I have considered getting a tattoo numerous times throughout my life. After seeing Miyazaki’s Princess Mononoke for the first time, I yearned for a kodama, which my friend suggested I put in a tree. Upon seeing all the stylized, unique tattoos on readers of Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine De Landro’s Bitch Planet, I weighed…
Navigating Jeanette Winterson’s The Gap of Time
The Gap of Time: a Novel Jeanette Winterson Hogarth, October 2015 The thing about submerging yourself into Jeanette Winterson’s prose is that you can’t just take the easy road through the story: Winterson demands active participation from her readers. She may cushion you with ethereal sentences and dazzling metaphors, but that doesn’t soften the landing…
Trying Origami with the DC Superheroes
Disclaimer: A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review In the last few days of 2015, I was battling a terrible cold. The only thing I could do was binge watch Elementary and do some origami, but this wasn’t just any origami. It was John Montroll’s DC Super Heroes…
Nerdy Nummies: Sweet Treats for the Geeky Baker
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Six of Crows: One Impossible Review
Six of Crows Leigh Bardugo Henry Holt and Company/Macmillan September 29th 2015 This book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review I read Six of Crows after the initial excitement swept the young adult book community, which tried to get the book into the hands of everyone in sight. I try to…
Welcome to Night Vale: Leave Your Expectations at the Town Sign
Welcome to Night Vale Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor Harper Perennial October 20, 2015 It was a crisp spring afternoon when I started listening to the aptly named podcast Welcome to Night Vale, the kind of afternoon where if you breathe in too quickly, the wind sinks its tiny teeth into your throat. In Night Vale,…
Dogears: Fifteen Epic Heart-Shaped Dogs
Helen and Troy’s Epic Road Quest A. Lee Martinez Orbit July 16, 2013 I have a couple of authors that I follow closely, anxiously awaiting the release of their next books. Martinez was one of those authors for many years, I’ve read everything he’s written since his first book, Gil’s All Fright Diner, in 2005….
Bloody and Beautiful: Review of Tredici: Hannibal Season Three Art Book
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Elvis Impersonators, Sex Dolls and the Perils of Free Will: The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood
The Heart Goes Last Margaret Atwood McClelland & Stewart September 29, 2015 A review copy was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
Wishing Doesn’t Always Wound the Heart: A Review of The Epic Adventures of Lydia Bennet
The Epic Adventures of Lydia Bennet Kate Rorick and Rachel Kiley Touchstone September 29, 2015 For all of the vitriol thrown her way, Lydia Bennet is not a figure that looms large in the original Pride & Prejudice. True, her actions do drive her sister Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy closer together as they work to…
Dogears: Go Big or Go Home
Anything Could Happen Will Walton PUSH, an imprint of Scholastic May 26, 2015 Tretch Farm is in love with his best friend. That would be hard enough for any teenager but his best friend is Matt Gooby and they live in a small Southern town where it’s not easy to be gay. What’s even worse is…