Girls in Capes

When I was a kid, I would often stare out the car window as houses and trees and buildings whose purpose I didn’t know whizzed by. I would make up a little game in my head, placing some of my [...]

As I've mentioned in the past, my To Be Read pile is gigantic (and frankly, pretty intimidating). While I've managed to whittle it down since my Summer 2016 recommendations list, the fall release schedule's already loaded even more books on [...]

The TV show Penny Dreadful recently became available on Netflix and it’s consumed my life. I’ve always loved Gothic literature – Dracula being one of my all-time favorite novels – so I’m totally geeking out over seeing some of my [...]

After the exceptionally disappointing conclusion of Showtime’s Penny Dreadful, I was hesitant to pick up the comic series. The Season Three fiasco left me sour, and the announcement of the comic series seemed like a rushed half-apology instead of an [...]

I had a lot of fun at Nan Desu Kan this year, even though it was a quiet year. Industry row was small, with only Aniplex and Media Blasters in attendance, so I don't think that there were any big [...]

I would like to thank Feliza Casano for sharing these ideas with Girls in Capes readers. I've found her to be a great resource for new and interesting perspectives and I would specifically recommend her take on some great books [...]

Who knew that ThinkGeek had physical store locations? Not me, until recently — New York, Florida, Texas, and now their 9th location just opened in my city of Raleigh, North Carolina! Behold this nerd haven, located in Crabtree Valley Mall directly across [...]

A Series of Unfortunate Events is one of those book series that I always remembered reading as a kid, but actually remembered very little about. If you had asked me to recall the plot of them a month ago I [...]

Every summer needs dragons! This month, Girls in Capes Book Club will read UPROOTED by Naomi Novik, reviewed here. Agnieszka loves her valley home, her quiet village, the forests and the bright shining river. But the corrupted Wood stands on the [...]

Have you been watching the Olympics lately? Unfortunately, I've been fairly busy this month and have missed a lot of it, including my favorite summer Olympic sport—gymnastics. If you haven't watched sports anime before, it may seem like a strange idea. [...]