Netgalley Review: Music in Disney’s Animated Features

In Music in Disney’s Animated Features James Bohn investigates how music functions in Disney animated films and identifies several vanguard techniques used in them. In addition he also presents a history of music in Disney animated films, as well as biographical information on several of the Walt Disney Studios’ seminal composers. The popularity and critical acclaim of…

Netgalley Review: the witch doesn’t burn in this one

the witch doesn't burn in this one by Amanda Lovelace; ladybookmad Andrews McMeel Publishing Poetry 2016 Goodreads Choice Award-winning poet Amanda Lovelace returns in the witch doesn't burn in this one — the bold second book in her "women are some kind of magic" series. The witch: supernaturally powerful, inscrutably independent, and now—indestructible. These moving, relatable poems…

Netgalley Review: Little Moments of Love

Little Moments of Love by Catana Chetwynd Andrews McMeel Publishing Comics & Graphic Novels , Humor Little Moments of Love is a sweet collection of comics about the simple, precious, silly, everyday moments that make up a relationship. What began as stray doodles on scraps of paper became an internet sensation when Catana Chetwynd’s boyfriend shared her…

Netgalley Review – Poetry for Kids: William Shakespeare

Poetry for Kids: William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare, Marguerite Tassi Quarto Publishing Group – MoonDance Press  Moondance Press Children's Nonfiction , Poetry Love! Betrayal! Ambition! Tragedy! Jealousy! Williams Shakespeare's universal themes continue to resonate with readers of all ages more than 400 years after his death. This wonderful, fully illustrated book introduces children to the…

Netgalley Review: She Felt Like Feeling Nothing

She Felt Like Feeling Nothing by r.h. Sin Andrews McMeel Publishing Poetry From the bestselling author of the Whiskey, Words, and a Shovel series comes this poetic reminder of women's strength. There are moments when the heart no longer wishes to feel because everything it's felt up until then has brought it nothing but anguish. In She Felt Like Feeling…

Netgalley Review: My Boyfriend is a Bear

My Boyfriend is a Bear by Pamela Ribon and Cat Farris Oni Press Comics & Graphic Novels , Romance The delightful story of Nora who, after a succession of terrible boyfriends, finds a much happier relationship with a 500-pound American black bear. Bear meets girl. Nora has bad luck with men. When she meets an…

Top Ten Tuesday: Netgalley Books I Shouldn’t Have Requested

Top Ten Tuesdays are a weekly meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. As always this list is in no particular order. Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of…

Netgalley Review: Pierce Brown’s Red Rising: Sons of Ares

Pierce Brown’s Red Rising: Sons of Ares by Pierce Brown, Rik Hoskin Diamond Book Distributors Comics & Graphic Novels From the world of the best-selling YA series Red Rising comes a story of love and loss and rage! In the future, when mankind has spread across the stars, the hierarchy of man is dictated by…

Netgalley Review: Archival Quality

Archival Quality by Ivy Noelle Weir Oni Press Comics & Graphic Novels , Teens & YA After losing her job at the library, Cel Walden starts working at the haunting Logan Museum as an archivist. But the job may not be the second chance she was hoping for, and she finds herself confronting her mental…

Netgalley Review – Super Sons Vol. 2: Planet of the Capes (Rebirth)

What starts as a simple training mission becomes a dimension-spanning adventure for the sons of Superman and Batman, and Superboy teams up with the Teen Titans for the first time in the stunning second volume of Super Sons! Superboy (Jonathan Kent) is excited to have a night out on patrol with Robin (Damian Wayne), at…