One of my favorite Marvel series dropped a second season, and this one digs in deeper to Captain Peggy Carter: Super Hero. What if Nebula Joined the Nova Corps? Is a scifi take on noir that reminds me of the Marvel graphic novel Noir series, at least in spirit. It also gives a nod to […]
BOOK REVIEW: THE MEMORY EATER BY REBECCA MAHONEY
February 1, 2024**Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** The Memory Eater by Rebecca Mahoney Razorbill, 2023 ISBN-13 : 978-0593524602 Available: Hardcover ( Bookshop.org ) Whistler Beach in Maine is a magical place, but frightening for those who know the truth. When was the last time Maine wasn’t like this? Stephen King didn’t invent the spookiness and weirdness […]
**Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** The Night Eaters: Volume 1, She Eats the Night by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda Abrams Comicarts, 2022 ISBN-13: 9781787739666 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition, ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) The creative team behind the Monstress comic series have created another world for readers to visit in The Night Eaters: She Eats […]
Book Review: House of Beating Wings by Olivia Wildenstein
January 19, 2024In a world of faerie high court tales be an Olivia Wildenstein. It’s no secret fairy smut is pretty popular right now. BookTok and Sara J. Maas have kicked off a reader passion for more adult oriented fairy tales, though the smut levels of the popular series vary. There’s very little in the first book […]
**Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** Blackwood, Library Edition by Evan Dorkin, art by Veronica Fish and Andy Fish Dark Horse Comics, 2022 ISBN-13: 9781506731834 Available: Kindle, Comixology, hardback ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) Wren Valentine, Reiko Oyuki, Dennis Wolchinski, and Stephen Heller, teenagers with mysterious pasts and otherworldly abilities, enroll in Blackwood College after they receive hefty scholarships. Blackwood […]
Books You Missed: The Unlikely Ones by Mary Brown
January 15, 2024You probably missed this one, seeing as it came out in 1986, the author never really exploded in popularity and viral wasn’t really a thing. However I consider this series one of my absolute favorites, and a must read for fantasy loving teens. Mary Brown wrote not one but four books about a girl who […]
BOOK REVIEW: SAINT DEATH’S DAUGHTER BY C.S.E. COONEY
January 11, 2024**Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** Saint Death’s Daughter by C.S.E Cooney. Solaris, 2022 ISBN-13: 978-1786184702 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition, audiobook. ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) Miscellaneous Stones, born into a family known for its violence in service to the crown of Liriat, is a teenage necromancer with an allergy to violence that opens “echo wounds” when […]
BOOK REVIEW: THE LAST DAYS OF SALTON ACADEMY BY JENNIFER BROZEK
January 8, 2024**Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** The Last Days of Salton Academy by Jennifer Brozek. Speaking Volumes, 2022 ISBN-13 : 978-1645406822 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) I at first thought this might be dark academia, and it technically qualifies, but really it’s zombie survival horror that happens to take place mostly at an isolated boarding […]
T.V. Review: What If…? Season 1
January 5, 2024Movies and T.V. shows sticking to the books never mattered much to me, because I see each new version as a shared conversation between makers and audience about the source material. What If, then is right up my alley. Season one starts with a series of theoreticals; What if Captain Carter Were the First Avenger? […]
BOOK REVIEW: DAPHNE BY JOSH MALERMAN
January 3, 2024**Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** Daphne by Josh Malerman Del Rey, 2022 ISBN-13 : 978-0593157015 Available: Hardcover ( Bookshop.org ) Will Daphne continue the massive success for horror’s superstar author/musician/nice guy? Without spoilers, that would be a resounding “yes.” Josh Malerman hasn’t written the same novel twice. That’s an amazing thing– he keeps on spinning his muse into […]