Category: Entertainment

  • Book Review: Dread Nation

    Book Review: Dread Nation

    [amazon_link asins=’0062570609′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’meadhbh-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’83adf95f-2858-11e8-8c00-e1e45afbcd80′] When I received the review copy of Dread Nation, by Justina Ireland, I was immediately excited. It pushed all the right buttons for me: alt-history fantasy with powerful women fighting zombies. It was written partially in response to [amazon_textlink asin=’1594745021′ text=’Pride and Prejudice and Zombies’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’meadhbh-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’7aefbf0a-285a-11e8-8e37-c1a2a941cf46′], a…

  • A Defense of Libraries
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    A Defense of Libraries

    Nobody goes to libraries anymore. Close the public ones and put the books in schools. https://t.co/Cimy1V81n5 — Andre Walker (@andrejpwalker) October 22, 2017 So this happened yesterday on Twitter. The original poster has since “surrendered” and admitted he was wrong, but he’s likely not the only person operating under the assumption that libraries are unused…

  • Beautiful Ridiculousness in the Parasol Protectorate
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    Beautiful Ridiculousness in the Parasol Protectorate

    [amazon_link asins=’B007BGQFTQ’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’meadhbh-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’adf4e678-adc5-11e7-8d15-05f48f49baf6′]Things are still crazy in my life, though I did finally get one weekend with no catastrophes happening and am feeling better because of it. But when things are nuts, you need something light and fluffy to read. My go-to author for fluffy fun, for a while now, has been…

  • Star Trek belongs on TV, but Not This Way.
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    Star Trek belongs on TV, but Not This Way.

    Without spoilers, I can say that the first episode of Star Trek: Discovery is a great start to the show. Diverse cast, an enemy that is just a touch too real and current considering the current political climate, and undeniably and absolutely everything that I have come to expect from the Star Trek I have been…

  • I Finally Have A Current Gaming Console Wheee
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    I Finally Have A Current Gaming Console Wheee

    Thanks to Prime Day, I now have a PS4. I can now play current generation games that I’ve been sitting on the sidelines watching others play while I stuck to my Xbox 360 library and what few low-end games my little laptop can actually run. The bundle came with a digital download of [amazon_textlink asin=’B00JK00S0S’ text=’The…

  • American Gods Episode One

    American Gods Episode One

    I’ve loved Neil Gaiman’s work since first stumbling on him in partnership with Terry Pratchett in Good Omens – a novel that I like to call a Gateway Drug to both authors. Gaiman’s writing often made me feel like he had a window into my own mind. It’s good to know you’re not the only one…

  • The Story of a Comic Book Fan
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    The Story of a Comic Book Fan

    Somewhere around 1994 I walked into my first comics shop. I and my friends had traveled to the nearest college town to visit the arcade and go to the movies, as our little country town had next to nothing to entertain a bunch of kids on a weekend afternoon. I was a high school freshman,…

  • Gaming For Anxiety Relief

    Gaming For Anxiety Relief

    I’m a big fan of Jenny Lawson a/k/a The Bloggess (if you deal with mental health issues or care for someone who does, you should REALLY read [amazon_textlink asin=’1250077028′ text=’Furiously Happy’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’meadhbh-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’2b94be5d-25eb-11e7-a930-6bd49afac93e’] ) and as a result, I tend to spend a lot of time hanging out in the #BloggessPals hashtag on Twitter just…