Review - Hellboy: The Storm and the Fury

Hellboy: The Storm and The Fury by Mike Mignola
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

As endings go, this was an epic ending. While some may have thought Hellboy did not possess his charm in this volume, I have to say it's not that it was flat. He had so much weighing on his shoulders that you could almost feel it throughout. When all else fails, go with your gut.

I couldn't put this down. Though I had to take a small break to give my eyes a rest from the horrible pixel rendering of the digital copies I received from Netgalley. But I regret nothing. I do feel a loss at finishing this volume. But the artwork and the story just drew me in.

I admire the artists and can't wait to read what they come up with next.

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Omg....... Nooooooooes! R.I.P Hellboy! I know there's more to come but I can't help but have felt so depressed as I finished this one. Unbelievable! And just when he's just thinking of going back to the BPRD.

Review - B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth: Gods and Monsters

B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth: Gods and Monsters by Mike Mignola
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Well blessed be. What can I say? I'm only slightly lost because like a fool I haven't read the one before but heck if I didn't enjoy this one! I believe Abe and Liz are two of my favorite characters. And I was quite pleased with the story lines and the art work. And even though I wasn't sure what had happened before in the previous works, I was about to continue reading through this volume and get a picture of what had happened.

Poor Abe, is all I can say without letting too much go. I must say though, makes me want to get the next one just to know what's going to happen to him! As I said, he's one of my favorite characters and I'd hate that this would happen to him.

And Liz. Well, dang, I would not want to be on her bad side. Her whole story arc in the volume was intense. She doesn't take any crap and knows how to kick butt well enough to keep her head up. Though life isn't on her side, she's done as well for herself as she can while laying low.

Definitely need to pick of a hard copy at some point. And the next one as well! I just can't wait to read and find out what happens next.

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Yes..... there is more! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! At some point Buffy reviews may appear. Maybe. I'm a lazy brat so you never know. Wool is next. I need to get back into reviews and I just need to stop being lazy. I'm a procrastinator extraordinaire unfortunately. Until next time!

Review - Abe Sapien Volume 2

Abe Sapien: The Devil Does Not Jest and Others Stories by Mike Mignola
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Unbelievable.... I must say I was excited when I was able to get this on Netgalley. I stopped reading everything else to read this! I must stay I wasn't disappointed.

I was enthralled with all of the stories in this volume and couldn't put it down, at all. Each was engaging and dynamic with the action. Abe's cool demeanor though is refreshing. He is wonderfully logical and though he may lose it every once in a while it's well deserved.

I love the artwork though children creep me out a little and the last story make me shudder. The monsters really weirded me out and honestly that doesn't happen often. I believe I may just have to start purchases all of these because I just want to reread them over and over and get a much better look at the artwork within the volumes.

A must read!

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God I love these graphic novels! I can't wait to read more! And finally! More to come!
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Noooo, I'm not dead

So far this is my final semester of college and I've been hit with senioritis.  I just don't feel like doing a lot.  I've only just started reading again and that's only because the net has been boring me.  I plan on posting at some point my reviews for 3 and 4 of Wool but I have to reread them because it's been so long!  Not cool right?

Fighting with the stupid phone company to get my phone working again.  Never go with Tracfone people.  As soon as I get the money/job I'm getting rid of them because they have the worse customer service ever.

Madness with Dinner!

Well, my madness has finally moved to food. lol My fiance had decided that she was fed up with not feeling good and decided to start a diet of sorts. Well, can't let her go it alone in this so I decided to join in in my own way. Since I'm mostly the cook I need to come up with different meal ideas that are interesting because I can't stand bland meals and neither can she. Well, this week alone she's lost over 5 pounds! Just by eating healthy and working out 4 times a week. I've lost about 4ish myself which is interesting.

Anyway.......  Tonight we had a casserole that used some of my left over stuffs from the fridge. Mostly Chicken. But hey it was awesome! And we're full. A serving is only about 4 points + by weight watchers standards. And I say about 4 because I'm not completely sure about my measurements of the noodles. Anyway.... on with the recipe!

Chicken Casserole


1 chicken breast cooked shredded
around 6 oz of No-Yolk (3 hands full honestly.  it was going to be 2 but I have small hands)
1 cup broccoli
1/2 cup onion cut
1 cup of a rainbow slaw
1 can of a healthy cream of mushroom soup
1 cup of chicken broth
1 tsp of garlic powder
1/2 pepper
5 ritz crackers
5 or 6 cherry tomatoes cut into fourths

Turn the oven to 400 to let it heat up.

