“Just be happy, and if you can’t be happy, do things that make you happy.  Or do nothing with the people that make you happy.”  Wise words and impressive ones at that, considering they’re from a fourteen year old.  This Star Won’t Go Out gave me a look into the life of a pretty awesome […]

I think John Green described my thoughts on his book best when he wrote, “Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book. And then there are […]

If you’ve been in fandom for over ten years, then there’s a good chance you remember the Harry Potter ship wars. Even if you weren’t part of the fandom, you probably heard about it – especially the epic arguments between Harry/Hermione and Ron/Hermione shippers. Although passionate shippers will never be silenced the argument was ultimately […]

We’re not supposed to judge books by their covers, but we do (or at least I do), especially when there are dozens of novels that all appear to be exactly the same. There have been A LOT of paranormal themed YA novels in the last ten years, and while I am admittedly a massive fan […]

I can’t count the amount of times that I have said to myself that I would pay good money to read a novel that is half as good as some of the fan fiction I read. Well now, thanks to a bunch of wonderfully motivated fans, I can. Big Bang Press is, according to their […]

I admit from the start with this one my whole reason for reading The Maze Runner was that I am a Teen Wolf and Dylan O’Brien fan. When I heard he was starring in the movie based on The Maze Runner I was tremendously excited. As an admitted bookworm with a penchant for dystopian fiction, […]

The Sandman Slim series by Richard Kadrey tells the story of a man who comes back from Hell to seek revenge on those who sent him there. I know what you’re thinking:  Judeo-Christian mythological stories are a dime a dozen.  Ever since John Milton wrote his Biblical fanfiction, Paradise Lost, everyone has wanted to put […]

Zombie movies: love them or hate them, they seem to be everywhere these days.  I’m sure you’ve thought of at least one by the time this sentence ends.  Maybe you have a favorite, maybe you hate the thought of them (if that’s you, turn around and run), but you can’t get away from them.  But […]

It’s coming. The Purple Wedding is being teased. The wait is almost over. Now before we go any further, if you haven’t read the books and you’d like to remain unspoiled TURN BACK NOW! This will contain spoilers for what is in the remaining chapters of A Storm of Swords, but it won’t contain anything […]

This post is going to be mostly spoiler free. Any spoilers will simply be character names, personality traits, and things like House motto and sigil. There will be no spoilers in regards to plot elements, character deaths, or marriages. The “show only” crowd should be able to read this article relatively safely. We’ve got a […]