All posts by Melissa Villy

I'm Mina, the Jedi Librarian. I'm a teen services librarian, lover of all the books, and a lifelong Star Wars fan. I'm also secretly a Jedi.
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Shadow And Bone | Netflix Preview

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Netflix unveils character photos from their adaptation of Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse Shadow And Bone books

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Book Review | Star Wars: The High Republic – Into the Dark

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In Into The Dark, join a young Jedi Archivist on an unexpected adventure in the first Young Adult book for The High Republic.

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Book Review | Star Wars: The High Republic – A Test of Courage

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In A Test Of Courage, meet some of the new characters of The High Republic in the first Middle-Grade story set in this new, unexplored era.

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Countdown To Christmas | ‘While You Were Sleeping’

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Melissa continues our “Countdown to Christmas” season with the feel-good romantic comedy you didn’t know you needed!

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Book Review | Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Stories of Light and Dark

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Find out what your favorite Star Wars characters were thinking during the most memorable Clone Wars episodes.

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Book Review | Star Wars: Poe Dameron Free Fall (Melissa’s Review)

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Learn the untold backstory of Poe Dameron in Star Wars: Free Fall.

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Comic Review | Star Wars Adventures Vol. 8: Defend the Republic

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Join your favorite heroes as they fight to defend the Republic.

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Comics Review | Star Wars Adventures Vol. 7: Pomp and Circumstance

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Join Poe, Han, Luke, Leia, Chewie, and more as they take on the bad guys and outrun some serious goons in the next installment of Star Wars Adventures.

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Comics Review | Star Wars Adventures Vol. 6: Flight of the Falcon

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Get ready to hunt the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy with Bazine Netal in IDW’s Flight of the Falcon.

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Comics Review | Star Wars Adventures: Forces of Destiny

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The Forces of Destiny shorts get their own comic tie in with this collected edition of IDW’s Star Wars Adventures

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Comics Review | Firefly: Legacy Edition

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Everyone’s favorite ragtag crew of heroes who aim to misbehave continue the fight in a Legacy Edition of Firefly collected comics.

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Book Review | Unstoppable Wasp: Built on Hope (Young Adult)

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The Unstoppable Wasp is back in this all-new young adult adventure from Sam Maggs

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Book Review: Con Quest! by Sam Maggs (Middle-Grade)

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Melissa joins twins Alex and Cat for an adventure through fandom as they compete to win the Quest at their favorite convention.

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Lockdown Literature | Book Series to Binge for Adult Readers

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Looking for something to read to pass the time? Then look no further than this list.

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Lockdown Literature | YA Series to Binge

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Looking for something to read while stuck at home? Then look no further than this list of books for teens.

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Isolation Entertainment | A Knight’s Tale

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Heath Ledger and Rufus Sewell star in this underrated gem from 2001 as a young squire trying to prove himself and the Count determined to expose him as a fraud.

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Book Review | Star Wars: The Galaxy Needs You

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Melissa learns what makes us all special in this kid’s lead up to The Rise of Skywalker

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Book Review | Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge: A Crash of Fate

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The lives of two young people collide on Batuu in Zoraida Cordova’s Galaxy’s Edge tie-in ‘A Crash of Fate’.

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Book Review | Star Wars: Spark Of The Resistance

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Rey, Poe, and Rose help the inhabitants of Minfar fight off the First Order in this Middle-Grade novel set after The Last Jedi.

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Review | Togo: The Untold True Story

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Move over Balto, the story you think you know about the 1925 Nome Diptheria epidemic is about to get a whole new hero.

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Comics Review | Star Wars Adventures Vol. 5: Mechanical Mayhem

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Droids run amok and cause all kind of problems for everyone from Padmé to Captain Antilles in Mechanical Mayhem.

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Comics Review | Star Wars Adventures Vol. 4: Destroyer Down

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In this edition of Star Wars Adventures by IDW, follow Rey as she investigates a downed Star Destroyer on Jakku

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EXCLUSIVE | Interview With Timothy Zahn

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A local Tampa Bay Comic Convention leads to an interview with Star Wars legend Timothy Zahn.

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Comic Review | Marvel’s The Unstoppable Wasp: G.I.R.L. Power

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Meet Nadia Pym, daughter of the original Ant-Man, as she tries to make her way in New York City.

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Comic Review | Star Wars: Han Solo – Imperial Cadet (Marvel)

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Han Solo learns what it’s like to be a grunt in the Imperial Navy in Han Solo: Imperial Cadet.

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Comic Review | The Mighty Thor Volume 5: The Death of the Mighty Thor

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The Mighty Thor’s journey comes to an end in the battle to save Asgard. 

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Comic Review | The Mighty Thor Vol.4: The War Thor

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Another Thor arrives on the scene as the War of the Realms rages on. Who is this mysterious, red-bearded Thor? 

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Comic Review | The Mighty Thor Vol. 3: The Asgard/Shi’ar War

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The League of Realms rides again to attempt to save Alfheim and queen Aelsa from Malekith’s forces.

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Book Review | Choose Your Destiny: A Luke and Leia Adventure

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Learn more of the Millennium Falcon’s long history in this Choose Your Own Adventure story featuring Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia

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Comics Review | Star Wars: Vol. 10 – The Escape

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On the run from the Empire, Han, Luke, and Leia take some time off on the planet Hubin.

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Comics Review | Star Wars Volume 9: Hope Dies

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The Rebel Alliance has been betrayed by their newest ally in Vol. 9: Hope Dies

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Book Review | Star Wars: Droidography

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Master the nuts and bolts of your favorite droids in Harper Collins’ Droidography

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Book Review | Star Wars: Search Your Feelings

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Search your feelings with this companion to ABC-3PO and Obi-123

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Book Review | Grow Up, Ant-Man!

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Find out how big Ant-Man can grow in this picture book from Disney Marvel Press

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Book Review | Night Night, Groot

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Join the Guardians of the Galaxy as they put baby Groot to bed in this Marvel-ous bedtime story

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