Title: The Grey Bastards Series: The Lot Lands #1 Author(s): Jonathan French Publisher: Crown Format: ARC Release Date: June 19th 2018 Pages: 432 Genre(s): Fantasy ISBN13: 9780525572442 My Overall Rating: ★★★★★ The winner of Mark Lawrence’s Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off 2016 contest turned out to be The Grey Bastards. It then quickly got snatched by bigger publishers to…
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6 Times Goodreads Got The Rating Wrong
Conclusion? If it’s a psychological thriller, it must be a pretty damn good one! Because I have enough with alcoholic and amnesia women. Can we please please stop with Woman in the Kitchen and Woman in bicycle kind of titles? What about you? Did you guys notice how Goodreads can sometimes be very wrong? Of course,…
Battle Angel Alita Deluxe Edition 1 by Yukito Kishiro
Title: Battle Angel Alita Deluxe Edition 1 Stand-Alone: Yes Author(s): Yukito Kishiro Publisher: Kodansha Comics Format: Hardcover – Deluxe Edition Release Date: November 21st 2017 Pages: 430 Genre(s): Manga, Science Fiction ISBN13: 9781632365989 My Overall Rating: ★★★★☆ What do you get when you put innocence, beauty and destruction together? This chick. Battle Angel Alita Deluxe Edition 1 collects the first…
Dark Nights: Metal by Scott Snyder
Title: Dark Nights: Metal Stand-Alone: No Writer(s): Scott Snyder Illustrator(s): Greg Capullo Publisher: DC Comics Format: Hardcover – Deluxe Edition Release Date: June 12th 2018 Pages: 216 Genre(s): Comics, Science Fiction ISBN13: 9781401277321 My Overall Rating: ★★★★★ Previously on DC Comics’ Metal event: Dark Days: The Road to Metal by Scott Snyder Hearing Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo were…
Scythe : Killcraft Training In the Age of Immortality
I have the very bad habit to always postpone the reading of a book whenever the book gets too good. Am I the only one?! I would start to SLOW DOWN on purpose and not read it for a few hours. This is what happened with this book. I also postponed this review hahah but…
Dark Days: The Road to Metal by Scott Snyder
Title: Dark Days: The Road to Metal Stand-Alone: Yes Writer(s): Scott Snyder & James Tynion IV Illustrator(s): Jim Lee, Andy Kubert & John Romita Jr. Publisher: DC Comics Format: Hardcover Release Date: May 22nd 2018 Pages: 256 Genre(s): Comics, Science Fiction ISBN13: 9781401278199 My Overall Rating: ★★★★☆ One thing I love about DC is how they don’t restrain themselves from expanding…
Author Interview: Cameron Johnston
Hello ladies and gentlemen! The stars have aligned for us today as Cameron Johnston, author of the recently-reviewed-by-me The Traitor God, takes the time to answer some questions for us. What do you say if we kick things off by giving everyone an idea of who you are? Hi, I’m Cameron Johnston, author of the…
The Traitor God by Cameron Johnston
Title: The Traitor God Series: No Author(s): Cameron Johnston Publisher: Angry Robot Format: Paperback Release Date: June 5th 2018 Pages: 432 Genre(s): Fantasy ISBN13: 9780857667793 My Overall Rating: ★★★★☆ Sometimes what you need is just an opportunity to decompress, to unsheathe your blades and to rid your foes of their guts with an unrestrained series of stabbing and slashing….
