A deity of Destruction, terrible dreams, and a couple of concerts—it’s episode four of Season Crystal! Rei, our favorite resident psychic, has been having apocalypse-y dreams and thinks they shouldn’t collect the talismans, but…
We begin with a confrontation in which the Sailor Guardians ask reasonable questions, make reasonable deductions, and are met by some violent violin skills. It’s Sailor Moon Crystal! In keeping with the tradition of…
Lin wakes up in a pile of freshly murdered bodies, with a madman screeching overhead and an army on the way and magic all around and gems—which are different from Jewels—and magic threatening everyone…
Continuing along the path that her first book, The Fire Sermon, laid out, Map of Bones is another measured elegy for a world in ruins. Atomic detonations blanketed the world in cold and ignorance,…
Lucas Knight doesn't have any shining armor. He's the spoiled child of a wealthy white developer in Puerto Rico, and the most good he's done is all in his head. He wishes things were…
1. Candy (Mian Mian) - This is one of my all-time favorite books. A weird memoir-esque take on growing up in the rebel youth culture of the 90s in China, Mian Mian catalogs drugs,…
Our word disaster comes from the Greek meaning "bad star." And if one bad star portends calamity, imagine a whole sky of them. Mayavati doesn't have to. She is born with the most malignant…
Last week, a Daimon was defeated, Sailors Uranus and Neptune issued ominous warnings but otherwise did zilch, and Hotaru healed Chibi-Usa by the laying on of hand. Today, we get the reaction. Which is…
Apologies for the lateness of this recap. The current episode will also be recapped shortly! Crystal started off last week so well, so it’s only natural that they’d begin this week with my least…
Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel is the definition of compulsively readable. I snuck peeks at work, I held it in one hand while holding my toothbrush in the other, and if it had not…