Call Me By Your Name: the cloudy realm of first love
Time makes us sentimental. Perhaps, in the end, it is because of time that we suffer. My first interaction with Call Me By Your Name was when I saw the…
The Beguiled: seduction and betrayal in the gothic South
1966 introduced the world to Thomas P. Cullinan’s The Beguiled. The gothic thriller was made into a movie starring Clint Eastwood just five years later, followed by a second adaptation…
Sense and Sensibility: three adaptations of Jane Austen’s first novel
When I first read Sense and Sensibility for a high school English class, I declared it “harder to understand than Shakespeare.” This was a grandiose statement bolstered by my adoration…
The darkly erotic and murderous pages of the Killing Eve trilogy
These reviews are crossposted from my Goodreads account and can be read here, here, and here. Killing Eve book 1: Codename Villanelle *2.75 She's guarding him from the truth about…
The Moorchild – ethereal and disappointing
This is a crossposted review of The Moorchild from my Goodreads account. The original review can be read here. Do you ever read a book and expect to give it a high rating,…
Netflix’s Nimona elevates the themes of Stevenson’s heroine
I first read ND Stevenson’s Nimona back in high school, a year or two after it was published in 2015. (Published by HarperCollins, that is - it began as a…
The Devil in the White City: gripping and vivid
This is a book review, but my Friday category is "Fiction Friday." So, a nonfiction book doesn't quite fit. "Scattered Saturday" it is! This is a crossposted review of The…
Aquicorn Cove: corals, magic, and saving the ocean
This is a crossposted review of Aquicorn Cove from my Goodreads account. The original review can be read here. This was so sweet and lovely. I'm quite a fan of…
Something Strange and Deadly: the steampunk trilogy of your dreams
*This review will be entirely spoiler-free* If you drop the name Susan Dennard into the modern YA world, you’ll likely emerge with the ongoing Truthwitch series. These immersive, high-fantasy books…
