The internet’s yelling about book piracy again, so now’s a great time to do a roundup of legal ways of getting free books when you don’t have library access, aren’t working as a book reviewer, or are in a country where rights are restricted. This isn’t a guide to getting any particular book available for free…
So I’m going to tell you about two characters. The first is FN-2187, aka Finn, from 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens. He’s one of the protagonists of the movie, a coward with a heart of gold who starts out as a Stormtrooper but stumbles into an adventure while fleeing from the First Order. The…
All images are straight from AliExpress.com, your one stop shop for items off the back of the truck and items that appear to have been run over by the truck. “Have you seen that movie, How to Ride your Dragon? I thought it was just the cutest, the way the dragon waddles around slowly growing larger…
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Hey Game of Thrones viewers, how are you doing this morning? Do you need a hug? A quest for bloody vengeance? Maybe some fan theories about how all your favorite characters are still alive? It’s been four years since A Dance With Dragons came out. Fans have been using that time to speculate wildly on how their…
“I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.” – Bilbo, Lord of the Rings Some brave soul has pared the Hobbit trilogy down to the one movie it should have been all along.
If you don’t follow the book blogging community closely, you may not be aware that there have been multiple recent incidents of authors stalking and assaulting book reviewers for daring to give their books negative reviews. This is deeply fucked up, and many book bloggers understandably chose to stop reviewing books for their own safety.…
So, Marvel just announced a Captain Marvel movie. Are you excited? I’m excited. Let’s be excited together. Yes, I am aware that Sony and WB/DC beat Marvel to the whole female superhero thing; Sony announced a villainess-focused Spiderman spinoff some time ago, and DC managed to get its Wonder Woman announcement out a few weeks…
My long-suffering Keyboard Kindle finally shuffled off its mortal coil. I hopped on Amazon.com immediately to buy a new one, because I just can’t be without my precious $2.99 ebooks. The cheapest model available comes with advertisements: there’s a smallish banner on the home page, and when you turn the device off, the screen shows an advertisement…
