I enjoy the DC Super Hero Girls series. It’s a fun entry point for younger readers ready to move up to chapter books, populated with friendly versions of popular superhero characters. My daughter (8) is not really a reader, but she gets very excited about these books. The bad guys aren’t terribly scary, which works well for my sensitive kiddo. The gang takes a field trip to the Jurassic period to learn about dinosaurs. The kids get the full dinosaurs experience: chased by a Tyrannosaurus […]
In which ants feature prominently in the romance
Hudson Carlyle revels in his reputation as a charming playboy. He’s wealthy, he’s good-looking, and women come easily to him. So, like all good romance heroes, he fixates on the one woman who won’t give him the time of day. Felicia Hartigan has no time or patience for Hudson’s antics: her lifelong crush just broke up with his fiancee and she has the chance to make him see her as more than his friend’s kid sister. Hudson hits upon that classic scheme of offering to […]
Where’s my super suit?
I’ve been a fan of Lane Huerta’s Etsy shop Lovelane for some time. Her designs are just right for superheroes of the younger variety. She combines bright colors and simple construction for costumes that will hold up for the young adventurers in your life. If you are a beginner sewist, or have never picked up a needle and thread, Superhero Sewing is a great place to jump right in. Like many crafting books, the first part of the book is an introduction to materials and […]
Batman’s Finest Villains
I’m new to Batbooks, having only dipped my toe in with the launch of the all-ages Gotham Academy title and then being blown away by the short-lived We Are Robin book. If the rest of the Batbooks are anything like what Scott Snyder did/is doing in All-Star Batman, I have been missing out. Ends of the Earth is a new arc, and you won’t need Volume 1 (My Own Worst Enemy) to jump in. Ends of the Earth cedes center stage to the Bat’s rogues […]
The opportunity cost of mobile devices
“…mobile consumers now spend an average of two hours and fifty-seven minutes each day on mobile devices.” Waiting in line to check out? Fire up Candy Crush. On your commute? Get caught up on blogs or YouTube vids. One laaaast round of checks on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter before the theater darkens for the movie previews. (And then another check when the lights come up to catch what you missed.) We have the option to never, ever be bored. There’s always something, somewhere willing to […]
What if the reason your ex is an ex is stupid?
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Pride & Prejudice doesn’t update terribly well–it’s so hard to know what to do with Lydia, and marriage does not occupy the same place in society it once did. In The One That Got Away, Melissa Pimentel makes a solid argument that Persuasion might be the Austen work which best survives a contemporary setting. It is perhaps an evergreen notion: the rekindling of a youthful infatuation given up due to peer pressure. Ruby Atlas is thrown into the […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 111
- 112
- 113
- 114
- 115
- …
- 120
- Next Page »