Hellboy : House of the Living Dead

I admit, I have not read many comics, graphic novels or whatever they're called any more. But I am a fan of Hellboy. When I saw this, I just had to try and read it to see if I'd be into the graphic novel scene. I read, I loved and I'm willing to read more!

Hellboy goes missing in the 1950's only to be found in Mexico hanging out in bars after a friend luchador is killed by vampires. He's asked by a man to help save a girl and ends up ensnared in a plot by what can only be called a Mexican Dr. Frankenstien and forced to fight. In the end the man that tricked Hellboy reveals his dark secret, and innocent dies, and vampires rear their ugly heads.

I will definitely be reading more Hellboy stories in the future. I didn't want to stop when I started. Even though it was a small comic, I'd still reread it and suggest it to others. 




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Yes, I'm a Hellboy fiend.  Loved the movies, loved this comic.  I will be hunting for more now.

Omg.....

I just have to post this because I'm amazed.  I've never had so many people visit this little blog before.  It made me so excited to see it and stunned.  Who knew that I'd get this many people in such a small time.  Small things amuse me and this is one of them.

So I'm going to go back to my knitting, my amazing Cherry Almond black tea and giggle excitedly at this blog.

Review : Daughter of Centaurs

In a world where dystopian meets fantasy this book was an interesting concept.  We follow a young human girl into the bush of what could be an African savanna of modern time after her whole village is decimated. Her only companion left from her father and the village she loved is a horse.  Along the way the two pick up more horses and she finds herself taking care of a whole herd of horses she lovingly thinks of as her boys and girls.  She and the herd are trapped by a group of Centaurs. They take her to the Highlands where they live and her life changes.

I found this book to be fascinating.  I couldn't put it down.  It was a good read but some of the parts fell a little flat.  The development of the main character was quite nice but the other characters were a little flat.  The horses were more interesting than the Centaurs which is depressing.  Though I got the feeling that the Centaurs, at least the Highlanders, were more or less the idealistic philosophers of the age of the Greeks and Romans.  The were too frivolous and airy to care about the others below them for my liking.  Though I must say, this book left me wanting more.  I would surely read the next book that comes out.

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Yep.  Another review.  I need to crank out another soon because I'm such a loser that I'm lazy.  I'm pretty sure I stink at writing reviews but I'm doing it anyway because I can.  Ha!

Book Review - Intrinsical

Sixteen-year-old Yara Silva has always known that ghosts walk alongside the living. Her grandma, like the other females in her family, is a Waker, someone who can see and communicate with ghosts. Yara grew up watching her grandmother taunted and scorned for this unusual ability and doesn't want that to be her future. She has been dreading the day when she too would see ghosts, and is relieved that the usually dominant Waker gene seems to have skipped her, letting her live a normal teenage life. However, all that changes for Yara on her first day at her elite boarding school when she discovers the gene was only lying dormant. She witnesses a dark mist attack Brent, a handsome fellow student, and rushes to his rescue. Her act of heroism draws the mist's attention, and the dark spirit begins stalking her. Yara finds herself entrenched in a sixty-year-old curse that haunts the school, threatening not only her life, but the lives of her closest friends as well. Yara soon realizes that the past she was trying to put behind her isn't going to go quietly.

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I could barely put this book down.  I had decided to just begin reading this after it had sat on my computer then my kindle for ages.  The plot was interesting, though it seemed to be the usual boy-meets-girl-it-was-meant-to-be type romance with a paranormal twist.  I couldn't put it down though I'm not much into romances.  It was more than that though.  A terrifying curse with a terrifying spirit attached kept things interesting.  I enjoyed the family history of Yara, the main character.  It wasn't too much but it was just enough.  I would totally reread this again and that's saying something.  If I want to reread it, it's worth it!

Rage: After the Impact Review

The Rage caught my attention.  A doomed human race because of an asteroid, the military trying to control those that have survived with creatures they created.  After waking from cryo sleep Elizabeth finds that her husband and son have died before she woke.  Colonel Jesse Casey has been forcing Elizabeth since he found her after waking to work on controlling monsters who've mutated from a substance called feltrite brought by the asteroid that almost destroyed the Earth.  Elizabeth finds out the truth and escapes with an old coworker only to set off to find out what she can do to stop Colonel Casey.

So not a good summary but I'm quite ok with this read.  I expected the blood, the guts and most of the gore from this series.  An interesting take on what happens when the military takes over.  But for me it's just a new twist on an old story.  Something for those who love graphic novels based off of the video games.  Like Doom and what not.  I'll stick to my fantasy and fiction novels.

Simple things make me happy.

Simple things like changing my desktop to a fall theme can make me happy, especially since I've been feeling a little under the weather lately. I think it's a head cold and it's making me feel icky as hell. Runny nose, light headed and a sore throat. So a bright and colorful picture of fall leaves perked me up a little. And knitting fingerless gloves. Yesh..... I'm sick and don't want to move much so knitting and naps are a major must for me now. lol

And at least the bright colors brighten my day because I feel I've bombed one of my art history tests. I completely blanked today when he handed everything out so I completely feel that it is a total fail. Not happy about that. Hopefully tomorrow's test goes better. I'm probably going to study for that after I post this and then knit a little. I want to get more gloves off and hopefully set up a little sale of them. I have a few people interested already after they've seen mine I wear. I can't wait to see if someone buys them.

Anyway, just a little update to prove I'm not dead. lol