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• New Stuff!!

  

  We have a few new things unrolling on the blog today! First and foremost, we have a new author joining the team! You’ve seen him around as a guest blogger,... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: Before Watchmen Silk Spectre & Ozymandias

  

  Chad is back with another comic review for you today! Read what he has to say about one of the most controversial comic book decisions in the last few years: th... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Rob Zombie’s “The Lords of Salem” Book to Movie Comparison

  

  Today we have frequent guest blogger Chad (maybe we should just make him a bona fide author and user on here now?…) with a book to movie comparison of The... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: “Born Wicked” by Jessica Spotswood

  

  This book definitely qualifies as a cover lust book. You may ask, Why, Amanda, are you lusting over something so random as a book cover? Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review Part 1: “Sisters In Sanity” by Gayle Forman

  So there’s a great blogger out there, Britney at Book Addicts Guide, who had the most fabulous idea: she’s hosting a read-along for all of Gayle Forman’s books... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: “The Lords of Salem” by Guest Chad Liston

  Heres the synopsis from its Goodreads page: From the singular mind of horror maestro Rob Zombie comes a chilling plunge into a nightmare world where evil runs i... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• It’s A Zombie Weekend! World War Z Feature by Jay

  

  We’ve been so lucky to have so many great guest bloggers this week! Chad‘s reviewed Batgirl and Superman Unchained, and author Matthew Turner shared his... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Beautiful Creatures By Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl Book to Movie Comparison

  

  The first time I read Beautiful Creatures, I didn’t really enjoy it, for some reason I didn’t connect well with the characters. I had no desire to read any mor... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Comic Book Thursday Feature: Batgirl #21

  

  We’ve featured Batgirl and shared our tradition of Comic Book Wednesday before and we thought it was time to do it again. Thank to resident comic book nerd Cha... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Do Writers Hate Kickstarter? By Author Matthew Turner

  

  Here’s a little introduction to our guest today, Matthew Turner. He wrote an absolutely enthralling novel about love and travel that grabbed me right from the... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: Superman Unchained #1 by Guest Blogger Chad

  

  Who saw Man of Steel over the weekend? It was awesome, right? To read about Superman in his original format, comic books, check out this review from guest... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• World War Z Party Planning Guide

  

  I have to say one of my favorite post are these party planning guides. My dream job would be a book reviewer party planner… But since that isn’t a real job I ge... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Blog Tour Stop: Outcast by Adrienne Kress

  

  After Amanda gave Friday Society by Adrienne Kress a stellar review, I was so excited to jump on board with the Outcast blog tour! After six years of “angels”... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: “The Silver Star” by Jeannette Walls

  

  Jeannette Walls was first recommended to me by a friend, Jena, who is one of those friends whose literary opinions you totally trust. As soon as she adds a boo... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Year of Book Memories

  

  It wouldn’t be a book blog anniversary without giveaways (check), the year’s favorite posts (check and check), as well as our most popular (check), but we’re... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Our First Year’s 5 Most Popular Posts

  

  In addition to Justine’s favorite posts and Amanda’s favorite posts we thought it’d be important to showcase our most favorite posts, decided by the stats that... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Justine’s Favorite Posts

  

  This past year has been so awesome, it was hard to sit down and pick a few posts as my top favorites.Obvously, I love getting to be apart of Appraising Pages... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Amanda’s Favorite Posts

  

  It’s so fun to be at the one-year point of this blog and look back. Justine and I cherish this blog because it really is a representation of things that are... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Announcing Our Blogiversary Week Celebration!

  

  We are so excited to announce that we made it a year through the crazy world of book blogging! It has been a fun and wild ride through reviews, story-inspired... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: “The Stud Book” by Monica Drake

  

  This book, wow. I don’t even know where to begin. I’m going to say right now that this is one of the most difficult books for me to review, I think ever. I... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE