Category Archives: Books

Get Lost with Adi Alsaid (You’ll be glad you did)

Posted on 08/09/2014 by Pop-Culture Spectrum

At the end of July 2014, Adi Alsaid‘s first mass market novel for teens, LET’S GET LOST, hit shelves.  I was first introduced to Adi at Book Expo America a few years ago when randomly at a panel he sat … Continue reading →

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To Boldy Review where no Date has Reviewed

Posted on 12/04/2013 by Pop-Culture Spectrum

I have not truly amazingly had the luck to actually date many fellow nerds in my life. This isn’t to say I haven’t dated, jut I haven’t dated many nerds. The people who I consider my own. The comic fans, … Continue reading →

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From Drawing to Creature to Department

Posted on 11/27/2013 by Pop-Culture Spectrum

The YA book THE CREATURE DEPARTMENT is full of fun, excitement, suspense, humor, yummy food, corporate espionage, memories, and lovable folks. The writer Robert Paul Weston really created something absolutely wonderful in prose. A whole new “universe” that is full … Continue reading →

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“Most Belated Review of Whipple EVER”

Posted on 09/27/2013 by Pop-Culture Spectrum

Doing something extra ordinary which one gets acknowledged for does not always happen. Getting acknowledged for feats that belong in a world record book? That happens even less frequently, but it does. Yet, it’s not often that a family garners … Continue reading →

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100 Ghosts is a lot of Ghosts, The Perfect Amount

Posted on 09/02/2013 by Pop-Culture Spectrum

Here is a Twitter conversation I had with Doogie Horner in response to a questions I had about his forthcoming book 100 GHOSTS and working on the review: Doogie Horner: “Writing about ghosts is like dancing about architecture.” –the ghost … Continue reading →

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WILL & WHIT Book Review

Posted on 05/15/2013 by Pop-Culture Spectrum

In Laura Lee Gulledge‘s first graphic novel we got to meet a young artist discovering New York for the first time, the semi-autobiographical tale introduced us to Paige a determined woman in a big city making new friends and surviving … Continue reading →

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Book Review: How I Slept My Way to the Middle by Kevin Pollak

Posted on 11/05/2012 by Pop-Culture Spectrum

I probably first took notice of Kevin Pollak when he played one of two brownies in the Ron Howard directed fantasy comedy WILLOW, opposite Rick Overton. I have since stayed a fan and tend to enjoy everyone of his performances. … Continue reading →

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New York Comic Con 2012 Preview: Thursday Panels

Posted on 09/29/2012 by Pop-Culture Spectrum

  The 2012 New York Comic Con is about 2 weeks away and while tickets are sold out, that doesn’t mean people going are clear cut on what to do or what they should attend. The panel listing are a … Continue reading →

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memoirs of an imaginary friend: book review

Posted on 09/25/2012 by Pop-Culture Spectrum

I have no memory of it unfortunately, but according to my mom I definitely had a clear cut imaginary friend when I was younger. There’s no way of knowing if he was a simple kind, the kind you’d see in … Continue reading →

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Antoine Wilson’s Panorama City: Book Review

Posted on 08/16/2012 by Pop-Culture Spectrum

When one grows up insulated and with not much world experience, you would assume that the world will both be an oyster and possibly swallow that person whole at the same time. I personally can’t say that is something I’ll … Continue reading →

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