Gender equality in fiction is sorely lacking in all medium and for no good reason. Let’s notice and change it. With the creators! Read More
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Gender Equality in Fiction: Dear Author, Does Your Character ‘Need’ A Penis?
Interview with Tony Cliff of ‘Delilah Dirk’
It’s hard to find a better example of swashbuckling than the Delilah Dirk graphic novel series. Here Rebecca Angel interviewed Tony Cliff, author and illustrator of ‘Delilah Dirk and the Pillars of Hercules.’ Read More
‘Fake Blood’: Graphic Novel Review
‘Fake Blood’ is a new graphic novel by Whitney Gardner. It’s a funny, but all too real take on that awkward age of first loves, and keeping blood off your teeth. Read More
‘Magic: The Gathering: Concepts and Legends’—The Art Behind the Game
Art inspires stories, and stories inspire art. ‘Magic: The Gathering: Concepts and Legends’ is a large, hard-cover, brightly illustrated collectors book, suitable for impressing fans of the game and lovers of fantasy art alike. Read More
Interview With P.G. Bell of ‘The Train To Impossible Places’
A science-smart heroine, a package that doesn’t want to be delivered, and “fuzzics” make up a brand new series your middle school reader will love called ‘The Train To Impossible Places: A Cursed Delivery’ by P.G. Bell. Here is an interview with the author. Read More
‘Science Comics: The Brain. The Ultimate Thinking Machine’
With engaging characters and humor, ‘The Brain’ explores our most complex organ. Read More
Dear Hugh Jackman: A Birthday to Remember
The week before my niece’s twelfth birthday party, I got a call from my sister asking if we (my son, husband, and I) would dress up as Ayla’s favorite stars for the event. I knew there must be a story behind this. There was. My sister wrote it in her own words, and I felt the message of dreams and family was meant to be shared with a wider audience. Enjoy. Read More
‘To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before’: Book and Movie Comparison
Rebecca enjoyed both the book and movie versions of ‘To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before,’ a teen romantic comedy, but for different reasons. The book is about stepping out of an older sister’s shadow, while the movie focuses on the fun “fake” romance. Read More
‘City Stories: A Book For Adult Beginning Readers’: A Review
If you were an adult learning a new language, would you want to read about Dick and Jane? Larissa Phillips heard a resounding, “no,” from her students and wrote her own adult beginning reader. Read More
Stack Overflow: Stacking Cats and Nighting Knights
Here’s a great round-up of some board books and picture books you’ll want for your own shelf. You’ll notice I’ve added two extra notes at the end of each review beyond age recommendation: female character ratio and diversity. For the female ratio, I actually counted every character and did the math. Sometimes this was iffy… Read More
Neal Shusterman: ‘Thunderhead’ Interview
‘Thunderhead’ is both an exciting and thoughtful sequel to the award-winning ‘Scythe’ by Neal Shusterman. Rebecca Angel got to interview the author and tried to keep her questions to a minimum, but there are so many things to ask! Read More
‘The Chosen Ones’: A Deeply Magical Sequel
Some characters stay with you. Rebecca started wondering about the characters in the Worldquake series by Scarlett Thomas, and was thrilled to review the second book, ‘The Chosen Ones.’ Read More
Stack Overflow: 12 Graphic Novels for Young Readers
Reading Time: 12 minutes Ghosts! Robots! Sharks! Wizards! Monsters Beware! (That’s actually one of the titles.) Yup, lots of excitement out there for the elementary age set. Desmond Cole, Ghost Patrol; Monsters Beware!; and Amulet are fiction, while Sharks, and Robots and Drones are nonfiction. With strong literary and visual storytelling, these are all winners.… Read More
Teen Parenting Olympics
The Teen Parenting Olympics would be a series of questions with several factors to influence your decision with no right answer and whatever choice you make will result in a follow up challenge that you will ultimately fail because you didn’t see it coming. Ready to compete? Challenge accepted! Read More
Stack Overflow: 4 Paranormal Romance Stories
Reading Time: 9 minutes There is romance in almost every story, and if werewolves, time travel, or genetically enhanced soldiers are involved, it may or may not be classified as paranormal romance. The key is how much romance. My personal definition is the number of pages the characters are actively romancing someone (or themselves), talking about,… Read More
‘Binti,’ ‘Home,’ and ‘The Night Masquerade’
‘Binti’ is a trilogy of novellas that introduce what the sci-fi/fantasy world can become if we embrace more diversity: full of amazing stories. Read More
Olympics Food, Family, and Fun
The PyeongChang Olympics are exciting for Rebecca Angel and her family for many reasons, but the regional food will set the tone. Check out some yummy recipes! Read More
Disaster at the Car Wash Shows My Live-Action Gaming Style
It takes both gaming styles of Rebecca and her more logical-minded son to get through the trials of a car wash. Read More
‘The Empress’ and Other Great Sequels
‘The Empress’ is just as exciting as the first book in its series. Rebecca Angel reviews it, and lists other sequels just as good or better. Read More
‘Five Minute Read-Aloud’ Update and Tips
As a gift, Rebecca Angel uploaded videos of a read aloud for her husband. Things didn’t turn out as planned. Get some tips on how to do it better! Read More
