Four star review, originally posted here on February 21, 2024. For the first half (maybe even two-thirds) of this book, I was considering giving it five stars. The main reason was purely subjective: I really, really wanted to continue reading. I was interested in the story. I was enjoying the experience. I was looking for … More Goodreads Review: Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Four star review, originally posted here on February 20th, 2024. This was a pretty thorough history of Indiana’s KKK at its peak in the 1920’s. I wasn’t expecting any story involving the klan to be anything other than absolutely horrible, but I was surprised by the way in which this particular way was horrible. I … More Goodreads Review: A Fever in the Heartland: The Klu Klux Klan’s Plot to Overtake America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan
Every year* I attempt (with varying degrees of success and effort) to watch as many of that year’s Oscar nominees as possible. For the past few years* I’ve posted reviews of these movies here on this blog. At some point before the awards ceremony, I usually write up some sort of over-analysis and maybe some … More 2024 Oscar Reviews: The Color Purple
Every year* I attempt (with varying degrees of success and effort) to watch as many of that year’s Oscar nominees as possible. For the past few years* I’ve posted reviews of these movies here on this blog. At some point before the awards ceremony, I usually write up some sort of over-analysis and maybe some … More 2024 Oscar Reviews: American Fiction
Every year* I attempt (with varying degrees of success and effort) to watch as many of that year’s Oscar nominees as possible. For the past few years* I’ve posted reviews of these movies here on this blog. At some point before the awards ceremony, I usually write up some sort of over-analysis and maybe some … More 2024 Oscar Reviews: Maestro
Every year* I attempt (with varying degrees of success and effort) to watch as many of that year’s Oscar nominees as possible. For the past few years* I’ve posted reviews of these movies here on this blog. At some point before the awards ceremony, I usually write up some sort of over-analysis and maybe some … More 2024 Oscar Reviews: Oppenheimer
Every year* I attempt (with varying degrees of success and effort) to watch as many of that year’s Oscar nominees as possible. For the past few years* I’ve posted reviews of these movies here on this blog. At some point before the awards ceremony, I usually write up some sort of over-analysis and maybe some … More 2024 Oscar Reviews: Nyad
Every year* I attempt (with varying degrees of success and effort) to watch as many of that year’s Oscar nominees as possible. For the past few years* I’ve posted reviews of these movies here on this blog. At some point before the awards ceremony, I usually write up some sort of over-analysis and maybe some … More 2024 Oscar Nominees: Rustin
Four star review, originally posted here on February 6th, 2024. I added this book to my to-read list years ago not because I had any actual interest in reading it (I did not), but because it was one of those books that was just appearing everywhere, that everyone seemed to just absolutely love, and that … More Goodreads Review: Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Every year* I attempt (with varying degrees of success and effort) to watch as many of that year’s Oscar nominees as possible. For the past few years* I’ve posted reviews of these movies here on this blog. At some point before the awards ceremony, I usually write up some sort of over-analysis and maybe some … More 2024 Oscar Nominees: Anatomy of a Fall
Helga without the H 