Book Reviews
and News for Geeks Like Us
Kallen Kentner 
Only the power of the Force may keep me running.
I’ve signed up for the Jedi Challenge— running both the Star Wars 10K and the Star Wars Half Marathon at Disneyland in January 2014.
Last night, I had the pleasure of attending an author event at Powell’s Books, Cedar Hills Crossing featuring Hugo and Nebula Award winning author Jo Walton.
GeekyLibrary reviewers have asked me, “Why can’t I categorize this as Young Adult?” In fact, they’ve been saying it ever since we reviewed Ender’s Game and I’ve mulishly said, “Because, I said so.”
We are awfully excited to be giving away two signed copies of Countdown City, which won the Philip K. Dick Award for Distinguished Science Fiction in April.
I read so fast that I used to think of novellas as not worth it. Now I consider novellas (and short stories) an art form.
Okay, okay, we know The Lego Movie was released to theaters months ago, but when we saw the previews, we thought our childhood would be forever scarred by a soulless commercial vehicle of a movie.
Plus, we’ve always been a little suspicious of modern minifigs.
Not everyone is able to run out day of publication to buy the next book in a series they love. At Fir Grove Elementary, a Title I school, many students depend on their school library to get the books they love.