Books I Read March, 2018

I read way too many books this month, going from 14 books last month to 23 books this month. So…yeah, I may have a problem (my reading addiction is getting worse, guys!). Though, in my defense, some of these were short stories! 1 star • The Austen Escape by Katherine Reay (released Nov. 2017) • …

Rainy Window

“The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house. All that cold, cold, wet day.” ― Dr. Seuss, The Cat in the Hat

Reading Frankenstein for the First Time: A Modern Reader’s Review

I am a great believer that, as writing changes throughout history, so do the reader’s expectations of what makes a good book. Recently I finished the classic Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. I went into it with expectations I garnered from movies and plays I’ve seen it adapted into. Thus, I …

Things I’m Totally Obsessed With: March, 2018

I'm starting a new series near the end of the month, where I share some of the things I am obsessed with during that month. Yay! Song: The Night We Met (originally by Lord Huron, cover by Trevor Holmes) My New Salt Lamp! TV Show: The Flame’s Daughter (Chinese, starring Dilraba Dilmurat, Vic Chou, and Vin …

Movie Review: Tomb Raider

I recently had the opportunity to see the newest Lara Croft reboot movie: Tomb Raider. It was a mostly pleasurable experience. Let me give a warning that I am a huge fan of the rebooted video games, both Tomb Raider (2013) and Rise of the Tomb Raider (2015), though I was never a fan of …

Fading Light

“When the sun has set, no candle can replace it.” ― George R.R. Martin

Indie Book Review: The Golden Peacock by Lauren Grossman

A few weeks ago, Lauren B. Grossman (the author) contacted me over Goodreads, offering me a copy of her book in exchange for an honest review on either Amazon or Goodreads. Usually, I do not do this type of thing (I’ve never even been interested in joining Netgallery) because I don’t like the pressure of …

Television Tag

I feel like most (or all) of the tags I do have to do with books. And let’s be honest, I love books, but that is not all I do with my life. Recently a blog I follow (The Girl Within the Stacks) did this tag (the original can be found here) and it looked …

Most Memorable Book Villains

Let’s face it: everyone loves a good villain (even if we hate him/her too). I personally have always liked villains, both for their depth and simply their interesting characters. Since I was a small child, movie villains like Basil Rathbone’s Sir Guy of Gisborne in 1938’s “The Adventures of Robin Hood” and book villains like …

Salt Lamp

“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” — Plato