Daughter of the Pirate King By: Tricia Levenseller Grade: B+ Alosa is the badass (she'll totally tell you that) daughter of the pirate King who allows herself to be captured by an enemy ship in order to pull of a heist for her father. A Lady Jack Sparrow according to the cover blurb save for... Continue Reading →
Dunkirk
Dunkirk Directed by: Christopher Nolan Grade: B+ Christopher Nolan is one of my favorite directors around so I had to see Dunkirk. It's also not a story I'm very familiar with although I knew what it was about- the evacuation of British troops from Dunkirk as France falls to the Nazi's. A lot of the... Continue Reading →
Thoughts on Comic-Con Trailers
Stranger Things Season 2 may very well be my favorite trailer out of comic-con. I love those kids. The use of Thriller was just awesome. I'm in love with the Halloween atmosphere. I mean I was super-psyched after the Super Bowl Tease. I just can't decide whether I'm going to binge this one or try to... Continue Reading →
Mockingbird Volumes 1 & 2
Mockingbird Vol. 1: I Can Explain Written By: Chelsea Cain Grade: B I had been interested in picking up Mockingbird for a while but put it on the back burner after the run was cancelled. It tells the story of Bobbi Morse whose given an untested serum in order to save her life. Another reason... Continue Reading →
Roar
Roar Author: Cora Carmack Grade: C+ In this world storms are actually living things and people like Aurora, the crown Princess, are relied upon to use magic to stop them. Unfortunately Aurora didn't inherit the family magic so she needs to go about things a different way to save her people. What she really needed... Continue Reading →
The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue Author: Mackenzi Lee Grade: A "God bless the book people for their boundless knowledge absorbed from having words instead of friends..." Monty is a bit of a rake whose getting one last chance not to embarrass his father when he goes on a tour of the Continent with... Continue Reading →
Spiderman Homecoming: Spoilers!!!
Spiderman Homecoming Directed by: Jon Watts Grade: B Spiderman Homecoming opens right after the events of the first Avengers movie and then jumps to Peter's adventures during Civil War. Even though this is a Peter Parker movie through and through the Marvel Universe definitely looms large and I think is an added benefit and... Continue Reading →
The Unlikelies
The Unlikelies By: Carrie Firestone Grade: B+ Sadie Sullivan is expecting a boring summer as all her friends have graduated and gone onto other things and she's left behind. That all changes when Sadie steps into save a child in distress and becomes a hometown hero who joins up with the other heroes and actually... Continue Reading →