The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball’s AfterlifeBrad BalukjianUniversity of Nebraska Press2020 Have you ever looked back at your old baseball cards and wondered what happened to some of the players? Brad Balukjian bought a pack…
Best.Movie.Year.Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big ScreenBrian RafterySimon Schuster Publishing2019 I didn’t remember how good of a year for movies 1999 was until I got this book. At the time, I was a part time assistant manager at a…
We occasionally get guest writers on the site. Today we get an article from Del Leonard Jones on baseball literature. Baseball more than any sport inspires wonderful writing, says Tim Wiles, former director of research and the public services librarian…
Best of 2020’s books 2020 was generally a shitty year; Covid-19, race riots, Wonder Woman 1984, an election. There were some high points though. Here are 10 books I read in 2020 that are worth checking out (and unlike the…
It’s been a while since I’ve updated this, so here is the current canon timeline for Star Wars. I’ve put the movies, TV shows, books, short stories, and comics; at some point I might add things like Forces of Destiny…
Today is Star Wars Day…May 4th (editor’s note: this got caught up in WordPress and didn’t get released until May 5th). While many have been disappointed in the recent movies, there is plenty of Star Wars stories out there to…
Over a year ago, I created my first Star Wars timeline of all the canon media – movies, books, TV, comics, etc. Since then, a ton of new content has come out. I’ve also found a few other timelines; I’ve…
As I got ready to view The Force Awakens for the first time, I started to pick up the books and comics that make up the new canon. The first one I found was Lost Stars by Claudia Gray. The…
Author: Andy Weir Don’t get this confused with the movie that’s coming out; the movie is based off this book. And based off the book, I’ll be seeing the movie. The book is told in an interesting fashion; everything in…
