June 22, 2019
Hello, denizens of geek! How are things in your corner of the world? In a previous roundup I rambled about the rainy season in Japan, and since posting, a strange phenomenon has taken place in my area: almost no rain. As much as I dislike the rainy season, this isn’t a good thing. I live in the Kikuchi Valley region of…
November 14, 2018
Editor’s Note: The previous title did not meet editorial standards and has been updated appropriately. A special thanks to our readers who help us learn and grow. The Awesome (2015) Written by: Eva Darrows Genre: Urban Fantasy Pages: 352 (Paperback) Publisher: Solaris Why I Chose It: I first heard about The Awesome on Twitter when someone tweeted the book’s line, “I…
May 17, 2018
Borne (2017) Written by: Jeff VanderMeer Genre: Science Fiction Pages: 336 (Hardcover) Publisher: Macmillan Why I Chose It: I was in the middle of reading Annihilation when one of my co-workers came up with this book and bought it. Curious, I read the summary and decided to add it to my list. What was Borne? How would he change things? I wanted…
April 18, 2018
For my 2018 Resolution Project, I decided to take a page out of Lane’s book and do my own Silver Screen Resolution (hence the Take Two part of the title). There are a lot of movies out there I haven’t seen but feel like I should have, or movies that I’ve simply wanted to see and have yet to get…
September 20, 2017
When I saw a trailer on YouTube for a YouTube Red movie called The Thinning, I was intrigued. Earth has few resources left, and in order to help stem the bleeding, as it were, the UN decreed that nations across the globe must cut their population by 5% each year. Everyone does it differently, but in the US, the decision was…
August 23, 2017
Confession time! I adore comic book movies. There’s something about the over-the-top storylines, the super powers, the suspension of belief, and the genuine enthusiasm that (usually) goes into making such projects. I am a novice comic *reader*, however. When I come across a novel that taps into those same elements that are found in the best superhero stories, I’m almost…