Ten minutes into World War Z, when the explosions start, my mom leaned over and asked me, “Who are the bad guys in this movie?” She, obviously, has not read World War Z. I’m not even sure she saw previews for it, but three or four times throughout the movie, […]
Rush by Eve Silver
Title: Rush (The Game #1) Author: Eve Silver Release Date: June 11, 2013 Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Source: Edelweiss DRC Genre(s): YA Fiction, YA Science Fiction, Alien Invasion, Video Games Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Moderate GoodReads | Amazon I’ve been meaning to get to this book for a while now but because I wound up in the hospital dying […]
The Legend of Zelda Symphony is One Fit for the Goddesses
I don’t consider myself a particularly emotional person. It takes a lot to bring me to tears. But The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses managed to do it, as much as I fought to choke them back in a crowd of thousands of people in San Francisco’s Davies […]
True Blood: The Sun Recap
Seriously, how many emotions can True Blood make me have? It’s only episode 2, and I’m already having freakouts. With Worlow coming back, we ended the pilot with the potential that Jason had just been picked up by him. However, the episode quickly established the stranger as Jason’s grandfather, Niall […]
Gameboard of the Gods by Richelle Mead
Title: Gameboard of the Gods (Age of X) Author: Richelle Mead Release Date: June 4, 2013 Publisher: Dutton Adult Source: Edelweiss DRC Genre(s): New Adult Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Mythology, Paranormal Fiction Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Low to Possibly Mild GoodReads | Amazon First off, I’ve never read the Vampire Academy series and I never intend to […]
Under the Dome: Pilot Recap
CBS’s adaptation of Stephen King’s Under the Dome started on Monday and it was actually pretty damn good! If you’re not watching this series then you should be. It’s no Hannibal but it’s helping to heal the hole in my heart left by that season finale. Under the Dome has […]
How to Survive the Hannibal #HeAteUs
The Hannibal ‘he-ate-us’ is now underway. We have successfully made it through an entire week. I am so proud of all of you. But since it’s only been seven days I suspect that the full weight of what this hiatus means hasn’t quite sunken in for my fellow Fannibals. Considering […]
John Barrowman's Middle Grade Debute: Hollow Earth
Emily and Matt Calder have one heck of a pedigree. Not just in the book but also when it comes to the creative team behind the characters and their story. John Barrowman is that John Barrowman. Yes, Captain Jack from Doctor Who and Torchwood fame. Carole Barrowman is his sister, […]
Animal Crossing: New Leaf is Magically Addictive
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z09iRo44Mcs] Hello, my name is Amy. And I am addicted to Animal Crossing. Move aside Farmville, there’s a new sim game in town and it’s way more fun than having a life. Earlier this month, Animal Crossing: New Leaf finally saw its North American release, and it has been […]
Defiance: The Bride Wore Black Recap
There’s wedding bells in the air on this week’s episode of Defiance. We’re given a look into how the Castithans throw a bachelor party and it is milder than I was expecting. They sword fight a little bit, there’s a stripper pretending to be Christie, they tell him to “pony-mount […]
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