Grindhouse Press, April 2011 Available: Pre-order ISBN-13: 978-0-9826281-6-4 Teen suicides have paralyzed the town of Gethsemane, Ohio. Steven Wrigley’s nightmares spill over into his journal, record the names of the dead, and reveal clues to a bloodthirsty stalker. Unable to sleep peacefully, he walks the quiet streets till dawn, alone, until he meets Elise. Elise […]
Graphic Novel Review: Faith v1: Hollywood and Vine
July 28, 2018Faith volume 1 is an offshoot of a previous super group series which I hadn’t read, and which is referred to and built upon in this book. But I found it easy to follow along and connect with the character. Also, it’s obvious from the beginning that super powered Faith is plus sized (though this […]
Anime Crash Course: Ouran High School Host Club
July 26, 2018Ouran High School Host Club is a hilarious, tongue-in-cheek manga and anime about Haruhi Fujioka, a scholarship student at an exclusive (expensive) private school who runs into some trouble with the school host club (more or less, they guys are escorts, without actual sex, playing doting, perfect boyfriends to rich, teenaged girls.) The club forces […]
Book Review: Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
July 24, 2018Viking Juvenile, 2009 ISBN: 067001110X Available: New and Used Cassie was Lia’s best friend. Her body was found in a hotel room, alone. The two girls hadn’t spoken in months, so Lia didn’t answer her cell when Cassie called on the night she died… thirty three times. It’s one more guilty secret in a […]
Book Review: Cryer’s Cross by Lisa McMann
July 17, 2018Simon Pulse, 2011 ISBN-13: 978-1416994817 Available: New Kendall Fletcher is one of just 212 people who live in the community of Cryer’s Cross. Her junior year ended with the disappearance of a girl from her class, and it’s a relief to be starting over with a new school year. Maybe, she thinks, the familiar […]
TV Review: iZombie Season 3
July 14, 2018Saved, unexpectedly, from Vaugh DuClark by an all zombie ex-military company trying to build a fair life for zombies, Liv, Ravi, and Clive try to get back to normal solving crimes and trying to make a cure to zombieness. Major finally gets a break, getting to join the zombie run private security force (a perfect […]
Book Review: Hawkeye versus Deadpool
July 12, 2018You’ll find an almost wholesome Deadpool in this tale of Hawkeye and Deadpool teaming up to take on…every other Marvel hero? Deadpool meets Hawkeye while out trick or treating with his daughter. (Hawkeye gives out full-sized candy bars!) A mysterious man shows up at Hawkeye’s door asking for help. Hawkeye, feeling insecure and depressed, rebukes […]
Book Review: Nightwalkers by Keith Kekic
July 10, 2018Damnation Books, 2010 ISBN: 9781615720798 Available: Used and New Written from the viewpoint of the main character, Nightwalkers tells the story of a teenage boy who has lost his parents and is living with an aunt he dislikes. Loneliness surrounds him and practically consumes him. He finds some relief from this sad life by going out into […]
TV Review: iZombie Season 2
July 7, 2018Blaine and Major have been cured of the zombie virus, but Ravi is still searching for more tainted utopium to synthesize more doses. Meanwhile our favorite zombie-friendly Scooby crew becomes embroiled in a plot by zombie virus creator #2; Max Rager creator Vaughn DuClark. DuClark not just knows about the side effects, he wants to […]
The Waking: Dreams of the Dead by Thomas Randall Bloomsbury, 2009 Available: Paperback ISBN: 978-1599905853 Kara Harper and her father have finally realized their life-long dream of starting a new life in Japan. Looking out at the peaceful blue of Miyazu Bay, photographing Ama-no- Hashidate, the Bridge to Heaven, Kara thinks it’s the most beautiful […]