Shiri Sondheimer, Author at GeekMom

Review: ‘Monsters in Manhattan’ by Daniel Jude Miller

May 23, 2016December 15, 2017Shiri Sondheimer

Monsters in Manhattan is creepy-cute adorableness: a kids eye view of Manhattan with a monstrous twist.

Gather ‘Round Padawans: Moon Knight and Mental Illness

May 18, 2016December 8, 2017Shiri Sondheimer2

If you have questions, ask. If you need help, tell someone. If someone asks you for help? Listen. Be compassionate. Believe. And never doubt that a single word can save a life.

Review (Sort of): Write Notepads & Co.

May 18, 2016December 8, 2017Shiri Sondheimer

Sometimes, one should donate to charity without expectation of reward because it’s a nice thing to do. But if you’re buying notebooks anyway, consider Write Notepads & Co.; you might just change a kid’s life.

Gather ‘Round Padawans: Thunderbolts and Chaotic Good

May 10, 2016December 8, 2017Shiri Sondheimer1

Chaos isn’t the answer. Well, not in the real world anyway…

Diagramming the Marvel Cinematic Universe So You Don’t Have To

May 2, 2016December 9, 2017Shiri Sondheimer1

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is a complicated place, and it’s a little hard to know how, say, Iron Man connects to Daredevil. We’re here to help, and we brought a color-coded diagram!

Review: ‘Wonder Woman: Earth One, Volume One’

April 26, 2016December 15, 2017Shiri Sondheimer1

Wonder Woman: Earth One is a deceptively challenging book so if you’re in this comic thing for the funny pages or the action heavy punch outs, this probably isn’t the graphic novel for you. Though there is some fantastic punching. Also, battle kangaroos.

Gather ‘Round Padawans: Casting Bobbie Draper

April 19, 2016December 8, 2017Shiri Sondheimer

I tell my kids all the time the world would be a very boring place if everyone were the same. And I truly believe that. They do too.

Gather ‘Round Padawans: ‘I Hate Fairyland’ and Looking Deeper

April 13, 2016December 8, 2017Shiri Sondheimer

You may get burned. You may end up with some scars. But the world will be a better place for your effort.
And for you.

Teen Titans, No: DC’s Superhero Woman Fail

April 7, 2016December 8, 2017Shiri Sondheimer5

You can do better, DC. We deserve better.

Gather ‘Round Padawans: Morality in Hell(‘s Kitchen)

March 30, 2016December 8, 2017Shiri Sondheimer1

Morality is a tricky subject. It is also, to an extent, a subjective one, though here, in the Western World, the majority of us, regardless of religion, are guided by a few essential commandments and a purported (I said purported) penchant for law and order.

Gather ‘Round, Padawans: Revisiting Spider-Woman

March 21, 2016December 8, 2017Shiri Sondheimer1

Here’s why everyone who has a partner, a loved one, a friend who has recently had a baby needs to read issue #5 of the new ‘Spider-Woman.’

I Was Sensory Deprived for an Hour and All I Got Was…

March 16, 2016December 8, 2017Shiri Sondheimer14

My life is loud. Two kids, two cats, a husband with ADHD. I live, by choice, in a city. I work in an office far too small for the number of people who share it under a parking garage with thin walls where the phone rings ALL. DAY.

Review: ‘Space Match’

March 9, 2016December 15, 2017Shiri Sondheimer

The kids think ‘Space Match’ is better than TV. Which in and of itself makes it worthy.

The Original Genrenaut: An Interview With Mike Underwood

March 6, 2016December 8, 2017Shiri Sondheimer

Shiri interviews the author of the Genrenauts series, about a group of storytellers that travel between dimensions, each the source and home of a narrative genre (Western, Romance, etc.), to find and fix broken stories. Because if they fail, the damage from those broken stories ripples over and causes disaster on earth.

Gather ‘Round, Padawans (Part Thirteen) — Kanan: The Last Padawan Redux Boogaloo

March 2, 2016December 8, 2017Shiri Sondheimer

What the intense and powerful moment in the short life of a kid already scarred by pain and war who chooses between what feels right and what is right can teach our own kids.

Kitchen Witchin’: Magic Shell

February 25, 2016December 15, 2017Shiri Sondheimer

You ready for Shiri to lay the science down about Magic Shell?

Gather ‘Round Padawans (Part Twelve): Deadpool

February 19, 2016December 7, 2017Shiri Sondheimer

The love that develops between Wade and Vanessa is a, example of the much more rare later sort of love. Hold on, hold on, bear with me here. Is it a parody? Absolutely. And an extreme one at that. But Wade and Vanessa’s relationship is all the most moving for being achievable. For being honest. For being equal.