Nutshell: Like The Hunger Games, Maze Runner, or Red Rising? The Fire Sermon is right up there with the rest of those top-notch YA series. It should get a ton of love when it hits shelves; if it doesn’t, that’s just criminal. A fully realized mythology and characters that are mysterious and yet still compelling. Francesca Haig shows incredible promise as a novelist, and The Fire Sermon makes me want to grab up her poetry to see if it too has that urgent, mysterious feel. It’ll also help me pass the time ‘til book two hits. Grade: A
Imagine if you had a twin. No, not talking about regular twinning, you crazy-cool multiples. I mean imagine if you had a twin that appeared to be the opposite of you: blemished, flawed, “different”…or perfect, loved, accepted. Now think about what would happen if the “perfect” Alpahs decided to subjugate their “lesser” Omegas. And if the Alphas continued to oppress their twins to the point of near starvation and complete poverty. Even though the death of one twin would mean the immediate death of the other. Sound crazy? Or does it sound like something the human race could easily do? The Fire Sermon makes readers think uncomfortable thoughts about what it is to be human, to be a member of society, and most importantly, what you would do if you were placed in one of those castes.
Hi everyone. How’s your weekend going? Wish it were better? Well, I’ve got passes for the Baltimore area screening of The Lazarus Effect. That could help, right? Free stuff is always a good thing.
Yaaaay — Minions! Gotta love ’em. I have no idea what they’re saying, but I’m dying to know more about the little yellow cuteballs. So when a new trailer hit? Hello there.
(I’m gonna skip the usual outline of OtS reviews, as this book isn’t a series, but a guide. Bon Appetit!)
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Guardians of the Galaxy and Birdman took top film honors, while American Horror Story: Freak Show, True Detective, Big Bang Theory and Portlandia were some of the winners in the Television categories.
Getting cabin fever? Me too! Love opera? ME TOO! So it’s wonderful that Fathom is doing it’s The Met: Live showcase again this year. Woot! Wanna woot some more? Okay — I have passes, and I want to give share ’em all with you!
“Seventh son of a seventh son…” Yeah, I’ve heard that one. I’ve also heard a whole lot of other Iron Maiden. (I also happen to love Sheena Easton’s “You Could Have Been With Me”, another reference to this 
What’s award season without awards? Nothing, I tell ya. So want to know what was top-shelf in horror comics last year? Take a gander at the list of Ghastly Award nominees. Afterlife with Archie, Crossed: Badlands, Nailbiter, Rachel Rising, The Strain…yeah, you know those would be around. Just like the nods to Joe Hill, Terry Moore, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Ben Templesmith and Francesco Francavilla.
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