Published 13 July 2021 Jake Livingston is one of the only Black kids at St. Clair Prep, one of the others being his infinitely more popular older brother. It’s hard enough fitting in but to make matters worse and definitely more complicated, Jake can see the dead. In fact he sees the dead around him … Continue reading Book Review: The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass
Title: NightbooksAuthor: J. A. WhiteGenre(s): Middle Grade, Fantasy, Horror, FictionPage count: 320 pagesPublished: 24 July 2018 My review | Book | Audiobook Title: Role ModelSeries: Game Changers #5Author: Rachel ReidGenre(s): Sports, Romance, MMPage count: 323 pagesPublished: 10 August 2021 My review (soon) | Audiobook These books are also available on The Book Depository, or you … Continue reading August readings | Night Frights
Nightbooks by J.A. White published 24 July 2018 A boy is imprisoned by a witch and must tell her a new scary story each night to stay alive. This thrilling contemporary fantasy from J. A. White, the acclaimed author of the Thickety series, brings to life the magic and craft of storytelling. Alex’s original hair-raising … Continue reading Nightbooks by J.A. White | Book Review
https://videopress.com/v/9FsGOviI?resizeToParent=true&preloadContent=metadata Nightbooks is about a young boy named Alex becomes the prisoner of a witch (Krysten Ritter); to avoid certain death, he convinces her to let him tell her a scary story every night. Upon meeting the witch's servant, Yazmin, the two must use their wits to escape her apartment, a magical labyrinth filled with … Continue reading Nightbooks | Trailer
Title: Bat BoySeries: Easton U Pirates #1Author: Christina LeeGenre(s): Contemporary, MM, Sports, RomancePage count: 218 pagesPublished: 20 November 2020 My review | Book | Audiobook Title: First ImpressionsSeries: Auckland Med. #1Author: Jay HoganGenre(s): Contemporary, Romance, Mystery, Crime, MMPage count: 351 pagesPublished: 15 December 2019 My review | Book | Audiobook Title: Carry OnSeries: Simon Snow … Continue reading July readings | Baseball, Roommates, FWBs, and Magic
The final installment of the 'Fear Street' trilogy is penned by director Leigh Janiak with Phil Graziadei (Honeymoon) and Kate Trefy (Stranger Things). The most of the cast from the previous two movies return in new roles to gives us a glimpse at how it all started. Premise: In 1666, a colony is gripped by … Continue reading Fear Street Part Three: 1666 | Subverting Some Expectations & Closing the Loop
After the entertaining surprise that was Fear Street 1994, the second installment of the trilogy inspired by R.L. Stine's book series of the same name brings us to the late 70s. Leigh Janiak is still helming, with a script co-written by Zak Olkewikz. This time the cast include Sadie Sink (Stranger Things), Emily Rudd (Dynasty, … Continue reading Fear Street Part Two: 1978 (Movie Review) | An Excellent Step-Up
Unless it's a spoof on horror movies / slasher film I'm usually out, but for some reason this one intrigued me. I think it's because of R.L. Stine giving that he writes scary stories for preteens I figure I could probably handle this one. Fear Street 1994 is the first part of a trilogy, each … Continue reading Fear Street Part One: 1994 (Movie Review) | A Fast Paced Entertaining Intro to Horror
If it wasn't for Geeked Week this show would have passed me by, but I'm glad I found it. It's a Filipino animated series on Netflix directed by Jay Oliva who's worked on animated shows and movies like Young Justice, and Justice League Dark to name a few. Based on the comics by writer Budjette … Continue reading Trese (S1 Review) | Filipino Myth and Folklore with Shades of Familiar Heroes
I grew up reading and watching manga, and adult animated series like this one is the closest thing produced in the west that has the same level of complexity and excitement that animes have. Invincible is the name of the series, and the Image Comics series by Robert Kirkman it's based on, the show has … Continue reading Invincible (S1 Review) | The Incredible Adult Animated Series
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