Movies We Can't Wait To See in 2012

There were some pretty entertaining movies this year - Reel Steel, X-Men:First Class, and Super 8 to name a few including the final Harry Potter movie but next year looks like it's going to be even better. Title: The Hunger Games Release Date: March 23rd 2012 Sandy: I loved this book series and the trailer looks awesome. I am already a fan of Josh Hutcherson (Journey to the Center of the Earth) and I am quickly growing fond of Jennifer Lawrence (X-Men: First Class) Title: Underworld: Awakening Release Date: January 20th 2012 Reeshe: the first...

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Cover Up #1

This isn't going to be a regular thing but in the future I can see myself (like today) doing another post like this so they will be numbered :). I have stumbled across a few new YA covers in the past few weeks and thought it would be nice to share them. The Calling (Darkness Rising #2) by Kelley Armstrong (UK Edition) The Immortal Rules (Book...

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Book Review: Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Graceling by Kristin Cashore Katsa has been able to kill a man with her bare hands since she was eight—she’s a Graceling, one of the rare people in her land born with an extreme skill. As niece of the king, she should be able to live a life of privilege, but Graced as she is with killing, she is forced to work as the king’s thug. When she first...

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Movie Review: Breaking Dawn, Part 1

Production Company Summit Entertainment/Sunswept Entertainment Director Bill Condon Writers Melissa Rosenberg, Stephanie Meyer (novel) Main Stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner The Quileute and the Volturi close in on expecting parents Edward and Bella, whose unborn child poses different threats to the wolf pack and...

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Anime: History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi

This anime was funny, cute and touching. It starts out with a weak kid who is picked on every day, so he grows tired of this and starts wanting to fight and protect people that can’t protect themselves like he used to be. Kenichi starts training at Ryozanpaku. His is invited to train there by Miu Furinji. After he learns a basic move from Miu he was...

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Manga: Kyou, Koi wo Hajimemasu by Kanan Minami

Kyou, Koi wo Hajimemasu is the series I go to when I want something fluffy and light and filled with drama. A series that helps me, for a little while, forget the stress and mundane of real life that I can get lost in. To be honest most books are read to transport us to another world but in the case with Kyou, Koi wo Hajimemasu which is categorized...

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Book Review: Raven's Gate by Anthony Horowitz

Raven's Gate by Anthony Horowitz As punishment for a crime he didn't really commit, Matt was given a choice: Go to jail or go live with an old woman named Mrs. Deverill in a remote town called Lesser Malling. He should have chosen jail. A strange and sinister plan is coming together in Lesser Malling, with Matt at the center of it all. People who...

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Book Review: Unnatural by Michael Griffo

Unnatural by Michael Griffo In the town of Eden in northwestern England stands the exclusive boarding school known as Archangel Academy. Ancient and imposing, it’s a place filled with secrets. Just like its students… For Michael Howard, being plucked from his Nebraska hometown and sent thousands of miles away is as close as he’s ever come to a miracle....

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Book Review: The Iron Witch by Karen Mahoney

The Iron Witch by Karen Mahoney Freak. That's what her classmates call seventeen-year-old Donna Underwood. When she was seven, a horrific fey attack killed her father and drove her mother mad. Donna's own nearly fatal injuries from the assault were fixed by magic—the iron tattoos branding her hands and arms. The child of alchemists, Donna feels cursed...

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Book Review: Last Breath by Rachel Caine

Last Breath by Rachel Caine With her boss preoccupied researching the Founder Houses in Morganville, student Claire Danvers is left to her own devices when she learns that three vampires have vanished without a trace. She soon discovers that the last person seen with one of the missing vampires is someone new to town—a mysterious individual named...

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Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 Trailer

I think this is a great series and I have been very happy with what I have seen so far and cannot wait to see this mov...

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Sherlock: Series 1 (BBC One)

For those of you who don’t know me my name is Sandy and I can be found on both my book blog and art blog. I am a fan of deviantart where I watch several talented artists for updates on their latest work; one artist in particular is Alice X. Zhang whose digital paintings are always filled with a vibrant combination of colours and wonderfully expressive...

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Book Series: The Morganville Vampires

The Morganville VampiresBy Rachel CaineThe Morganville Vampires series is great in its own ways and even better in other ways. This series so far has had its own fascinating and creepy turns; you will never truly know what’s around the next corner until it jumps out at you. The books never give anything away, they are always exciting but never go...

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Author Hightlight: Cinda Williams Chima

Cinda Williams Chima is quickly becoming one of my favorite writers, the first book I read by her was The Warrior Heir and that was an amazing book, in fact, it was downright fantastic. I loved it so much that I quickly went through the whole Heir Chronicles. Each book is fast pace and intriguing and they will pull you in until the end. While reading...

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