Book 2 of the Dresden Files series and I’ve made up my mind. I’m going to try to get all of the existing books in the series read as part of my Double Cannonball. Here we go! It’s now October and Harry is still feeling the effects of the events in the last book. His relationship with Murphy is strained at best, his finances are even worse off than before and now Marcone is spreading the rumor that Harry vanquished that dark wizard at his […]
Pretty great YA fantasy
I was so pleasantly surprised by this YA trilogy, an example of a series that, in my opinion, actually gets better as it progresses rather than buckling under its own weight. This is partly achieved by Rae Carson’s sound vision, giving each book its own arc (which is no less important for being contained within the scope of one installment) within the larger narrative, but also by having that larger narrative be the product of genuine character and plot development rather than a series of […]
Secret Electricity Seems Like Scary Electricity
I used to be a Stephen King junkie around 5th-8th grade. Seriously, one summer I stayed up every night until about 3 am reading by flashlight (and ruining my damn eyes) so that I could finish IT (I still remember the crushing feeling of disappointment at the end of that novel for me…but that’s ok, I read something else and I was sated). I’ve always continued to like Stephen King but I haven’t actively sought out any of his newer books (aside from Joyland and […]
You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave.
“This could be heaven, or this could be hell…” This week’s review is brought to you Don Henley’s righteous white man’s afro. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSvSsNSuVtk&w=420&h=315] Katie: This may come as a surprise to some of you, but I believe in ghosts, so it’s kind of ironic (or something, anyway) that this week’s selection is about a “Ghostbuster” named Wolf Hellsinger and a children’s book author/illustrator named Tristan Pryce who sees dead people. After all, my middle school looks like it should be haunted, I grew up […]