Ms Marvel comics – book review

Ms. Marvel comics written by G. Willow Wilson illustrated by Mirka Andolfo, Takeshi Miyazawa, & Francesco Gaston Comics Funny Supernatural * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) If you aren’t already reading Ms. Marvel, you should drop everything now and start.  She’s a smart, funny, Muslim teenager who develops superpowers and must choose how to use them responsibly while maintaining her friendships and being part of her close-knit family.  There are lots of timely topics … Read more

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur – book review

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Vol. 1: BFF written by Amy Reeder & Brandon Montclare art by Natacha Bustos Comics/Graphic Novel Science Fiction Supernatural * * * * Stars (Great!) 9-year-old Lunella (Moon Girl) is frantically searching for the Omni-Wave Projector so that she can use it to reverse engineer a cure for humans who have been affected by the Terrigen cloud (those who have inhuman genes that change when exposed to this chemical). She’s … Read more

Lady Midnight – Read It and Rate It

Lady Midnight Dark Artifices #1 by Cassandra Clare Adventure Fantasy Mystery Romance Supernatural Thriller Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) It is in the world of Shadowhunters and it is very well written.  You can never predict what is going to happen and that is what makes Cassandra Clare one of my favorite authors.  It follows a girl named Emma and her parabati – her sworn platonic partner for life, Julian.  She … Read more

Flash: Flashpoint – Read It and Rate It

Flash: Flashpoint by Geoff Johns Adventure Comics Graphic Novel Mystery Science Fiction Supernatural Thriller Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) “Flashpoint” is the story of Barry Allen (the Flash) waking up in a totally different world than the one he had known.  With Aquaman and Wonder Woman clashing, and Batman being an entirely different person, Barry sets out to find how this happened, and how he can return the timeline to its … Read more

Batman: The Court of Owls – Read It and Rate It

Batman: The Court of Owls Scott Snyder Comics Superheroes Supernatural Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) “The Court of Owls” is one of the most famous Batman storylines about a mythical group of an underground government called the Court of Owls that watches Gotham’s every move.  Bruce Wayne’s father used to tell him that story when he was a child, but he soon realizes that the Court of Owls is no story … Read more

Ghosts – book review

Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier Graphic Novel Realistic Fiction Supernatural * * * * Stars (Great!) Cat and her family move to the coastal town of Bahia de la Luna to help with her little sister Maya’s health issues (she has cystic fibrosis). The whole town seems to be obsessed with spirits and Dia de los Muertos is coming up fast!  Maya, too, becomes interested in ghosts – she has questions about death and the afterlife … Read more

Stiletto – book review

Stiletto by Daniel O’Malley Mystery Supernatural * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) The people of Britain are guarded from supernatural threats by a group called the Checquy and Rook Myfanwy Thomas is one of their greatest assets.  Introduced in The Rook, O’Malley’s first book in the Checquy Files series, Myfanwy (pronounced like Tiffany with an “M”) must use great diplomacy to get the Checquy to join forces with the Grafters, their bitterest rival. Full … Read more

Girl Who Could Fly – Read It and Rate It

The Girl Who Could Fly by Victoria Forester Science Fiction Supernatural Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) The Girl Who Could Fly is about a girl named Piper who can fly and is sent to a government place where all kids with powers go.  She and her friends find that the place is evil and is trying to stop their powers and they make a plan to escape.  I love this book because … Read more

Hypnotists – Read It and Rate It

The Hypnotists Hypnotists #1 by Gordon Korman Adventure Science Fiction Supernatural Review #1 Jax Opus’s family is one of the most powerful families of Hypnotists in the world, and Jax doesn’t even know it until he meets Dr. Elias Mako, who wants to teach Jax to use his power. But what will Dr. Mako use Jax’s powers for – good or evil?  And when he finds out, will Jax join him or not?  

Earl and the Fairy – Read It and Rate It

The Earl and the Fairy Story and art by Ayuko Fantasy Manga Supernatural Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) The Earl and the Fairy is about Lydia Carlton, who is a fairy doctor, helping an Earl named Edgar Ashenbert.  They go on adventures helping fairies and humans alike.  I liked this book because it was very fantasy-like.  It showed a fairy in the world doing stuff.  There were many types of fairies and … Read more