I fell in love with children’s books as an adult in a Children’s Lit class I took in college. The professor was so enthusiastic about the stories we studied that it was hard not to get excited too (My art history teacher was the same, plus some. I wish I could attend a class of hers every day for the rest of my life). We read fairy tales, Harriet the Spy, Alice in Wonderland, several others, and James and the…
source Trees Vol.1 is a slow-moving story in a world similar to ours where “trees” have been put on earth, presumably by extraterrestrial beings. They haven’t done anything or had an effect since landing. Throughout this arc we learn the stories of three different groups of people and how the trees directly or indirectly affect their lives. Relationships develop, people change, discoveries are made. At the end, we finally start to see some action and a good set-up is left…
A witch hunter is exactly what it sounds like; a member of a special force for the king who hunts and captures witches, wizards, demons, and the like. Elizabeth Grey is the only female witch hunter and one of, if not the, best. At sixteen and already having served for a few years, she is found with a pouch of herbs on her and accused of being a witch. She is jailed and awaiting her fate (a public burning) when…
The residents in Midnight, Texas have each moved here because this is a town where everyone knows not to ask questions; they don’t want any questions asked about them so they don’t ask in return. We are slowing learning the secrets of Manfred (a psychic), Fiji (a witch), Olivia, Bobo, Lemeul (a vampire), and the other residents, but Day Shift focuses on Manfred and the death of one of his loyal clients, Rachel Goldthorpe. The town, old residents and new, come together…
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…