What I read this month Knight in Paper Armor by Nicholas Conley, 3 stars The Wolf and the Water by Jose Jaffrey, 3 stars Double Alchemy (Double Alchemy #1) by Susan Mac Nicol, 1 star You (You #1) by Caroline Kepnes, 5 stars Reviving the Hawthorn Sisters by Emily Carpenter, 4 stars A Secret History […]
Soulmates: The Trope The idea of soulmates is a pretty simple one at its core. The idea is that there is some innate connection between two (or more) people that draws them together. This appears as a theme, trope, or iconic part of a variety of stories. In literature, generally the idea is found in […]
A man wakes up in present-day Alaskan wilderness with no idea who he is, nothing on him save an empty journal with the date 1898 and a mirror. He sees another man hunting nearby, astounded that they look exactly alike except for his own beard. After following this other man home, he witnesses a wife […]
No “what am I reading” section because I’m too tired to actually type out that part What am I posting? Reviews: Review: You by Caroline Kepnes [Hocus Pocus Readathon #1] Review: Reviving the Hawthorn Sisters by Emily Carpenter [Hocus Pocus Readathon #2] Blogtober TV Series Review: Santa Clarita Diet Blog Posts: Blogtober Day 17: Favorite Magic Systems Blogtober Day […]
Sheila and Joel Hammond are a married realtor team in Santa Clarita, California. They struggle to parent their sixteen-year-old daughter, chafe against their grating boss and professional rivals, and eat mediocre Italian food at a local eatery. Well, until one day Sheila gets disturbingly sick at a house showing and seems to….die. Nothing wrong can […]
Dove Jarrod left behind quite the legacy, including a small fortune that is used to renovate the infamous Pritchard Institute. And the weight of her secrets. Her granddaughter, Eve, carries the burdens of continuing Dove’s legacy while also knowing that Dove herself didn’t believe in her supposed gifts. But being in Alabama where Dove spent […]
So I know I usually reserve these types of posts for the end of a month, and I have them over coffee, but I’ll be honest this was the only thing I could figure out to have posted today… (And I do have sparkling apple cider with me!) This Blogtober has not been great. Last […]
Introduction To start with, I want to say that I am in no way attempting to romanticize the creepy behavior I will be discussing in this post. When You first came out on Netflix I know there were a lot of issues with younger viewers romanticizing Joe’s stalking, and that is not what this post […]
Joe Goldberg is a romantic. He sees himself in the male leads of traditional rom coms, waiting for the right moment to finally get the girl. And one day that girl comes into the bookshop he works at. Her name is Guinevere Beck, she’s a writer, and she likes the same books and rom coms […]
What I’ve read so far: So far I’ve finished two of four books. You fulfilled the prompt for reading about an evil character and Reviving the Hawthorn Sisters the prompt for reading a book featuring sisters. Neither of these books are particularly spooky or Halloween themed, but I enjoyed them both thoroughly! How I’m feeling: […]
Cups and Cards and Books 