I actually really enjoyed Troll- it’s every disaster movie trope crammed into one movie. Which also happens to be a dark fairy tale. I mean sure there are parts that I cringed a bit. Parts that I actually teared up but still a totally fun watch. Pretty much any time someone tells me there’s a … More Troll: When Disaster Movie meets Fairy Tale
Mulan Directed By: Niki Caro Apparently her real power is the hair. I mean not only did she never cut it but bouncing around in battle doing all these amazing things and it never gets in her face to allow her enemies to get the better of her. There was actually a moment in a … More Mulan 2020: Magic & Hair
Howl’s Moving Castle Directed By: Hayao Miyazaki After getting HBO Max solely to see the Studio Ghibli films (unseen to me before now!) and weeks of going back and forth where to start I jumped right in with Howl’s Moving Castle and honestly think I made an excellent choice! Now I can worry I started … More My First Stay at Howl’s Moving Castle
Witches Abroad By: Terry Pratchett Luggage, Luggage, where are you? Okay I won’t whine about my favorite sentient baggage being absent because these days are the perfect days for Discworld and this is one of my favorites so far!
Onward Directed By: Dan Scanlon It was a bit strange to see the Simpson’s get the short film spot in front of the new Pixar movie Onward. Honestly I thought the whole short was a bit odd. But I haven’t seen any new Simpsons stuff since the movie. First off that we didn’t even get … More Baby Maggie Wants a Boy & Onward
A Thousand Beginnings and Endings Edited By: Ellen Oh and Elsie Chapman Grade: A Ghosts, star-crossed lovers, tragedy, more ghosts, shape-shifters, dances and sisters among other things… A Thousand Beginnings and Endings is an anthology of Asian myths and legends that released at the end of June. It’s a beautifully written and entertaining collection of … More A Beautiful Collection: A Thousand Beginnings and Endings
The Language of Thorns Grade: A+ Author: Leigh Bardugo Illustrated By: Sara Kipin I was originally torn on whether to even pick this book up or not. It’s a book of six fairy tales set in the Grishaverse, three of which have been published previously. But in the end I’m thrilled that I did and … More The Language of Thorns
Strange the Dreamer Author: Laini Taylor Grade: A Lazlo Strange, librarian and former orphan, dreams about the lost city of Weep. So lost in fact that Weep isn’t actually the name. The real name disappeared from everyone’s minds, even Lazlo’s, long ago. He believes that research and dreams are all he will ever have despite … More Strange the Dreamer
Queen of Hearts Author: Colleen Oakes Genre: YA/Fantasy Grade: A I absolutely love the thought of adventures in Wonderland although recently it’s been hit or miss for me. (Alice in Zombieland and After Alice- they did nothing for me.) Luckily the story of Princess Dinah was a lot more intriguing and fun. The Princess is … More Queen of Hearts
Uprooted Author: Naomi Novik Genre: Fantasy Grade: A Agnieszka lives in a small village by a dark corrupted wood held back by the Dragon. But they pay a price for his help. Every ten years he takes a local girl from the village to serve him. Agnieszka (and everyone else) is sure this is going … More My Stages of Reading Uprooted