Tag: fantasy

DRC Review: Zatanna & the House of Secrets by Matthew Cody and Yoshi Yoshitani (illustrator)

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In our house of secrets, minutes can seem like hours, hours like days. Cute is one word to describe this.Heartbreakingly cute in both words and artwork.Zatanna lives in a house that I would DIE for. Magical and made of dreams, she resides with her father and a cute bunny named Pocus. Zatanna knows her home … Continue reading DRC Review: Zatanna & the House of Secrets by Matthew Cody and Yoshi Yoshitani (illustrator)

ARC Review: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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She wanted a fairy tale, and I wanted to give her that. When I first was introduced to Silvia Moreno-Garcia I was enchanted and spirited away into her world through the pages of Gods of Jade and Shadow. There we trekked with the heroine Casopiea as she went on a journey with an outcasted God … Continue reading ARC Review: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Black History Month Review: The Good House by Tananarive Due

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Happy Black History Month. What an amazing book to kick off a celebration of Black Americans and their achievements. Tananvarie Due is an author whose works I’ve been been aware of for awhile and I recently read her anthology Ghost Summer that I very much enjoyed. I also featured her on my October series Women … Continue reading Black History Month Review: The Good House by Tananarive Due

Manga Review: Jujutsu Kaisen Volume 1 by Gege Akutami

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If I had died, or I had been the only to live the future wouldn’t be as bright. There is something to be said about shonen manga. It can be too much at times. Sometimes you’re just not in the mood for constant action or an array of characters you know you’ll never be able … Continue reading Manga Review: Jujutsu Kaisen Volume 1 by Gege Akutami

ARC Review: Belle Révolte by Linsey Miller

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Belle Révolte Ahhh, doesn’t the title absolutely slide off your tongue and quiver against your lips? The cover is gorgeous as well. It looks like ice cream. These two combined were what made me want to snatch this book up and even though I’ve been burned before by that deadly combo, I was willing to … Continue reading ARC Review: Belle Révolte by Linsey Miller

Manga Review: Witch Hat Atelier Vol. 1 by Kamome Shirahama and Stephen Kohler (Goodreads Author)

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Another sweet manga review 🙂 I follow this awesome user on twitter by the name of https://twitter.com/MinovskyArticle who talks about a lot of cool mangas that he reads. He posted about this one a few days ago and it looked enchanting by the pictures he provided and I just knew that I had to read … Continue reading Manga Review: Witch Hat Atelier Vol. 1 by Kamome Shirahama and Stephen Kohler (Goodreads Author)

ARC Review: Aphrodite Made Me Do It by Trista Mateer

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Genre: Poetry/LGBT I am deathless. I will have no eulogy. I will have no mourners. There are ARCS that I read a few lines of and immediately add them to a list that I will purchase for myself when they become available to buy. Aphrodite Made Me Do It is one of those books. The … Continue reading ARC Review: Aphrodite Made Me Do It by Trista Mateer

Series of the Week: InuYasha by Rumiko Takahashi

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Ah, Adult Swim was the beacon for many of us weebs back in the day. The nights I would stay up late with my sister so we would catch episodes of Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, Rurouni Kenshin, and of course InuYasha. We had always been fans of anime but Adult Swim made it possible that we … Continue reading Series of the Week: InuYasha by Rumiko Takahashi

ARC Review: The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen

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Genre: Fairy Tale/Fantasy I 100% am writing this post while listening to The Little Mermaid soundtrack by the way. Since the announcement of the live action The Little Mermaid film the mermaid mania has kicked it up 100 fold. And it's already been a hype storm. My daughter loves swimming and since she was young … Continue reading ARC Review: The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen