Alexandra’s Blog
Top 5 Wednesday: Re-Reads
Everyone has a few books that they find themselves always coming back too. Whether because these books are amazing or just give them a sense of nostalgia, these are your favourite re-reads. This we...
Top 5 Wednesday: Books over 500 Pages
You can blame Harry Potter but now if you want to be taken seriously as an author 9specifically a fantasy author your book has to be big enough that you could kill a man with it. Just because it’s lon...
Introducing A Court of Thorns and Roses!
In this video, Sarah J Maas, author of the bestselling Throne of Glass series, reveals some information about her new series, A Court of Thorns and Roses, on sale globally in May 2015.
Top 5 Wednesday: Favourite Couples
TOP 5 WEDNESDAY IS BACK! This week Alexandra and Chelsey talk about their favourite couples from books and the traps that fictional couples tend to fall into. Chelsey explained it best when we were...
Top 5 Wednesday: Authors We Want to Meet
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mCd8oESXfo?showinfo=0] Everyone has that list of people that they would really love to meet. They could be movie stars, actors, scholars and authors. This wee...
September Book Haul
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The Strain #1.5: Runaways Recap
Runaways Episode Summary Eph joins Abraham on his quest to destroy the passengers and anyone that they’ve infected. Meanwhile, Nora goes to see her mother and Gabriel’s manager Ruby finds ...
Top 5 Wednesday: YA Horror
Have you realized that a lot of YA horror novels tend to be supernatural creepy or some shade of paranormal romance? Where are the teen Hannibal Lectors? Actually, you know what. Forget that I asked t...
The Strain Recap: 1.3: Gone Smooth
The title for this week’s episode of The Strain is both my favourite title for an episode (from any TV show ever) and one of the most horrifying things I have ever had the joy to come across. We...
The Strain #1.3: Gone Smooth Recap
Gone Smooth Episode Summary Eph and Nora fight to save Captain Redfern’s life. Meanwhile, Abraham is released from jail and gets the passenger manifest, while Jim meets with Eichorst and discove...
Maze Runner Trailer
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64-iSYVmMVY?showinfo=0] This just seems like it’s the week for Book Adaptation Trailers. First Mockingjay, then The Hobbit and now we have The Maze Runne...
Advice from Wonder Woman
If you’re ever having one of those days… Wonder Woman has advice for you:
The Hobbit Battle of Five Armies: FIRST TRAILER
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSzeFFsKEt4?showinfo=0] WHAT IS AIR! WHAT IS HAPPENING! Two big trailer reveals in one day, I can barely keep myself from hyperventilating. We’re headed ...
Becoming Bucky: How I Built My Arm
I really wanted to cosplay the Winter Soldier. Like really wanted to. So the week before Con Bravo, I challenged myself to build an arm. And it went surprisingly well. So How I Did It: Sadly I didn...