Tag: scholastic
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The finale of the Animorphs TV show is buck wild (and bad)
It’s been a while since I finished my reread of the Animorphs book series, and just this week I finished watching through the TV show for the first time. I’d seen some of it back when it first aired back in the 90s, and even then I could tell that it just wasn’t good. Having…
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Thermals: A tribute to pillowy cushions of warm air in The Animorphs
If you know what a thermal is, and especially if you think of them wistfully, there’s a good chance you read the Animorphs as a kid. There’s a lot of things in this series that left an impression on me, but the idea of pillowy cushions of warm air letting a kind, sweet-hearted red-tailed hawk…
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Animorphs and allies, books 36-40
This past week, I finished off another block of Animorphs books, numbers 36-40, and they stood out to me for a couple of reasons. First of all, they aren’t terribly great. I don’t think they are terrible, but there is a feeling that the wheels are spinning without the overall plot really going anywhere. From…