Alexandra’s Blog
Things That (Still) Scare Me
in honour of Halloween lets talk about the things that truly spooked me. Enjoy this list of media that either sent me on a tail spin into existential crisis or just left me sleep deprived for a few ni...
Dear Batwoman…
Dear Batwoman, I never thought today would happen. I never thought I'd see you adapted for live action television, let alone have your own show. But here you are about to air on the CW. You have no...
Cover Reveal for Harrow the Ninth
Gideon the Ninth was my most anticipated release of 2019. It's also the only thing I've been talking about since I got my grubby little hands on the arc way back in May. The book was everything I want...
Color Out of Space
Color Out of Space is a 2019 adaptation of the H.P. Lovecraft story by the same name. It’s the first film from director Richard Stanely since his failed attempt at The Island of Doctor Moreau. It also...
Harper Collins Frenzy | Fall 2019
Last weekend Chelsey and I were lucky to attend our second ever Harper Collins Frenzy Event in Toronto. This time round the event was a little shorter as the majority of the participants had scored...
I Have No Chill (And I Must Scream): My Book Preorders
I'm an adult. I have a credit card. The preorder function on Chapters Indigo and Amazon is a dangerous thing. It's time that I take you behind the curtain and show you my total lack of self control...
Madness May: What Is Cosmic Horror?
Cosmic horror is full of all the fun things that go bump in the night: unknowable gods, cults, scary math and a deep sense of existential dread. There is no way that we could cover everything that ...
Game of Thrones Trailer: The Final Season
Well here we go. One more time round in Westeros. I'm surprised that this trailer wasn't cut to Let the Bodies Hit the Floor. Because we know that that's exactly what's going to happen.
Harper Collins Frenzy | Spring 2019
Last weekend Chelsey and I were lucky to attend our second ever Harper Collins Frenzy Event in Toronto. This time round the event was a little shorter as the majority of the participants had scored...
Harper Collins Frenzy | Fall 2018
Last weekend Chelsey and I were lucky to attend the Harper Collins Frenzy event in Toronto. We had a chance to learn about the upcoming fall catalogue and then meet The Black Witch author Laurie Fores...
Waiting on Wednesday: Kingdom of the Blazing Pheonix
Kingdom of the Blazing Phoenix is the sequel to last years A Forest of a Thousand Lanterns. This novel takes place a few years later and follows Princess Jade, the princess who Xifeng sent away at ...
Books I Want to Read Summer 2018
Yeah, I know, summer is already half over. It's almost the time of sweaters and pumpkin spice lattes. You don't need to remind me. I've been going through a bit of a book binge of late which has be...
The Shadow By Marianne Curley… I’m Freaking the F**k Out
When I sat down to write a post about Chelsey and my adventures this past weekend at Ad Astra, I didn't realize my entire life was about to take a dramatic shift. Let me set the scene. I was procra...
Waiting on Wednesday: Muse of Nightmares
Heads up. This post is going to be full of spoilers for Strange the Dreamer. If you haven’t read Strange the Dreamer yet, I recommend you go and pick it up because you are seriously missing out.
FURYBORN Book Trailer: Meet the Sun Queen
Furyborn, the first book in the Empirium Trilogy–an epic fantasy series for young adults–releases May 22, 2018 from Sourcebooks. Meet one of Furyborn’s two queens: the Sun Que...