Renee’s sixteenth birthday should have gone off without a hitch. She’s got great friends and a perfect boyfriend, not to mention a wonderful relationship with her parents. Life, however, doesn’t always go according to plan. Renee, while taking a drive through the country with her best friend, happens upon her parents lying dead in the […]
Review: The Reapers Are The Angels by Alden Bell
October 4, 2010
It seems that paranormal/horror is becoming so incredibly popular, that even the literati are getting in on it. First, there was The Passage, a literary tale of vampires and the downfall of society. Now, there is The Reapers Are The Angels by Alden Bell, a much more formal take on zombies, than the urban fantasy […]
Review of Feed by Mira Grant
September 20, 2010
Bloggers are awesome. We devote hours upon hours to building a community, sharing information, and generating content. In Feed by Mira Grant, bloggers play a huge role in the zombie uprising. They report on the best way to kill a zombie, what works and what does not. They report the news sans the bullshit. We open […]
Review of The Maze Runner by James Dashner
March 23, 2010
The Maze Runner by James Dashner was a thrilling read, sure to delight fans of the film Labyrinth, as there is a maze to be figured out. However, there is no David Bowie, dancing, or singing, or Goblin king. But as I said, there’s a maze and a great cast of characters, which I grew […]
Review of V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and Dave Lloyd
March 17, 2010
I should probably confess right now that I saw the film V For Vendetta way before I read the graphic novel. I saw the film multiple times in theaters, then bought it the night it came out on DVD. I loved the movie. LOVED it. Now, you are probably thinking, okay psycho, just talk about […]
Review of This World We Live In by Susan Beth Pfeffer
March 1, 2010
You ever read a book that makes you want to run to the grocery store and stock up on batteries, canned food, and eye the moon with suspicion? No? Well, friends, I think you need to check out the Moon trilogy by Susan Beth Pfeffer. The first book, Life As We Knew It, set my […]