Alexandra’s Blog
The Strain #1.1: Night Zero Recap
The Strain Episode #1.1: Night Zero Recap I picked up The Strain way back during my bookstore days. The book both scared the living crap out of me and made me wonder why exactly it existed. The book r...
Top 5 Wednesday: Favourite Quotes
Here at Death of the Author Reviews we love quotes. Whether they be profound or silly they’re phrases that we love to send back and forth to one another. I don’t know how many times I̵...
Coincidence? I Think Not….
Some would say I’m pushing my luck reading this while up in the Great Canadian North. Did I bring this book with me on purpose? Or was it just a funny accident…. Shhh. It’s a secret....
NYC & BookCon 2014
It’s been a REALLY long time since I’ve gone on a vacation. So when the chance to take a trip to NYC and go to BookCon arose I jumped at it. My return to Manhattan and the City That Never Sleeps was b...
The Merciless
Merciless is a good creepy read. but I didn't lose any sleep over it.
Is Anybody Listening?
Five years ago today I was filming a musical. I was taking an extra year of high school (something you used to have an option to do in Toronto) to put off going to university for another year. My fift...
Top 5 Wednesday: Books That Broke Our Hearts
How many books have made you cry or at least hit you right in the chest? This week on Top Five Wednesday we talk about the top five books that broke our hearts. These are the books that caused us to s...
Days of Blood and Starlight
We were both really surprised when we read this novel Days of Blood and Starlight. Where the first book in the series was driven mostly by the romantic relationship between Akiva and Karou, this novel...
The Evil Exam
During our time at Con G Chelsey myself and our friend May sat in on a panel on how to become a super villain. The panel was hosted by Toronto’s Greatest Supervillain and Mad Scientist Doctor Ho...
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 faults.
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 black and white. I’m interested in ...
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 interest her strength wanes and she tak...
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 stories about his adventures with super powe...