Being in New Zealand, we don't have the massive Comic-Con's and different conventions like they do overseas but we do have our own small one in a couple of the major cities around New Zealand. This year's Armaggedon over Labour Weekend was held at the Auckland ASB Showgrounds and was an amazing collective group of fans from all around New Zealand. There was something for everyone at the event and for those who love to cosplay and dress up , the choices were endless. Something I did notice was that this year we had a lack of Harley Quinn's and Jokers as last Armaggedon after the release of the Suicide Squad movie , that had seemed to be the "In Costume". My partner Bryan cosplayed this year as Corvo Attano from the Dishonoured game which came Game of the Year and he even found a buddy who had gone with the same character. In terms of the Special Guests , we had Nathan Fillion who I was more excited to see due to his Castle Days rather than Firefly. I...

Review: Geek Actually - Episode #4 - The Long Con - Cecilia Tan - June 2017 Out of all the Geek Actually books, this one was a favorite of mine as it took place at a book convention. It also made me smile and remember the convention I had been too and places in the States that I visited. In The Long Con - Ellie, Aditi, and Michelle are off to Booklovers Con in New Orleans. Ellie with her cosplay outfits meets an author on the airplane. One thing leads to another, and they become fast friends and get chatting. Remember how Ellie needs a job otherwise her parents are going to kick her out of the home, well this may be her chance actually to get a job she loves and is passionate about . Aditi is here to do some networking and chat on a panel about her book. The thing though is she hates promoting herself and talking about her books - isn't that the publisher's job? Michelle is now separated from Ted and looking for a bit of spark, what happens when she is en...

Review: Boy Meets Nerd - Leia Shaw - July 2014 For those who know me, they will know that if there is one theme that I can't pass without reading the books. That theme is what I like to call Geek Chic Lit. The cover of this book had me at Nerd. Once I opened it and got into it, other favorite aspects of mine started to fall into the story from hacking to being a P.I to musicians and of course the Geeky girl getting the hot guy who turned out to have a bit of inner geek in himself.  In Boy Meets Nerd, we are introduced first to the "Nerd" aka Emerson True. She is a graduate of MIT, and her specialty is Computers and Coding. Her current goal is to find and create a new Prime Number. While doing this as she needs something to pay the bills, she works as a P. I. This is how she meets the Boy aka Levi. Levi is a video game score musician who teaches guitar lessons to children, and he is in love. Though his love sits behind a computer screen. For the pas...

    Infernal Ice by Joceline Farrah Publication date: December 18th 2014 Genres: Erotica, Paranormal Romance Synopsis: Beneath the sun kissed skies and the glamour of South Beach, Stygians and mortals co-exist under an uneasy alliance.Governed by strict rules known as Stygian protocol, they live by one most sacred and cardinal rule: Never comingle with mortals. Grief stricken, caseworker Jessa Belle Jones loses herself in her job, after the love of her life, Scott Dempsey disappears without a trace. When her father announces her betrothal to Abbandon, the General of the Stygian Armies, Jessa-Belle turns to Havah, the Tinseller to thwart her father’s plan by finding her own Stygian noble to marry. Wrought with vengeance, Stygian Raum Corvus, searches Miami Beach for retribution against the dark mage who took everything he’d cherished. But when destiny links Raum path to Jessa’s plight, will fate keep them together or will St...