Monthly Wrap-Up | May 2018
Hello lovely people! It’s that time of the month where we go through all the good (and maybe bad?) stuff that happened to us! This is an easy way for everyone to check out posts that might intrigue them or have missed from us and share their thoughts with us. Feel free to share what…
Action Comics: 80 Years of Superman by Paul Levitz (editor)
Title: Action Comics: 80 Years of Superman Stand-Alone: Yes Creator: Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster Editor: Paul Levitz Writer(s): Too many! Illustrator(s): Too many! Publisher: DC Comics Format: Hardcover Release Date: April 17th 2018 Pages: 384 Genre(s): Comics, Science Fiction ISBN13: 9781401278878 My Overall Rating: ★★★★☆ On April 18th 1938, Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster introduced Superman to the…
Nightwing: The New Order by Kyle Higgins
Title: Nightwing: The New Order Stand-Alone: Yes Universe: Elseworlds Writer(s): Kyle Higgins Illustrator(s): Trevor McCarthy and Dean White Publisher: DC Comics Format: Paperback Release Date: May 8th 2018 Pages: 152 Genre(s): Comics, Science Fiction ISBN13: 9781401274993 Author who kicked things off for the New 52 Nightwing comic book run, Kyle Higgins, returns to write an Elseworlds story…
How To Get More Reading Done While Traveling
I decided super last minute that I would make my own Europe Tour (I’m from Canada)! I hesitated a lot on taking this trip but then I realized I should live my life to the fullest! I gathered enough money, this is the age where I have the most energy so why not 😀 Hello,…
The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware
Title: The Death of Mrs. Westaway Series: No Author(s): Ruth Ware Publisher: Gallery/Scout Press Format: ARC Release Date: May 29th 2018 Pages: 384 Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller, Suspense ISBN13: 9781501156212 She is back and she is not ready to hand over the reins to anyone just yet. Since In a Dark, Dark Wood, Ruth Ware has been releasing some of…
How Did You Get into Reading?
Every bookworm I encounter has a story to tell. Finding out how they started is always a heartwarming tale of discovery and exploration. But how come reading still seems to be an activity that very little people around us actively invest in? It’s as if picking up a book is a taboo act that should…
Top 5 Books of 2018 – So Far
I’ve read a lot of books these past few months but I haven’t got time to review all of them. What better way than to reunite them in a post? I now present to you, my 5 top reads (SO FAR and EXCLUDING the ones I already reviewed) released this year. I also got back…
84K by Claire North
Title: 84K Series: No Author(s): Claire North Publisher: Orbit Format: Paperback Release Date: May 22nd 2018 Pages: 496 Genre(s): Science Fiction ISBN13: 9780316316804 Claire North, also known under the names of Catherine Webb and Kate Griffin, brings us a brand-new dystopian sci-fi story with 84K. Although I’ve only known her for her huge success upon releasing…
What To Do When You Feel Lost
I wanted to put up a review for The Immortalists today but instead I prefer to get something out of my chest. These ideas have been on my mind for too long and I think it can help other people too. In the recent years, I have found myself questioning a lot of things about…
The New World: Comics from Mauretania by Chris Reynolds
Title: The New World: Comics From Mauretania Stand-Alone: Yes Writer(s): Chris Reynolds Illustrator(s): Chris Reynolds Editor: Seth Publisher: New York Review Comics Format: Hardcover Paperback Release Date: May 1st 2018 Pages: 276 Genre(s): Comics, Science Fiction ISBN13: 9781681372389 This was nothing like anything I’ve ever read before. Released in bits and pieces since the mid-1980s, Chris…
Green Lantern: Earth One (Vol. 1) by Gabriel Hardman
Title: Green Lantern: Earth One Volume: 1 Stand-Alone: Yes Universe: Earth One Writer(s): Gabriel Hardman Illustrator(s): Corinna Sara Becko Publisher: DC Comics Format: Hardcover Paperback Release Date: March 20th 2018 Pages: 137 Genre(s): Comics, Science Fiction ISBN13: 9781401241865 Also in the Earth One series: Superman: Earth One (Vol. 1) by J. Michael Straczynski Batman: Earth One (Vol….
Suicide Squad Extended Cut (2016) Movie Review
Title: Suicide Squad Universe: DCEU Rated: PG-13 Director: David Ayer Story: David Ayer Release Date: 2016 Runtime: 2h3min Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction Cast: Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Joel Jinnaman, Viola Davis, and many more! Budget: $175,000,000 Opening Weekend: $133,700,000 Box Office: $745,600,000 Also in the DC Extended Universe: Man of Steel (2013)…
