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
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”
The world is on fire, and I’m writing about dragons…
Photo by Tim Gouw on Unsplash Here we go again... as we work through another chapter of the interactive post-apocalyptic novel that is our current reality, I'm once again at a point of trying to come to terms with my own thoughts and feelings about the current situation. In part, this is my way of … Continue reading The world is on fire, and I’m writing about dragons…
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”
