by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples (Illustrator)Publisher: Image ComicsFormat: PaperbackGenre: Sci-FiRelease Date: November 15th, 2023 Rating: 4/5 Stars Reread Reviews: Volume 1 / Volume 2 / Volume 3 / Volume 4 / Volume 5 / Volume 6 / Volume 7 / Volume 8 / Volume 9 / Volume 10 Glancing back over the previous volumes, this isContinueContinue reading “Graphic Novel Review: Saga, Volume 11”
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Book Review: Scales and Sensibility by Stephanie Burgis
Format: ebookPublished: October 4th, 2021Age: AdultGenre: Historical Fantasy Romance Rating: 5/5 Stars There is one thing every young woman in the ton is hoping to show off during the season; a dragon. And Elinor Tregarth’s cousin is no exception. Except when Penelope pushes too far in her mistreatment of both her dragon and cousin, ElinorContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Scales and Sensibility by Stephanie Burgis”
Graphic Novel Review: The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 3: Commercial Suicide
By Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie (Artist), Tula Lotay (Illustrator), Kate Brown (Illustrator), Stephanie Hans (Illustrator), Leila del Duca (Illustrator), Brandon Graham (Illustrator)Publisher: Image ComicsRelease Date: February 3rd, 2016Genre: Urban Fantasy Rating: 4/5 Stars This was a really interesting volume. Things are a bit different here, as we explore the other gods in this strange ‘pantheon’, in most instances getting a glimpse into their ‘pre-god’ lives. By thisContinueContinue reading “Graphic Novel Review: The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 3: Commercial Suicide”
Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Summer 2025 to-Read List
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. It’s summer already? This year is going way too fast!ContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Summer 2025 to-Read List”
Book Review: The Story of the Hundred Promises by Neil Cochrane
Format: ebookPublished: October 4th, 2022Age: AdultGenre: Fantasy Romance Rating: 2/5 Stars Even calling this a ‘loose’ retelling of Beauty and the Beast is stretching the idea of a retelling. For a retelling to work, there has to be come core elements connecting the original with the retelling, but in The Story of a Hundred Promises,ContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Story of the Hundred Promises by Neil Cochrane”
Top Ten Tuesday: Animal Companions
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. I really struggled with this, which I am taking asContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Animal Companions”
Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Feature Travel
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Another fun topic for this week, but I’m doing aContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Feature Travel”
Monday Moods: Monsters
Monday Moods is a new bookish meme created and hosted by Unwrapping Words (aka, me!). The premise is simple: every week, there’s a new ‘mood’, ranging from tropes to genres or actual moods (happy, sad, etc). On a Monday, feel free to post about books on your TBR, books you’d recommend, or a mix – whatever youContinueContinue reading “Monday Moods: Monsters”
Graphic Novel Review: Jessica Jones: Alias, Vol. 2
By Brian Michael Bendis, David W. Mack (Illustrator), Michael Gaydos (Illustrator)Format: PaperbackPublished: January 1st, 2003Age: AdultGenre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy – Crime Rating: 5/5 Stars In Alias, Volume 2, superhero turned PI Jessica Jones investigates the disappearance of a teenage girl, with little but the girl’s collage books to get clues from. As she gradually pieces it together, she gets an eyeopenerContinueContinue reading “Graphic Novel Review: Jessica Jones: Alias, Vol. 2”
Graphic Novel Review: Fables, Vol. 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers
By Bill Willingham (Writer), Mark Buckingham (Artist), Craig Hamilton (Artist), Steve Leialoha (Artist), P. Craig Russell (Artist)Format: PaperbackPublished: November 30th, 2004Age: AdultGenre: Urban Fantasy Rating: 5/5 Stars I’m really enjoying these graphic novels. If you’re not familiar, Fables is about fairy tale characters living in the real world. In the fourth volume, the first refugee in centuriesContinueContinue reading “Graphic Novel Review: Fables, Vol. 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers”
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