Reviews of books, movies, shows, games, or anything else with a story to it.
Music is a huge part of my writing process. As the daughter of two professional musicians, I grew up in a household where music was everywhere, and to this day someone is almost always tuning, practicing, or making some other kind of musical noise in our house. I learned early on what a powerful tool… Continue reading 5 Awesome Ambient Music Recommendations For Writers
I think everyone remembers the first book they ever read in their favorite genre. Writers especially. The story that got you into writing whatever it is you write will always be special. Those early influences, the stories that made you the writer you are – they stick with you. And for me, one of those… Continue reading Book Review: What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
“I can’t apologize to you. I came to tell you the truth. That’s all.” -Sonya Kantor, Poster Girl Poster Girl is the best book I’ve read in a long, long time. I knew I’d enjoy it – I was a child of the dystopian YA lit boom in the late 2000s, and a massive fan… Continue reading Book Review: Poster Girl by Veronica Roth
Believe it or not, I planned to publish this the same weekend Part 2 of Stranger Things Season 4 released, way back in the beginning of July. But after witnessing a lot of discourse online, rewatching the entire season from the start, and rewriting this post more times than I can even count, a review… Continue reading Stranger Things Season 4 has some important lessons for writers
If I call this review spoiler-free, does that mean I have to not say anything to do with Hopper? Or am I allowed to acknowledge that he’s alive? Are we all past that cliffhanger now? Can we as a society please move on? Yes? Ok, good. So, welcome to my virtually spoiler-free review of Stranger… Continue reading Stranger Things Season 4 Part 1: a (mostly) spoiler-free review
I was going to review a book this month, but I didn’t have as much reading time as I’d hoped, so I decided to use this month’s review to defend something that I’ve realized is badly in need of a good defense. That would be the game Firewatch, an indie “walking simulator” that I have… Continue reading Game Review: Firewatch
I have a problem, and my problem is reference books. I would say I collect them, but that’s not quite true – I hoard them. Thanks to my mother, a former reference librarian, I grew up in a house packed with obscure reference books, and clearly I have inherited the obsession. I am one of… Continue reading Books every writer should have on their shelf
Psst. Hey, kid. Ya like ghosts? Ya like space? Ya like ghosts in space? Well, do I have the nightmare fuel for you. Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes is phenomenal. Let me just get that out of the way. It’s one of the best sci-fi horror books I’ve read in a good long while, and… Continue reading Book Review: Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes
