QBD’s 25 Books of Christmas: #17

The elves are embracing their inner comic book geek with this addition to their wishlist! In this gorgeously illustrated, full-color graphic memoir, Stan Lee—comic book legend and cocreator of Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Avengers, the Incredible Hulk, and a legion of other Marvel superheroes—shares his iconic legacy and the story of how modern comics came […]

Reviewsday: His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman

A little recap of Book 1, Northern Lights (just to get you hooked): Here lives an orphaned ward named Lyra Belacqua, whose carefree life among the scholars at Oxford’s Jordan College is shattered by the arrival of two powerful visitors. First, her fearsome uncle, Lord Asriel, appears with evidence of mystery and danger in the […]