If you are looking for a way to escape this never ending January, a trip to the North Woods of Minnesota with debut novel Loon Point is just what you need.
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Category: Entertainment
‘Mouse Guard: Dawn of the Black Axe’: Interviewing David Petersen on the Black Axe’s Origin Story
Out today is the newest Mouse Guard book, ‘Mouse Guard: Dawn of the Black Axe’—and an interview with author David Petersen!
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The Bones Beneath My Skin
I liked being the weird girl. Picture me in England in 1995. I have a Tardis embroidered on my shoulder bag, wear off brand platform shoes, and carry a picture of Riker around in my wallet. I write poems when I should probably be playing Netball, and I made one of my best friends by […]
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The Curious Kitten at the Chibineko Kitchen
For an extra touch of whimsy this winter look no further thanThe Curious Kitten at the Chibineko Kitchen by Yuta Takashaski, with the sentimentality and loose relationships with time that I have come to love in cozy Japanese fiction.
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GeekDad/GeekMom Holiday Gift Guide 2025: Books
Books! Whether you’ve constantly got a book in progress (or two or three) or you read several books a night to your kids, books have a heavy presence in our lives. We can use them to learn, to imagine, and even to escape, and they always make great gifts. You can gift your favorite books […]
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GeekDad/GeekMom Holiday Gift Guide 2025: Music and Media
Another holiday season means another excuse to dive into the music and media we love.
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GeekDad/GeekMom Holiday Gift Guide 2025: Toys
Another year, another game to discover. If you couldn’t make it to Pax Unplugged this weekend, try creating your own event at home with these suggestions from our current favorite games to share with your friends and family this holiday season.
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GeekDad/GeekMom Holiday Gift Guide 2025: Games
Another year, another game to discover. If you couldn’t make it to Pax Unplugged this weekend, try creating your own event at home with these suggestions from our current favorite games to share with your friends and family this holiday season.
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The ‘Pride and Prejudice: Collector’s Edition’ Has Even More Austen Goodies!
Check out this newest ‘Pride and Prejudice’ set including two dozen recreated letters and ephemera, plus plenty of other bonus content.
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Murdle Jigsaw Puzzles Blend Pieces With Logic
After Wordle gained popularity, several related or even completely unrelated daily puzzles spawned, from the other New York Times puzzles to more indie efforts like Redactle (a favorite in my house). One I’d never heard of until recently was Murdle, a daily murder mystery-themed logic puzzle. I was surprised I hadn’t heard of it before, […]
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Choose Your Own Adventure Reissues ‘The Cave of Time’!
Take a trip down memory lane with CYOA’s reissue of their first book! Don’t forget to share with the kids.
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Twenty More Years of Dragon Con Artists in Hotel Keys
Earlier this summer, I shared the history of badge and program artists at Dragon Con. But there’s another collectible that was added 20 years ago now–customized hotel keys in the host hotels. For the first six years, starting in 2005, there was a single piece of art used on all of the host hotel keys. […]
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‘Time Travel for Beginners’ by Matt Harry Is a Timeless Romp
Matt Harry returns with another installation from the Codex Arcanum series and fools readers into believing they’re about to gain valuable instructions. Instead, under the guise of an entertaining story, we dive into an engaging adventure, learning plenty about time travel but emerge with zero practical tools to actually travel through time.
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Follow Nearly 40 Years of Dragon Con Art History
As someone who counts my Dragon Con attendance in decades now, it’s been fun to watch the con evolve and change over time, from the event tracks to the fan “cults” that seem to spawn every year, some lasting longer than others. Some easy (and “free”) pieces of annual memorabilia are your badge and program. […]
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Rediscovering Alexander McCall Smith
I had forgotten how much I enjoyed the storytelling and narrative voice of Alexander McCall Smith. When his exceptionally popular series The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency first appeared in 2002, I was enamored with his style and with his characters. While my interests have branched off over the years, I still scour the book […]
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Under Loch and Key by Lana Ferguson
Love can be monstrous in this new romance from Lana Ferguson. From the depths of Loch Ness, Keyanna MacKay just might find what she’s looking for.
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Criticism of ASTRO’s Latest Song is Ridiculous
On April 19, 2025, k-pop band ASTRO released “Memory of the Moon”, a single that remembers Moonbin on the second anniversary of his death. The release was preceded by a press release from their agency, maybe two weeks before, and little else. For some reason, this song is being met with criticism online, with some […]
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A Surprising Easter Egg
A candy free alternative to fill your Easter Eggs this year, Kinetic Sand Eggs are fun for the whole family.
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The Labyrinth of Souls by Leslie Vedder
Leslie Vedder brings us the magical school based adventure that we’ve been looking for. Join Ix Tatterfall at the Candle Corps Academy in The Labyrinth of Souls.
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Discovering the Shadow Realm with Sylvia Mercedes
For anyone who ever fell in love with the Beast, and was disappointed when the curse was broken and blondie appeared, this series from Sylvia Mercedes will scratch all those beastly itches and then some. All three installments, Bride of the Shadow King, Vow of the Shadow King, and the conclusion Heart of the Shadow […]
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