[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=EXhOyTD6Tik] If you remember way back in December, I got word from an old college buddy of mine named Casey Carlin that he and some friends of his from high school were embarking on a journey to create their first game under the name Whole Hog Games. I was immediately […]
KotOR & Mass Effect Scribe Releases Children of Fire
Children of Fire Author: Drew Karpyshyn Release Date: August 27, 2013 Publisher: Del Rey Source: Edelweiss DRC Genre(s): Fantasy Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Medium GoodReads | Amazon Okay, so, we all know that high fantasy usually isn’t my thing – at least not when it comes to books anyway. I’m trying to change, though. I am trying to embrace […]
Tackle the Alien Invasion in Middle Grade Sci-Fi Thriller Earthfall
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=VdiuK-sP7vA] Earthfall Author: Mark Walden Release Date: August 27, 2013 (US); June 7, 2012 (UK) Publisher: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers (US); Bloombury (UK) Source: Edelweiss DRC Genre(s): Middle Grade Fiction, Middle Grade Science Fiction, Alien Invasion Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Mild GoodReads | Amazon I’ve been waiting for a good alien invasion story to hit […]
Indie eBook Roundup #5
Welcome to the fifth installation of the Indie eBook Roundup! We’ve got a couple really good ones here for you and a few others that might be worth your time. The last two on our list, in particular, are pretty stellar reads for fans of their particular genres. And if […]
Read The Book That Inspired ABC's New Series Resurrection
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=0e7vp9yMTuA] The Returned Author: Jason Mott Release Date: August 27, 2013 Publisher: Harlequin MIRA Source: NetGalley ARC Genre(s): Science Fiction, Religion, Family Drama, Grief Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: High GoodReads | Amazon When I first sat down to read The Returned I was actually very excited. I hard first heard about the book not through any literary circles but […]
Yellowcake Bakes a Blend of Fantastic YA Shorts
Yellowcake Author: Margo Lanagan Release Date: June 18, 2013 Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Source: NetGalley DRC, Edelweiss DRC Genre(s): Young Adult, Short Stories, Fantasy, Horror, Speculative Fiction Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: N/A GoodReads | Amazon First off, please forgive the title of this article. I was strapped for ideas and I thought, hey, ‘yellow cake’ […]
East Meets West in Komacon
Komacon Author(s): Rick Veitch, Ben McCool, Colleen Doran, Beau Smith, Joe Keating, Anina Bennett Illustrator(s): In-Hyuk Lee, Hae Mi Jang, Jun-Hyuk Choi, Rock-He Kim, Chan-Hyuk Lee, Jung-Guen Yoon Release Date: August 13, 2013 Publisher: Image Comics Source: NetGalley ARC Genre(s): Fantasy, Science Fiction, Mythology, Graphic Novel Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Review Spoilers: High GoodReads | Amazon So, […]
Eric Dane Should Be Batman
I’m not kidding. I mean, don’t get me wrong. I know that it can’t happen, and I actually love Ben Affleck being casted (as opposed to anyone else on the list of possible people), but I started marathoning Grey’s Anatomy after running out of things to obsess over on Netflix, […]
"The Grandmaster" is Beautiful, But Flawed
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC5amKLgnFU] The Grandmaster Release Date: August 30, 2013 Cast: Tony Leung, Ziyi Zhang, Chang Chen, Zhao Benshan, Song Hye-Kyo Director: Wong Kar-wai Studio: Block 2 Pictures, Jet Tone Films, Sil-Metropole Organisation, Bona International Film Group Distributor: Sil-Metropole Organisation, Bona Film Group, Annapurna Pictures, The Weinstein Company Genre(s): Wu Xia, Drama, Action Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Review Spoilers: Medium IMDB | Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia Let me be […]
Liberty on Earth, Liberty on Zehava!
Starglass Author: Phoebe North Release Date: July 23, 2013 Publisher: Simon and Schuster for Young Readers Source: Edelweiss DRC Genre(s): Young Adult, YA Science Fiction, Science Fiction, Jewish Fiction Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: High GoodReads | Amazon I have very mixed feelings about Starglass. For the most part I think I can say that I liked it. At […]
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