Hollow City
Alexandra talk about Hollow City, the second book in the Peculiar Children series
Fortunately, the Milk
A clever funny ode to fatherhood, Neil Gaiman takes his reader on an adventure into the ridiculous and the fantastic.
Daughter of Smoke and Bone
We were torn on this one. Daughter of Smoke and Bone is a fresh face in the teen section offering a new and interesting world, but the book is not without it's ...
The Giver: THE FIRST TRAILER IS HERE
OH MY GOD THE FIRST TRAILER HAS FINALLY BEEN RELEASED! I don’t know what to say. It looks interesting. I’m a little bit sad that it’s not in b...
Top 5 Wednesday: Capable Heroines
This week’s topic is one that is near and dear to Chelsey and my hearts. There is this sterotype in books and movies that when a female character meets her love...
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children mixes text with found photographs to tell the story of Jacob. Jacob’s grandfather used to tell him stor...
Vampire Academy Review
In Vampire Academy Rose and Lissa must survive not only the ridiculous politics of their high school, but figure out who it is who is threatening Lissa before i...
It’s Tissue Time: First Trailer for TFiOS
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ItBvH5J6ss&w=560&h=315] As I write this I’m a little teary eyed. The first trailer for John Green’...
The Night Circus
The Night Circus has some of the most beautiful imagery that we have come across in a long time. It sets up this beautiful playground but fails to deliver chara...
From The Dungeon: The Fellowship Goes to The Zoo Pt. 2
In which I continue to offer commentary on my old fanfiction. I have copied and pasted the text below and (even though it is physically painful) have refrained ...
First Official Photos from The Giver
It seems like our prayers have been answered! In our recent video looking at the upcoming movie adaptations of teen books (watch it here) Read and I discussed T...
Surviving The Room
The Disaster Artist was difficult to get through. Not because it wasn’t interesting, or well written. No, The Disaster Artist is an in depth look into the...
Adventures in the Library
I went to the library for the sole purpose of returning The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and The Disaster Artist. With nothing to do an a few hours to kill...
From The Dungeon: The Fellowship Goes to the Zoo
In my last blog post Tolkien and Me, I linked to my old fanfiction.net profile. I did this off-hand without looking at the fics that I had posted there. It was ...
January Book Haul: Used Bookstores are my Kryptonite
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH1NSHhQ7HM?showinfo=0&w=853&h=480] Receiving no books for Christmas sucks, so I decided to take matters into m...
Tolkien and Me: How The Lord of the Rings Changed My Life
Fantasy is a natural human activity. It certainly does not destroy or even insult Reason; and it does not either blunt the appetite for, nor obscure the percept...
Best Covers of 2013
They always tell you never judge a book by it’s cover. Sometimes that’s a lot harder than you think. There’s nothing like an awesome eye catch...
The Desolation of “The Hobbit”
Middle Earth has always held a special place in my heart. So it only made sense for me to go to the midnight premiere of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. He...