Here at WWAC we are starting off our 2024 right, and really committing to reading in the Year of the Dragon with a wide variety of terrific books. Christa digs into A Woman is No Man, I read a couple upcoming speculative fiction titles by Ann Leckie and Adrian Tchaikovsky, Alenka enjoys some YA horror…
Roundtable: WWAC Reads Books! Digging into Winter Edition
We at WWAC have had an intense start to our winter reading, with a lot of heavy hitting books! Alenka’s immersed in books about incarceration while Christa’s reading YA speculative fiction to consider for a CYBILS award. Louis is appreciating Yellowface on audio and Kathryn’s fascinated by the short stories of Vandana Singh. Meanwhile, Masha…
REVIEW: VenCo by Cherie Dimaline
When I was younger, one of my favourite movies was Practical Magic, starring Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock. I loved the magic, the comedy, the sense of female camaraderie. Reading VenCo, the latest from best-selling author Cherie Dimaline, had all of the same vibes I used to enjoy from that movie. But instead of sisters,…
BOOM! Pubwatch: September 2020
Happy Fall everyone! Though the weather this summer has been absolutely gorgeous, I have to admit I’m a little excited about the fall too. The leaves are just starting to turn here and walks in our neighbourhood have become so pretty. There’s also the return of the fall Starbucks drinks and I may have already…
BOOM Pubwatch: August 2020
Welcome to this month’s BOOM! Pubwatch, where I’ll be gushing about Wonder Pony, a new middle-grade comic that I loved, as well as the start of Seven Secrets #1, and the graphic memoir, Happiness Will Follow, which I have some mixed feelings about. In the news section there is some celebrating the Jenny Frison Cover…
BOOM! Pubwatch: July 2020
And we’re back! Sort of. Things are slowly starting to open up again where I am (though, personally, I am sticking close to home for a little bit longer) and that includes comic shops. I had missed having new releases to look forward to every Wednesday. This month for the Pubwatch I’ll be sharing my…
BOOM Pubwatch: May 2020
Not much has changed since March, the world has still been turned upside down by a global pandemic. Thankfully, I’ve still been able to keep working from home and everyone if my family is healthy (including my brand new baby niece Eva who made her debut a couple of weeks ago) but it’s still a…
BOOM Pubwatch: March 2020
At the start of this month, I was on vacation. Sitting poolside with a stack of reading material. I definitely wasn’t expecting that a week later I would be preparing to work from home and self-isolate. I was forced to stay at home for a few months last winter, and the memory of that still…
BOOM Pubwatch: February 2020
This month I really tried to spend some time catching up on a few series. There are so many great BOOM! comics out right now it’s easy to fall behind when I’m doing my reading for this Pubwatch. In particular, I spent a little extra time catching up on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and…
BOOM Pubwatch: January 2020
We did it! We survived 2019! It’s felt like a particularly long year last year, especially since I spent the majority of it recovering from my ankle injury. I’m not taking any chances this year! I’m planning on staying inside as much as possible and attempting to put a dent in the ever-growing pile of…
BOOM! Pubwatch: November 2019
Welcome to winter, comics fans! The snow (and ice) have already started up here in Canada so I’m getting ready to hibernate for the next five or six months. Basically I’m stockpiling books, comics, and snacks so I can leave my home as little as possible. I’ve started this process with not one, but two…
BOOM! Pubwatch: Halloween Edition!
Happy Halloween Week, comics lovers! This month while decorating my apartment for Halloween, I thought why not do something different and shine a light on some of the amazing BOOM! series that are perfect for this spooky season. Think of this as a holiday gift guide, but this time the holiday is all about ghosts,…