Books/Comics
Movie Prep: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Off the Shelf: Morning Star (Red Rising #3) by Pierce Brown
Off the Shelf: Golden Son (Red Rising #2) by Pierce Brown
Movie Prep: Annihilation (Southern Reach #1) by Jeff VanderMeer
Book Review: The Last Star (The 5th Wave Book 3)
As disappointed as I was with the filmmakers for their failed attempt at adapting my guilty pleasure novel, The 5th Wave, into a decent movie, I still had the book series to fall back on for comfort. At least I thought I did. It turns out the movie wasn’t the worst thing that could happen […]
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You lied to me, movie trailer! Me Before You is hardly full of the sunshine that washes over a horrible situation, blinding us to all the bad that is usually banished from the love stories of our fairytales. Far from it, actually. Jojo Moyes’ novel is full of the bad.
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Back when Heather and I chose the highly recommended end of the world saga The Passage for our book club in early 2013, it was a no brainer to eventually read the follow up, The Twelve. Now that I’ve gotten through it, I’m not sure which took longer: getting around to starting the sequel, or […]
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Impatience burned me the last time I chose to start a book series during season one of its adaptation to TV, but the trailer for Syfy’s The Expanse just looked too good not to crack open Leviathan Wakes. Boy am I glad I did.
Read more "Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse Book 1) by James S. A. Corey"Movie Prep: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
For the longest time you could only have Pride and Prejudice OR zombies, but the release of the trailer for the film adaptation of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies reminded me that now I can have both! The problem is that most combos are great because of the shared responsibility towards the success. Take a […]
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