Simon and Schuster, 2008 ISBN: 9781416935896 Available: Pre-order (June,2008) Jesse has grown up in the foster care system, never knowing his real parents. Unfairly seized by Homeland Security, he is released to the Mindells, a foster family living in the town of Longview. As Jesse begins to settle into his new community, Honor Clarke […]
Straitjacket by El Torres, art by Guillermo Sanna Amigo Comics, 2016 ISBN: 9788416486199 Available: Trade paperback (direct from Amigo Comics), comiXology ebook As a child, Alexandra Wagner ritually murdered her twin brother, Alexander. She was subsequently institutionalized and believes she protects the real world against “The Outer Darkness”, with the help of her brother on the […]
Book Review: Weregirls: Birth of the Pack by Petru Popescu
March 20, 2018Tor Teen, 2007 ISBN: 0765316412 Available: New Lily Willison and her friends Nikki, Arielle, and Grazia start up a girls’ soccer club at her school called the Weregirls. When the new girl, Andra Hewlit, senses that Lily has supernatural powers, she seeks to co-opt them and creates her own soccer club. Lily finds out […]
I recently discovered The Magicians while surfing Netflix. Yes, I know I’m late to the party. It’s based on a book of the same name by Lev Grossman, and I’m going to say that in this case the show is much better than the book. The Magicians tells the story of Quentin, a nerdy, WASPY, and very unhappy teenager obsessed […]
Book Review: Witch Hunter: Into the Outside by J. Z. Foster
March 15, 2018Witch Hunter: Into the Outside by J. Z. Foster CreateSpace, 2017 ISBN-13: 978-1974522255 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition Witch Hunter: Into the Outside by J.Z. Foster is a tongue-in-cheek, ghoulish farce. Richard, a picked-upon, chubby nebbish, is a member of a group of nerds dedicated to combating supernatural evil. He suspects that the members are only half […]
Sterling Publishing, 2006 ISBN: 9781402715150 Available: New This book is a good introduction for the reader getting ready to take on the intricacies of language in the writing of Edgar Allan Poe. The book starts with a brief biography of the author and then leads the reader through five of Poe’s most famous short stories. […]
Candlewick Press,2006 ISBN: 0763629308 Available: New Maud Flynn is a troublemaking, unattractive, orphan: the girl most unlikely to be adopted. However, she is the perfect choice for Hyacinth Hawthorne and her elderly sisters. The charismatic Hyacinth convinces Maud to play the part of a ghostly “secret child.” The sisters, posing as psychic mediums able […]
TV Review: The Gifted S1 E10 eXploited
March 3, 2018Argh argh argh! I am so glad I’m binge watching this and not watching it live. The last episode ended on a downer, but this one made me want more right away! Lauren and Andy were captured (while their parents watched) in the last episode. We also saw Esme manipulate Thunderbird (and maybe a few […]
Book Review: Blood Witch- Book Three of the Sweep Series by Cate Tiernan
February 27, 2018Penguin Group 2007 ISBN:9780142409886 Available: New and Used Morgan’s quest to learn more about her family, especially her mother, continues in Blood Witch. Now that Morgan has the Book of Shadows, she is able to read the words her mother wrote As Morgan continues to practice magick, other blood witches, threatened by her power strengthen their […]
DVD Review: Teen Wolf season 2
February 25, 2018School is back in session and things are about to get more complicated. Scott and Allison are hiding their relationship from her parents (because they are werewolf hunters and Scott is the titular werewolf.) Jackson got himself bitten and is now super psyched to be all “I have the power *howl*”, until it doesn’t happen. […]