A book of essays (or short stories) can be a little hard to get a handle on talking about or recommending. Some always hit harder than others. And some that eh you don’t really care for one way or another. That’s the case with Run Towards the Danger for me. Luckily the standout essays really … More Run Towards the Danger
The Best Books of 2022! My favorite reads of the year! It’s all the same 🙂 Admittedly with a few surprises however. Like my top 3 books this year (so far…)
The Woman in the Library offers two of my favorite things to read about- a book about books and the writing process. It’s an interesting read with a good idea but it just didn’t work for me in the end. But if you are interested in books about books or meta mystery writing well I’d … More The Woman in the Library
Hello! It seems like every time I sit down to write about the books I’ve been reading I just… blank. I don’t know why. Nothings changed with the books, even the ones I’ve loved. So I’m going to do a wrap-up of some Spring standouts (doesn’t mean the best of just some of the books … More Spring Reading Wrap-Up: Some Standouts
For absolutely no reason I’m going to see if I can talk about Pandora’s Jar- which looks at how the stories of Women in Greek Myth are presented through the ages in exactly ten bullet points and nothing more. Because why not? Starting Now:
Elizabeth Zott is a chemist. Although technically she winds up a popular television chef teaching people cooking through chemistry because people suck and hey sometimes that’s just how the world shakes out. I actually loved Elizabeth and would totally watch her cooking show even though I know nothing about chemistry! (Or cooking depending on who … More Lessons in Chemistry
So I’ve been kind of down on contemporary lately (maybe too many prize nominee books in which everyone is some kind of awful or miserable) so I wanted to talk about one I read a couple weeks ago that has stayed with me. That somehow manages to be touchingly sad and also wildly hopeful and … More The Guncle
Well they aren’t maybe books- they are definitely books. It’s more like some recent reads that I didn’t love but also didn’t hate… but also sometimes can’t decide where I come down on them for strangely specific reasons that may not bother you so much. There’s also a lot of hype on some of these … More Some “Maybe” Books… A Wrap-Up
This one has been on my Kindle since it released. But after hearing it’s going to serve as the basis for Ryan Murphy’s Feud season 2 and has already cast Naomi Watts I picked it up immediately. And honestly the most interesting thing about Capote’s Women might wind up being how Murphy’s going to embellish … More Capote’s Women Will Be Murphy’s Next Feud
It surprised me how much I enjoyed Bridgerton Season 1, despite thinking Simon would be better off drop-kicking Daphne to the moon. (She is by far my least favorite part of the new trailer- nothing worse than a smug brat who had to browbeat her husband into giving her everything she wanted before letting him … More The Viscount Who Loved Me & Season 2 Hopes (Bridgerton)