Hey you! Do you tend to go all-in on a topic once you start reading about it and then fall down the rabbit hole for weeks? I do. You know this about me. But perhaps your cup of tea is, for some reason, a topic other than shark-related disasters, naval disasters, or imperial exploration disasters.…
It’s hard to look away from the morbid sometimes. The gruesome details catch your eyes and linger in your mind, no matter how much you want to forget. In movies, the talented SFX teams have come far from the days of using chocolate syrup as blood à la “Psycho”. Of course, that means death can…
You may have noticed by now that once I get hooked on a subject, I really get hooked. I dive in and try to read all the other books about it I can – as a very obvious example, the quasi-historical TV shows I get obsessed with and then the very real history books explaining…
Maybe it makes me a bit of a grandmother, but sometimes there’s nothing better than curling up with a murder mystery, a warm mug of soup (cream of chicken FROM THE CAN), and a cozy blanket – preferably also if it’s raining and you have cuddly pets nearby. I’m very particular about my coziness. Well,…
I know I promised a second Women’s History Month post, and I’ll get there, but I’m feeling inspired so we’re going to tackle this topic first. As we’ve established, I am a big history nerd. My favorite genre of TV show or movie is “vaguely historical but also full of violence and romance” which, thankfully,…
Read more Text to Screen and Back – Books Behind Your Favorite Shows
As I’ve been setting up this site, I’ve been reminded of many of the books I read since 2019 that simply slipped my mind. I read them, I enjoyed most, I marked them down in my reading tracker, and then promptly forgot everything that happened in them. I try not to waste time on bad…
Buying New Bookshelves 