The wait is finally over; after eight years, seven seasons, and scores of grisly deaths, Game of Thrones will kick off its eighth and final season this weekend. George R.R. Martin has famously said that the ending of A Song of Ice and Fire will be bittersweet, so while we expect the series to come […]
The first time I saw myself in fiction, the character didn’t actually resemble me much at all. I was in elementary school, reading Ann M. Martin’s The Baby-Sitters Club series for the first time, and immediately fell in love with the character of Claudia Kishi (who I still maintain is hands-down the best BSC member, […]
Stranger Things is a current obsession for all of us here at Avenging Force. If you’ve watched it, you know exactly why this thrilling ’80’s throwback monster-adventure TV series sucks you in and doesn’t let you go until you’ve consumed all 8 delicious episodes. And if you haven’t watched it, well, stop what you’re doing right […]
There’s something about mythical beasts that has always been a draw for me. Fantasy has long been my wheelhouse, and from the moment I met the Unicorn and her nemesis, the Red Bull, in Peter S. Beagle’s The Last Unicorn, I was lost for good. Mythical creatures were an immediate favorite, and they have stayed there ever since. But […]
“There’s not a single witch or wizard who went bad who wasn’t in Slytherin.” – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Imagine growing up in the Wizarding World with that knowledge hanging over your head. Knowing that if you are sorted into Slytherin House — a house known for bullying and bigotry, for hate groups and violence […]
Today marks the first official day of summer, (though if you live anywhere like us you’ve already been experiencing summer levels of heat for a few weeks now) and thoughts start to turn to vacations and relaxing instead of work or school. And while I’m not in school anymore and summer vacations seem like nothing […]
I’ve long since come to terms with the fact that the star Wars EU I grew up with has been regulated to Legends status (we even did an entire eu-logy for it on the Boldly Going Somewhere podcast). And I even started to get excited that the arrival of The Force Awakens was ushering in […]
As I mentioned in last week’s post, it’s October and for me that means it’s time to do all of the Halloween things! And what says Halloween more than a soulless, bloodthirsty monster that only comes out to play at night? I developed my love of vampires early, due to a steady diet of Buffy the Vampire […]
Over the years there have been quite a few movies and tv shows that feature women kicking ass in different ways. Some of them use their fists, like Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Sydney Bristow; others use bows and arrows, like Susan Pevensie and Merida. I have a soft spot for the ones who carry […]
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab is available February 24th, 2015 from Tor Books. It’s received starred reviews from Publishers’ Weekly and Library Journal. If you’re a regular reader of this site, you’ve probably already figured out that I like things that involve England and magic and monsters and fairy tales. Also pirates […]