SPOILER WARNING: These diaries will contain spoilers for Dragon Age Inquisition (DAI), as well as its predecessors, Dragon Age: Origins (DAO) and Dragon Age II (DA2), and may also contain spoilers from the tie-in materials. If you’re new to this whole Dragon Age business and want to know what the hell I’m going on about,…
The Thursday Book Beat: Amazon’s Head Honcho Says Books Are Too Expensive
Amazon’s Head Honcho Says Books Are Too Expensive In this write up by Business Insider, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is essentially saying that books aren’t necessarily expensive in regards to an individual being unable to afford a $30 or even $20 due to their socioeconomic position. Why would he say that when we have libraries that help…
Making the Season Bright: Twelve Holiday YA Stories
My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories Edited by Stephanie Perkins St. Martin’s Griffin October 2014 Though I don’t believe in listening to Christmas music before U.S. Thanksgiving, I was hard pressed to resist picking up My True Love Gave to Me (hereafter abbreviated as MTLGTM) when it was released in October. Stephanie…
Bruise: Sarah Horrocks at Sacred Prism
Sarah Horrocks talks comics with high standards, entry level requirements, and no quarter given. Reviewing her work feels like an exam. I’m raising my hand in McGonagall’s class. Bruise, her 2014 risograph from Sacred Prism, is the first time I’ve read Horrocks’ comic output. I’ve looked at her art before, I’ve read her crit, and…
The Twin Peaks Log: S.1 E.6
Welcome to our biweekly roundtable of Twin Peaks where we are working our way through every. Single. Episode. Some of us are regulars and some of us newbies, but none of our experiences are the same. So get yourself a damn fine cup of coffee, watch along with us, and feel free to chime in…