The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave begins with a thunderstorm in Norway in 1617. A woman, Maren, and the other female residents of a small island town watch, helpless, as most of the men who had been fishing are killed in the sudden, intense waves. So the women are left to fend for themselves, learning …
Page vs Screen: Artemis Fowl
I’m sorry for the obscenely long post, but I have Many Thoughts about this. I’ve seen some bad adaptations of beloved books in my time, but Artemis Fowl is certainly up there with the worst executed, least loyal, least entertaining. Thus, it’s time to vent. There will be SPOILERS for both film and novel (and …
Book Review | Artemis Fowl
I watched the new Artemis Fowl movie, and it is… not good. So, to feel better about another part of my childhood reading being ruined, I decided to reread the first book, on which the film is (extremely loosely) based. As usual, the book is better. Artemis Fowl, the first book in the eight book …
Book Review | Beach Read
Beach Read by Emily Henry tells the story of January Andrews, an author who is suffering from writer’s block. This is largely due to the fact that her father has recently died, and she has since learned that he had been unfaithful to her mother for years. She moves back to her father’s hometown to …
Book Review | Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates is an essay/letter to the author’s son. In it, Coates speaks about growing up in Baltimore, about going to Howard University, about love and fear and police brutality, all in an effort to show his son what life is like as a black man in America. This …
