When I found out about this book and discovered it was available on NetGalley for review, I was so excited. I imagined it being a next-level guide for fangirls who like a bunch of nerdy stuff already but wanted some direction on getting to the next level. How it actually reads is like a book for preteens, most likely those who do not have nerdy parents and don’t know where to start. The Fangirl’s Guide includes a “field guide” to…
I waited an unnecessarily long time to read this after purchasing it. It came up in my search for more things written by Brian K. Vaughan after reading Saga. It is inspired by a true story: “In April of 2003, four lions escaped the Baghdad Zoo during the bombing of Iraq. The starving animals were eventually shot and killed by U.S. soldiers.” I find it pretty amazing to base a whole comic on two sentences, imagining the situation these lions and…
Prudence with a crumpet and tea from the Crumpet Shop. Rue, Prim, Percy, and Quesnel take The Spotted Custard to India! Gail has done it again. I knew I would enjoy the story because I have loved everything she has ever written, but I didn’t expect a story that rivaled so the Parasol Protectorate series. The Parasol Protectorate world, the one in which all of Gail’s series are set, is the most wonderful and complete world I have ever had the pleasure…
Around page 40, I was so not into this book. I hate to quit reading a book without finishing it, so I told myself that I would read to page 100 and if I still didn’t like it I could stop. A few pages after I made this resolution the book started to pick up. While it is not an extremely exciting read, I finished the book and enjoyed it. My main issue with this book is that it is…
I have never read a book like this and it is not one that I would normally reach for at a bookstore. I heard about Myke Cole when Gail Carriger mentioned a few twitter accounts she enjoyed and I ended up following his. This was right around the time that this book came out so there was a lot of promotion for it and it kept popping up in my feed. I was seriously shocked over how much I loved the…
Outcast follows a guy named Kyle who is battling/coming out of a deep depression. In this story, people are randomly possessed by demons that cause them to commit violent acts. A priest has been exorcising them with difficulty and when he meets up with Kyle (they knew each other several years prior) they discover that Kyle’s touch irritates the demons. They discover that if he touches them long enough, the demons will leave the bodies they are possessing. This possession…
“MOAR KITTEN HOLY!” Last Fall when trying to find more comics to read after Saga and Rat Queens, Lumberjanes kept coming up. Just from seeing the cover I knew I would be interested and had to read it, but several issues were already out and a TP was in the works so I decided to wait for it. When Emerald City Comicon rolled around, I giddily made my way to buy it first thing Friday morning. Lumberjanes is about five…
This book had a difficult beginning for me. It shows an ugly side of life; an alcoholic father, a mother who is absent due to working three jobs, and a child being rewarded and comforted with unlimited food when trying to make her happy with little regard to her health. I actually wanted to stop reading the raw and embarrassing account of Andie’s family life when she was little but I made myself keep going. Andie has a poetic and real…
Today I have a very exciting giveaway for you! I picked up a few extra things at ECCC last weekend: 1. A reusable ECCC bag.2. A SIGNED trade paperback of Shutter Vol 1.3. Red Rising, a novel.4. Two pins (Catleesi and 11 Doctor Cat) with illustrations by Jenny Parks.5. Two signed Dark Horse prints.6. Miscellaneous items (they came with the tote along with the book: Walking Dead issue #1, Tales from the Con comic, miscellaneous pamphlets and publications). Shutter is…
Purrlock & Catleesi prints by Jenny Parks. I Was the Cat & Tragedy Series issues by Benjamin Dewey. On Friday, before I met up with (other) Jessica, I bee-lined it to the Boom!Studios booth to pick up a copy of the Lumberjanes TP that I have been so eager to read. Once I met Jessica outside and reentered, we stopped by the Karen Hallion booth that was exactly at the beginning and we picked up some prints (me, Belle with…