Delirium by Lauren Oliver – review
To finish up my dystopian novels cycle, I’m going to talk about Delirium by Lauren Oliver. My first thoughts when reading this novel were that it wasn’t as good as the previous two I reviewed, Matched and Divergent. I read about 100 pages into Delirium and then put it down for a week, because I was [...]
Divergent by Veronica Roth – review
For the next few weeks, I will be reviewing a few young adult dystopian novels that have come out in the last year. If you are a fan of Hunger Games craving similar novels, I implore you to check these reviews out. Not sure what I mean when I say dystopian? Well, a dystopia is [...]
The Devil Colony by James Rollins – review
The Devil Colony has all you could want in a Sigma Force novel by James Rollins: action, adventure, speculation, and a story ripped right out of the pages of history combined with a breakneck plot that incorporates the latest advances in cutting-edge (nano)technology. It’s the seventh book in the series so far, and it might very [...]
Phoenix Rising by Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris – review
From the Harper Collins website: Evil is most assuredly afoot—and Britain’s fate rests in the hands of an alluring renegade . . . and a librarian. These are dark days indeed in Victoria’s England. Londoners are vanishing, then reappearing, washing up as corpses on the banks of the Thames, drained of blood and bone. [...]
Ben Thompson’s Badass: The Birth of a Legend
For those of you who have enjoyed Ben Thompson’s Badass of the Week specials (on Deadpool and Thanos) that we’ve hosted over at Gestalt Mash you might be interested in his latest book, Badass: The Birth of a Legend, which hits shelves tomorrow. From the author of BADASS and creator of badassoftheweek.com, a name-taking, face-stomping [...]
Justin Bieber – First Step 2 Forever: My Story Cover
American Idol Season 7 Runner Up, David Archuleta wasn’t too young to pen his memoirs when he wrote Chords of Strength. So it may not come as a surprise that super celeb Justin Bieber has written his first book. It’s called Justin Bieber: First Step 2 Forever: My Story, and (yes, I realize that’s plenty [...]
The Carrie Diaries by Candace Bushnell – review
Despite being an avid fan of the TV series and movies, I’ve never gotten around to reading Candace Bushnell’s Sex and the City, so it felt appropriate to read her newly-released prequel, The Carrie Diaries, first. The Carrie Diaries follows SATC‘s lead character, Carrie Bradshaw, through her senior year of high school in Castlebury, Connecticut. [...]
How to be Adored: A Girl’s Guide to Hollywood Glamour by Caroline Cox – review
Over the years, I’ve found that I generally dislike books which classify themselves as “style guides.” They all seem to dole out the same advice, prescribed for your specific hair/skin/body type. I always roll my eyes, thinking, “More hair and makeup tricks I’ll never use.” That being said, I am a sucker for an enticing [...]
Badass Moments in Sci-Fi History by Ben Thompson
Back-to-back goodness for you due to the Tomio not keeping an eye on the schedule! BSC has kicked the first two days of the week off with guest spots, and this one skips cans, and goes straight to opening up barrels of ass whoopin’ as today we have an expert is two elements I tend to to think we don’t see enough in today’s SF: Badasses and kickassery. BSC has brought in a specialist in Ben Thompson who just wrote Badass: A Relentless Onslaught of the Toughest Warlords, Vikings, Samurai, Pirates, Gunfighters, and Military Commanders to Ever Live for Harper this month. For BSC he gives us a tour of Badass Moments in Sci-Fi History.
Discover badassery below….
Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett Review
Harry Potter and Hogwarts this ain’t. Nor is it very much at all like J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. But, if you like reading books about sometimes witty, often kooky wizards and the academic halls where said wizards teach – in this case, the Unseen University – and which also include in their cast of characters trolls, vampires, goblins, and orcs, then you owe it to yourself to check out Terry Pratchett’s latest Discworld book, Unseen Academicals.
Full review after the jump…
Aprilynne Pike’s ‘Wings’ set to star Miley Cyrus
Lots of YA related news today. Disney has acquired the film rights to Aprilynne Pike’s Wings, a novel published by Harper Teen in May, and the first in her planned Laurel series. It’s being reported that the series is going to be used as a Miley Cyrus vehicle. Pike topped the bestsellers list with Wings [...]
