As we all recover from our multiple viewings of The Force Awakens this holiday season, let me take an entirely uncontroversial position and say that popcorn is delicious. Well, it is. Don't lie, you all…
Thank the YA gods for terrible parents. Terrible fictional parents, that is. Because much as I wish there was not a single terrible real-life parent, there are far too many. But there haven't been…
All right, I've just decided this is going to be Old West season for me. Between Girl and Wake and Snow White, and now Silver on the Road by Laura Anne Gilman, I'm just going…
On tumbles our ever-growing tangle of Weird Old Westerns, because what do you want more than shoot-outs and cattle raids at the holidays? Right, nothing. This time it's Six-Gun Snow White, a not-really-fairy-tale taken…
In all contexts of my life, whether professional or personal or the strange amalgam that is Geekly, I am fortunate enough to be surrounded by giant nerds. These big old dorkazoids inspire and sustain…
As I previously noted, the Old West is being retrodden by not a few new authors looking for the stories not previously found. Another of those is Lila Bowen, with her stellar debut Wake…
The American West is coming into vogue in a big way. Brandon Sanderson's getting into it, Rae Carson has a new trilogy set there, and there's also Vengeance Road, Under a Painted Sky, and Wake of…
We now have several reports of Lionsgate developing The Rook, a book about a British supernatural agency in crisis, into a Hulu series. Helmed by Stephanie Meyer of Twilight fame. Cue the screams. Look, I'm…
I was never much afraid of the Corinthian. Oh, don't get me wrong, he's a good character. A great one. But mouths for eyes and a taste for eyeballs? It doesn't really do it for…
The final book in the Lunar Chronicles is coming out in a few short days, so I'm in one of my periodic states of agony. To cope, let's talk about the first 3.5 books,…