Roadside Picnic By: Arkady and Boris Strugatsky What if we finally got visited by aliens but the most important event in or history was simply an intergalactic roadside picnic for the aliens? They don't even bother with us ants. They just pull over have some fun for a couple of hours and leave a mess... Continue Reading →
All my 2018 Films in One Sentence Each
I've seen people do flashback sort of posts where they talk about every book they've read in a year and try to summarize each in one sentence. I thought I'd do it for all the 2018 releases I saw in theaters just to see if I could actually manage. Probably not... I tend to be... Continue Reading →
Spring Favs and Recommendations
This is a bit of a Spring Favorites/Spring recommendations tag. I did a Winter one here and hoped to do it seasonally. So yeah for keeping up. I know technically there's a bit of time left for Spring but honestly once we hit Memorial Day it's summer (and I'm already looking forward to Fall.) I'm combining books,... Continue Reading →
Farewell February: T’Challa, Endless Books & Nostalgia Watching
So February went pretty quick, huh? Overall it was a good month. I was able to visit friends and family and I read... a lot again. Black Panther came out and broke a ton of records. Fergie's whole National Anthem thing was worth a laugh on-line. I think the Super Bowl happened. I don't really... Continue Reading →
A Strangely Beautiful Trip to Area X
Annihilation Directed by: Alex Garland Grade: A- I'm not going to lie- if I was married to Oscar Issac and some weird place did something weird and was possibly killing him- I'd probably brave it to try to save him. Annihilation is based on the Jeff Vandermeer Southern Reach trilogy. After her husband comes back... Continue Reading →
Deadly Flying Bears & Creepy Motherhood
Borne By: Jeff Vandermeer Grade: A A giant flying and deadly bear called Mord. Rampaging biotech left over from the company that brought it all about. Radioactive rain and rivers. Half-buried astronauts. A magician... and it all gets somehow weirder when a scavenger called Rachel finds a strange creature living in Mord's fur. She gathers... Continue Reading →
10 Love (and Life) Lessons I Took from Books
*It's possible that I've learned some of the wrong lessons from books. Regardless books always help me feel better in a pinch. This is inspired by Top Ten Tuesdays hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl. I am not all the big into Valentine's Day or the most romantically inclined person overall but this is what came to... Continue Reading →
Exciting Things in 2018
As 2018 is right around the corner I wanted to do a post on some of the books, movies and films I'm totally looking forward to in the coming year! This list is not inclusive as things are obviously being added all the time... 2018 Books There's laundry lists of new releases coming but some... Continue Reading →