Book Bub loves to sell dystopian fiction at a discount price and therefore, I read a lot of dystopian literature when I’m too lazy to go to the library and/or hack into my mom’s Kindle account (note: I’m not actually hacking, she gives me permission, but it feels cooler when I say the word hack). This book caught my attention though because Stephen King mentioned this series on twitter several times (and not in a “the publishing company gave me money for this blurb kind […]
Just a sophomore slump, hopefully
I really liked the first installment of this graphic novel series, but volume two fell a little flat for me. In volume two, Ada is struggling with her place and purpose in the world now that she has consciousness and can make her own decisions. The two become closer, but understandably, Alex wants to give Ada enough space to figure out who she is. Ada does not take well to Alex’s imposed distancing and decides to venture out into the world on her own. I’m […]
If anything ever deserved the label ‘feminist as f***’, it’s this book.
I don’t even really know what to say about this book, other than you should probably read it. I was a bit skeptical going in to Bitch Planet, despite glowing reviews, because I’d read Kelly Sue DeConnick’s other non-superhero ongoing comic, Pretty Deadly, earlier this year, and was pretty unimpressed with it at the least, actively turned off at worst. Still can’t decide which at this point. (The art was gorgeous, though.) But holy crap, I shouldn’t have been worried. This was AWESOME. Like, I […]
Interesting new science fiction series gets off to good start
10 years ago, the Trees arrived. Huge pillar structures landed all over the Earth and lay dormant except occasionally extruding some sort of toxic waste that melts everything it touches. In those 10 years there has been no sign the trees are even aware of our existence. Life has continues on Earth, but the presence of the Trees has changed things. New political structures emerged, cities around the Trees are abandoned to the crime syndicates, and artists. At a Norwegian Tree, strange black flowers are […]
YA readers should definitely check this out–you might like it better than I did.
I had medium expectations for this book, despite the almost overwhelmingly positive reviews from everyone I know who’s read it. Jay Kristoff’s writing never completely gels for me, but he’s always an interesting author, and the small writing issues I usually have with him don’t matter in the grand scheme, so I keep reading his stuff. The two books I’ve read by his co-author, Amie Kaufman, I haven’t been very impressed with. So I kept my expectations low on purpose. This turned out to be […]
Robots are people too
Despite the good reviews on Goodreads, I was a bit wary of this graphic novel’s premise. Lonely man gets fembot for birthday could go in many directions, not all of them pleasant. But the first volume managed to win me over by exploring the murky morals of using a humanoid robot for any number of uses. The story starts slowly by examining Alex’s depressing, monotonous life, but things pick up when he’s gifted an android. Unfortunately the android’s presence only enhances Alex’s level of depression […]
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