Kerry

I hardly remember my views of The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy the first time I read it in high school, but this time I greatly enjoyed it. Gotta love a historical fiction with romance, adventure, and a mysterious figure in disguise. The characters are excellent. Marguerite is a good protagonist, clever and brave, if a … Read more

I admit it. Even I was initially intimidated by the length of this book. And I’m that person who read Harry Potter at age eight, who’s devoured books in a single day, who has a reading list that numbers in the triple-digits. But seeing Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell for the first time in a bookstore, I thought, “well, that’s … Read more

Looking back, I should have known this book would be devastating. Especially considering how much I love mythology, I should have seen it coming, how emotionally invested I got. In fact, I spent most of the evening after I finished the book texting my friend in all caps about this novel. So yeah. You could … Read more

I recently watched The Curse of Frankenstein (1957, dir. Terence Fisher) and was pleasantly surprised! In this review, I will go into SPOILERS, so if you haven’t seen this film, you’ve been warned. Also FYI I’m about to talk for way too long about this. Someday I’ll learn how to be succinct. (But it is not this … Read more

So story. My first read of The Book Thief by Markus Zusak took me about four months to finish. I blame college. I Am the Messenger took probably two. The only one I’ve read in a reasonable amount of time is the Underdogs trilogy, but only because I read it in the summer. After that, I thought I’d broken my … Read more

Yesterday was Halloween, and I hope everyone enjoyed it! Last evening, I ended up watching the film on Netflix, Extraordinary Tales, which is a series of short films based on some famous Edgar Allan Poe stories — because, you know, Halloween. Spookiness. Etc. (Thanks to my friend Katherine for introducing me to this film!) In this, five stories … Read more

I’m doing something new! I’ve never done a review of a play before! (Probably because I rarely get to see live theatre.) So this past weekend I got to see the new Team StarKid production, The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals! I’ve been a fan of StarKid for about 8 or 9 years, since my friends showed … Read more

I got an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Dry by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman. As this means the version I read is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. Alyssa, a teenager living in the Los Angeles area, turns on a faucet one day. … Read more

I’m on a huge Riordan kick the last few days, but… I don’t particularly care. I really love him, okay? It just happened that all these reviews got posted back-to-back. There will be different authors soon, I promise. Anyway. I got an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of 9 From the Nine Worlds. As this means the … Read more

I first read The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan in May 2018, and this review was originally posted on my Goodreads account then. Some minor edits have been made to this review The second installment in Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard is just as enjoyable as the first book! The plot is fun … Read more