After watching The Rise of Skywalker and following some of the initial internet response to the final film in the Skywalker saga, I’m still processing through the feelings I have about it and why I feel that way. And the things I keep coming back to that underlie my reaction have to do with the … Continue reading Star Wars, The Rise of Skywalker, and the weight of audience expectations
Book Reviews
Hope, humor, and animals at the end of the world as we know it: Reviewing Kira Jane Buxton’s “Hollow Kingdom”
Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton My rating: 4 of 5 stars This was unlike anything I have read before. As a starting point, think of all those kids movies where unlikely animal pairs head off on journeys of survival. Then make it for adult audiences and set it during a zombie apocalypse with a … Continue reading Hope, humor, and animals at the end of the world as we know it: Reviewing Kira Jane Buxton’s “Hollow Kingdom”
Book review: “This Is How You Lose the Time War”
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar My rating: 5 of 5 stars Reading This Is How You Lose the Time War began simply enough--a catchy title, an interesting premise, talented authors. I picked it up on a whim, not knowing much more than that and not entirely certain what to … Continue reading Book review: “This Is How You Lose the Time War”
Celebrating Art – a review of Neil Gaiman’s “The View from the Cheap Seats”
The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction by Neil Gaiman My rating: 5 of 5 stars The fact that I enjoyed reading another Neil Gaiman book is honestly not a surprise. He won me over to his writing some time ago. What did surprise me is the fact that a collection of speeches and … Continue reading Celebrating Art – a review of Neil Gaiman’s “The View from the Cheap Seats”
Review: Essex County
Essex County by Jeff Lemire My rating: 5 of 5 stars Oh my. For reasons undefined, Essex County is one of the last titles on my Lemire read-through, despite the fact that it is one of his most famous. Now, having finished it, I can see why it is one of his top credits, even … Continue reading Review: Essex County
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