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“The End of the Day”: Bookburners S02E13

September 15, 2016 by Drew

Bookburners S02E13: Secret Wars by Max Gladstone 9.14.16 5 out of 5 When We Last Left Our Heroes…: After Team Three defeated the Network in Belfast, Asanti was arrested for witchcraft upon returning to Rome. Case of the Week: A legal case this time: the trial of Archivist Asanti. The future of the Society hangs in the balance. How It Went: I’ll say this: if ever I imagined an avenging angel, I think it’d probably look like Asanti in the Society courtroom. She’s regal, serene, beautiful […]

Categories: Features, Recaps • Tags: Bookburners, Fantasy, Features, Fiction, Max Gladstone, Recap, Recaps, Serial, Serial Box, serial box publishing, serialbox, serialbox publishing

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“Coming Home”: Bookburners S02E12

September 8, 2016 by Drew

Bookburners S02E12: Coming Home by Margaret Dunlap 9.7.16 4.5 out of 5 When We Last Left Our Heroes…: The Network launched their ‘beta test’, as it were, and magicked an entire town in rural Ireland. Not only could the Bookburners not save anybody, but one of their own was caught in the spell’s web… Case of the Week: Frances considers what it will mean to ‘recover’ from her magic incident while the rest of the team sets out to stop the Network once and for […]

Categories: Features, Recaps • Tags: Bookburners, Books, Fantasy, Features, Fiction, Magic, Margaret Dunlap, Recaps, Serial, Serial Box, serial box publishing, Serial Literature, serialbox, serialbox publishing

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“Shock and Awe”: Bookburners S02E11

September 1, 2016 by Drew

Bookburners S02E11: Shock and Awe by Andrea Phillips 8.31.16 5 out of 5 When We Last Left Our Heroes…: The Network has launched their magical test, enveloping the town of Middle Coon, Ireland. Team Three, at odds with each other and with the Society, heads to investigate / fight back. Case of the Week: With the clock running down, Team Three must come to terms with the magical attack on Middle Coon – and decide who and what they can reasonably save. How It Went: Picking right […]

Categories: Features, Recaps • Tags: Andrea Phillips, Bookburners, Fantasy, Features, Fiction, Recaps, Serial, Serial Box, serial box publishing, Serial Fiction, Serial Literature, serialbox, serialbox publishing

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“Debtor’s Prison”: Bookburners S02E05

July 21, 2016 by Drew

Bookburners S02E05: Debtor’s Prison by Mur Lafferty 7.20.16 4 out of 5 When We Last Left Our Heroes…: Asanti and Menchú are increasingly at odds over magical research. Liam had an odd encounter with someone from his past who he only barely remembers. Grace is considering her possible futures. Vatican politics continue to get tricky. Case of the Week: The Maitress calls in a debt from Asanti, sending the team to Iceland to recover a magical secret. How It Went: […]

Categories: Features, Recaps • Tags: 02E05, Bookburners, Debtor's Prison, Fantasy, Fiction, Mur Lafferty, Serial, Serial Box, serial box publishing, Serial Literature, serialbox, serialbox publishing

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“Mistakes Were Made”: Bookburners S02E03

July 7, 2016 by Drew

Bookburners S02E03: Mistakes Were Made by Brian Francis Slattery 7.6.16 4 out of 5 When We Last Left Our Heroes…: Braving the wild and surreal landscape of Team Four’s offices, the team recovered an instruction manual of sorts for the Orb. Asanti and Frances decide to investigate it further. Case of the Week: A series of increasingly strange events at a conference – that just happens to be the annual Thaumaturgical Symposium. How It Went: The episode drops us straight into the middle of an argument […]

Categories: Features, Recaps • Tags: Bookburners, Bookburners S02E03, Brian Francis Slattery, Fantasy, Features, Fiction, Horror, Humor, Mistakes Were Made, Recaps, S02E03, Serial, Serial Box, serial box publishing, Serial Fiction, serialbox, serialbox publishing

“Webs”: Bookburners S02E02

June 30, 2016 by Drew

Bookburners S02E02: Webs by Andrea Phillips 6.29.16 5 out of 5 When We Last Left Our Heroes…: With the Archives rebuilt and staffed up, Team Three reassembled to tackle a case of a disappearing town in Massachusetts – but more importantly, the Orb seems to be malfunctioning and no one quite knows why. Case of the Week: What happened to Team Four? No, seriously… what happened to them? How It Went: This episode picks up hot on the heels of the season premiere, with Team Three […]

Categories: Features, Recaps • Tags: Andrea Phillips, Bookburners, Fantasy, Features, Fiction, Magic, Recaps, Serial, Serial Box, serial box publishing, Serial Fiction, serialbox, serialbox publishing, Webs

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“Creepy Town”: Bookburners S02E01

June 23, 2016 by Drew

Bookburners S02E01: Creepy Town by Max Gladstone 6.22.16 4.5 out of 5 When We Last Left Our Heroes…: Sal Brooks was an ordinary NYPD cop before she came across a particularly odd scene involving her brother, Perry, and a possessed book. She joined Team Three of the Societas Librium Occultorum and began to help track down magical objects across the world. After a particularly nasty possession and the ensuing fracas, darkness inside the Society has been cast out and they’re all […]

Categories: Features, Recaps • Tags: Bookburners, Creepy Town, Fantasy, Features, Max Gladstone, Recap, Serial, Serial Box, serial box publishing, serialbox, serialbox publishing

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Bookburners, Season One

January 13, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: After her brother nearly dies from calling up a demon, NYPD Detective Sal Brooks joins an oddball team based out of the Vatican and charged with hunting down magical relics. But even the Vatican isn’t necessarily safe from evil… The Review: So let’s talk first about the structure of this here thing. SerialBox Publishing is taking Mark Z. Danielewski’s idea for The Familiar (a reading experience that mirrors the experience of a really great TV series) and doubling down: a […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction • Tags: Action, Adventure, audiobook, Book Review, Book Reviews, Bookburners, Books, Brian Francis Slattery, Fantasy, Fiction, Magic, Margaret Dunlap, Max Gladstone, Mur Lafferty, Religion, Reviews, Serial, Serial Box, Serial Novel, Xe Sands

Tales of the City

August 1, 2014 by Drew

The Short Version: San Francisco, the 1970s. Mary Ann Singleton, just arrived, finds her way to 28 Barbary Lane – a rooming house run by the quirky and wonderful Anna Madrigal. The lives of the tenants of the house, and of those they encounter, swirl together to create a unique sort of a family experience. The Review: The California Classics box set from Cali-Bookstore-Day flees LA for the beauty and weirdness of San Francisco – and a series-starter that’s so unassuming […]

Categories: Fiction, Literature • Tags: Armistead Maupin, Avocado Editions, California, California Bookstore Day, California Classics, Fiction, Literature, Olive Editions, San Francisco, Serial, Tales of the City

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“The End of the Day”: Bookburners S02E13

“Coming Home”: Bookburners S02E12

“Shock and Awe”: Bookburners S02E11

“Debtor’s Prison”: Bookburners S02E05

“Mistakes Were Made”: Bookburners S02E03

“Webs”: Bookburners S02E02

“Creepy Town”: Bookburners S02E01

Bookburners, Season One

Tales of the City