Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it! Let's review a horror novel. You know, for irony. I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Hold Back the Tide by Melinda Salisbury. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. I’m apparently …
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Book Review | I Killed Zoe Spanos (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of I Killed Zoe Spanos by Kit Frick. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In I Killed Zoe Spanos, Anna arrives in the Hamptons for a summer nanny position for an affluent …
Book Review | Melmoth (ARC)
I received an advance reader's copy (ARC) of Melmoth by Sarah Perry. Therefore, the version I read is just a proof and not the final version, so I won't quote directly and will keep my comments general. Melmoth tells the story of a woman named Helen Franklin, from Essex by birth but who now lives …
Book Review | Rebecca
Sometimes I look at lists of “classic” literature, and it’s remarkable how few I’ve read. I was an English major, but college classes don’t read as many novels as they do plays, short stories, and poetry—at least in my experience. However, I read Rebecca a few years ago for my Women in Literature class, and …
Film Review & Analysis | The Curse of Frankenstein (SPOILERS)
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 …
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