Comment

Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell I read this book because of the trailer, like many others. The trailer – despite the presence of Tom Hanks AND Halle Berry – fascinated me, though I could not fathom what was going on in what promised to be an excitingly visual journey through the times and lives of oddly connected people. […]

Book Review: Clay’s Ark by Octavia E. Butler

Posted on June 19, 2012 1 Comment

Clay’s Ark by Octavia E. Butler This was the most disturbing books by Octavia E. Butler that I have read yet, further inspiring my desire to have a conversation with her to find out just how that brain worked. Her concepts are fascinating, even when as disturbing as this one. Perhaps it was the violence […]

Book Review: Patternmaster by Octavia E. Butler

Posted on April 19, 2012 Leave a Comment

Patternmaster by Octavia E. Butler After Clay’s Ark, I had no idea what to expect with The Patternmaster. What I did not expect was that the Clayark evolution would basically turn those people into animals – albeit really smart human-like animals – and that they would have no real purpose to their existence save to […]