Begin cooking noodles as stated on the package.  While noodles are cooking boil water and cook the broccoli till cooked through.

In a large bowl mix the mushroom soup with chicken broth garlic and pepper.  Mix till smooth then add the broccoli, slaw mix, tomatoes, chicken and onion until they're coated.  Add the noodles after they've been cooked fully and drained.  Mix it all together and poor it in a casserole dish.

Crumble the crackers over the dish and put into the oven for about 15 minutes till bubbly.

Serving is around about 2 cups I think.

I served up a fourth of my casserole dish to each of us and with half a cup of applesauce we were both full!  Sooo good!  Next time might try to crumble some bbq chips on top to spice it up.  That was her idea.  Totally a good idea!

Review : Unwind by Neal Shusterman

Unwind by Neal Shusterman
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

When children can be 'unwound' after they turn a certain age, the lines of what is right and wrong are blurred. A war changed everything and human life was offered as a token for survival, that we never really die if we're unwound. For those who have been healed with those who have been unwound, they live on within us. Millions of lives are saved but at what cost?

The story caught me from the very being to be honest. There's not too many male characters that I cheer for very often but the first character Conner caught me from the very beginning. Risa was the second. Lev not so much but I still felt for the poor kid. Their stories entwined so drastically I never knew what was actually going to happen next.

The plot line kept me guessing and I love stories like that. It also got me thinking and part of me was a little freaked out at the unwinding. I was curious when I read about it but when the time finally came, I was disturbed and thought at how horrible it actually was. Sure it saves lives but at that cost? And what of the memories of the unwound? I couldn't have it.

All in all, I'd definitely read this story again and any after that!

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More reviews! Yay! Now all I need to do is just get my ass in gear to do things other than a random review here and there.

Review : The Last Dragon by Jane Yolen

The Last Dragon by Jane Yolen
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I've read some of Jane Yolen's works and I was quite interested in reading this graphic novel. And the artwork only added to the want as well!

The story line was wonderfully created. Tansy was a character I fell in love with because she was such a dreamer but such a loving character. Her mother may not have had the patience with her but her father felt she could become the next healer of their town. Everything was going well until a beast came to their town and people and animals began disappearing. She was one character that seemed to keep their cool the best when it came to defeating the Dragon that came to feed.

Personally I loved the simple story behind this work. It flowed beautifully and when paired with the art work it left me wanting to look at pages forever. It has such a flowy, art nouveau type style to me that I almost fell in love instantly. I don't think this story would have worked as well with another's art work. Stand alone as a short story and I would have read it reguardless because of the author but the art just did it for me.

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So horrible at writing reviews any more. I finished this ages ago and yet her I am posting this now. Blah.

A ranty little post......

because I can. So, a little background first off. My partner worked with this family who was looking for a child care giver to help with their child's english, it was their third language. She worked with him for 2-ish year before handing him off to me because she gained a full time job and couldn't take the extra hours. Now, it's been almost fours years since we've worked with him and that's really not what I'm ranting about. What I'm ranting about is today when I worked with him we had a small battle of wills about what work his mother sat out for him. The work was to read one chapter of a really easy chapter book.

The Missing Mummy by Ron Roy
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

A cute little mystery book. It held a good bit of suspense for a small book. I'd read it again with another child or read another of the series without hesitation.

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Now, he only had to read one chapter. It was six pages and he fought tooth and nail not to read. That bothered me the most. I love reading. I would read over most anything else in all honesty and here is a child that is trying to refuse to read! What in the world is going on with children today? I know things are going digital but that shouldn't mean you don't want to read. Reading helped me escape a lot of the time because I know I didn't have a lot of toys and what not sometimes to play with when I was eight or whatever. I always had books though. But anymore children don't even seem to be on their grade level with reading. I know english isn't his first or even second language but he's been working with us enough to have a firm hold on it and should want to read if only just because.

I'm really sad that children have become like this though. Parents are getting their children into reading (his are trying really really hard to) and schools seem to not be pushing to try to get kids interested in reading like we used to be.

So, that's my little rant. I hate that children don't have the drive to read and there are some really fantastically good books out there to read too!

Book Review : Inheritance by Christopher Paolini

Inheritance by Christopher Paolini
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I received this book as a Christmas and had been anticipating it since I finished the last book. I cracked it open and realized, I had totally forgotten what was in the last book! Bad me. I dove right in anyway.

The first thing I thought was that there was war. I get war, they are in the middle of it. The battles were well executed. I enjoyed the character change as well, but some times it was irksome when in the middle of the battle when the character changed point of view.

