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Book Expo Collage Previews
BookExpo 2018 runs Wednesday (5/30/2018)-Friday (6/1/2018) followed by The Book Con on June 2nd and 3rd. In advance of excitement I have made two “collages” of books being featured at the shows in some fashion. This is not everything I … Continue reading
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Tagged bookexpo, books, the book con
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The Group of Sadly Forgotten Weirdos who did evil things
Comics have a history of weird, wacky, unusual or even actually lame, annoying and “maybe we’d be better off without but were stuck with them so we better learn to live with it” characters. Some of them only existing for … Continue reading
Deaths in Pop-Culture- Jan 2017
2016 was such a hard hitting year of notable actors, authors, musicians, politicians and more that the deaths of 2017 will possibly seem so much less. Especially in the turmoil of everything happening and when we want to look up … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Comics, Tributes to the Fallen, TV and Movies, Wrestling
Tagged obituaries, rememberance, tributes
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2017: A Look Ahead
2016 is near its end or it’s over based on when you read this. It was a rough year in many respects, but it gave us a ton of excellent pop-culture. 2017 as of now promises to do the same. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Comics, Music, TV and Movies, Video Games
Tagged 2017, bones, books, degrassi, double fine, double fine games, dunkirk, excitement, flaming lips, fox television, george saunders, lego batman, michael critchton, Music, netflix, night in the woods, random house, steven universe, thimbleweed park, video games
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Armchair Book Expo America: Beyond the Books
Today ABEA calls for bloggers to discuss the bookish things beyond traditional novels that we enjoy. For me that’s an easy discussion because after I became a reader on my own at a very young age I found myself introduced … Continue reading
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Tagged abea, armchair book expo, books., Comics
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BEA 2016: What I’d Get If I Was There
I won’t be able to attend BEA this year. I could not expense for airfare to Chicago as well as hotel near convention center + expenses for 3-5 days, not to mention whatever the costs even with book rate to … Continue reading
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Tagged bea16, book expo, book expo america, books
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Post BEA via Video
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Peculiar Children are the best kind
With the film in production and a soon to come cover reveal on the forthcoming third book, I felt I needed to truly finally get my thoughts around Ransom Riggs‘ series from my mind to the page. To explain something … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, miss peregrine's peculiar children, quirk books, ransom riggs
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The Lies We Tell Ourselves (Little Black Lies review)
Psychiatry has long be a part of some of my favorite TV shows and sometimes they’ve coincided with murder mysteries. From Private Pr active to more recently Perception, the secrets hidden in the brain that have been studied by the practices … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, fiction, little black lies, sandra block
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The Secrets of the Empire are Now YOURS to have (Star Wars Empire that is)
From a galaxy far, far away, Lucasfilm announces discovery of the IMPERIAL HANDBOOK, filled with secret intelligence for the Commanders of the Imperial Military New York, NY: October 6, 2014: This fall, just in time for the holiday season, Lucasfilm™ announces … Continue reading
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Tagged beckin&meyer, books, collectible, lucasbooks, lucasfilm, star wars
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