But the final battle was brilliant. I never expected it at all. It was a fantastic end to a most hated man. A very fitting end as well. But leading up to it, the trial Eragon faced, was kinda meh. It was just thrown in there kinda randomly to me and I was not very impressed.

And the end seemed quite drawn out to me. Though I am quite happy that it did not just end with a happily ever after. The path to 'what next' after a war was brilliant. The problems, the pressures and the final decisions. Wonderfully done and the very last chapter left so much open for people to wonder.

Now halfway through the story I looked at it and wondered when it was going to end. That probably was the reason why I rated it so low. It was just never ending and I actually found myself slightly bored till the end.

I'd read this again, but only after I've read the rest of the series again. Maybe then I'd be a bit more excited about it.

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Review : Knits for Nerds

Knits for Nerds: 30 Projects for Fans of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Comic Books by a.k.a Toni Carr Joan of Dark
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I will admit that I am a coward with trying to know new items. I feel like I'm only just a beginner that's stuck at the beginner level. But looking at these knits I feel as if I need to try these!

This book has a little for everyone and honestly, I really enjoy that. It has wonderful color photos showing examples of the works completely. There are little snippets of the inspirations behind the works as well. There are size varients and suggestions for working the projects which is quite helpful.

I'd recommend this book to anyone honestly.



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Merry Christmas!

To all of you who ever read this, Merry Christmas!  I hope to have reviews of the five new books I received as gifts up as soon as I'm done reading them.  I also hope your day is better than mine has been......

Book Review : Blood Rights

Blood Rights by Kristen Painter
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The lacy gold mapped her entire body. A finely-wrought filigree of stars, vines, flowers, butterflies, ancient symbols and words ran from her feet, up her legs, over her narrow waist, spanned her chest and finished down her arms to the tips of her fingers.

Born into a life of secrets and service, Chrysabelle’s body bears the telltale marks of a comarré—a special race of humans bred to feed vampire nobility. When her patron is murdered, she becomes the prime suspect, which sends her running into the mortal world…and into the arms of Malkolm, an outcast vampire cursed to kill every being from whom he drinks.

Now Chrysabelle and Malkolm must work together to stop a plot to merge the mortal and supernatural worlds. If they fail, a chaos unlike anything anyone has ever seen will threaten to reign.

An unbelievable story honestly. Starts from the beginning with a mystery and ends fantastically.

I'm always wary when it comes to vampire books anymore. Twilight has killed my want to really peruse the field of vampire stories. But when I won this one I gave it a go. I couldn't put it down! I couldn't wait till I got to end of the story. But I must say I was quite disappointed when it did end.

The jumping around of the story was a bit confusing to be honest. The story changed different point of views several times but after I read a bit more I got pretty used to it all. The mystery behind the characters was quite fascinating. I did not expect the twist at the end of the story either. It wasn't just one, or two but three! The answer to the main reason why Chrysabelle is on the run is reveals and it blew me away. I literally pouted when the story was over. I can't wait to read the second book of the series!

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Well, you have to admit that I do need to post more. Maybe I'll try to post another review that I need to post. I read the story only a couple weeks ago and just never posted anything. Anyway..... May do a blog hop here at some point. I kind of need more followers if I want to review early copies from netgalley. So many books that I'd want to read from them and I can't because I don't have enough viewers. Which stinks. But I'm a loser and I don't update as often as I should. Anyway.... I'm off for a shower then bed soon. I've got a headache that seems to want to linger and has lingered for a couple hours or so. Good night everyone!

Review : Wool 2 - Proper Gauge

Wool 2: Proper Gauge by Hugh Howey
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Wool 2 - Proper Gauge was fantastic! It started right where the first left off. A cleaning has been performed, and now the silo is without a sheriff. With only one good candidate available, Mayor Jahns and Deputy Marnes set off for the Down Deep to recruit her in person. Along the way, they discover much about each other, troubling news about this candidate, and stumble upon fractured alliances that could spell the doom of a silo they've worked long years to protect.

I couldn't wait to get my hands on this book. When I heard there was another I bought it immediately. I found that it lived up to what I expected from the author. I enjoyed getting to know the Mayor more and learning more about her past along with the Deputy. I also had been curious with how the Silo had been set up and how exactly it worked. It was refreshing though depressing all the same. I will admit too that I couldn't help but curse at the end. It left so much open and though I am happy with how it ended somewhat, I couldn't believe it ended the way it did. I cannot wait till the next of this set. I really need to know what happens!


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