Four star review, originally posted here on January 19th, 2025. I believe this is the 3rd child star memoir I’ve read, and the 2nd where I’d never heard of the author before. I don’t know how I keep winding up reading these or what draws me in, but they’re always fascinating. At first this book … More Goodreads Review: I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
Almost every year I attempt (with varying degrees of success) to watch as many Oscar nominees as possible before the ceremony. I post half-assed reviews here on my blog, and then at the end I write up some sort of silly analysis, predictions, reactions, etc. The quantity and quality depends entirely on how much time … More 2025 Oscar Reviews: Emilia Pérez
Five star review, originally posted here on January 18th, 2025. OMG do I love me some DumbRunner! Lord knows how many times my husband and I have sent each other Dumb Runner comics. I was very excited to hear there was a book, and even scored myself a signed copy! The book appears self-published, based … More Goodreads Review: Was It Fun?: A Dumb Runner Comics Collection by Mark Remy
Almost every year I attempt (with varying degrees of success) to watch as many Oscar nominees as possible before the ceremony. I post half-assed reviews here on my blog, and then at the end I write up some sort of silly analysis, predictions, reactions, etc. The quantity and quality depends entirely on how much time … More 2025 Oscar Reviews: Conclave
Four star review, originally published here on January 9th, 2025. I’m not sure why I’m having a hard time thinking of something to say about this book. It pretty much is exactly what I expected. It is a history of how various branches of medicine have seen and treated women through history. There’s plenty of … More Goodreads Review: All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women’s Bodies and Why It Matters Today by Elizabeth Comen
It’s that time of year again; time for terrible movies that capitalize on a religious holiday while dropping all mentions of religion! A few years ago, I decided to start ranking supposed Christmas movies on how “Christmasy” they actually were. I repeated the exercise a couple years later. I recorded my results and analysis in … More Assorted Christmas Movie Binge, Year 3: Not Even Trying Anymore
Holy smokes! WHAT A GEM! I am so glad I embarked on this museum-visiting new year’s resolution adventure, because without it, I may have gone another 3 decades without having visited this awesome museum. I’ve lived in the DC area for most of my life, and yet, I can’t recall a single time that I … More Museum Review: National Postal Museum
I was in Leesburg recently for a wedding and had some time to kill. I’ve been in/through Leesburg dozens of times in my life, usually on my way to/from Harpers Ferry or other locations NW of the city, and I’ve been in/through Loudon County more times than I could count being that I grew up … More Museum Review: Loudon Museum
I was sitting in my church parking lot celebrating Octoberfest one sunny afternoon when a friend asked me how my museum -visiting New Year’s Resolution was going. “Oof, not well!” I admitted with shame. I started the year so strong, but hadn’t visiting a museum in a few months, dropping me way behind my goal. … More Museum Review: Josiah Henson Museum
Four star review, originally posted here on November 24th, 2024. Ah, good, reliable Anne Applebaum. Why do I keep reading her when everything she tells me is absolutely terrifying? I’m not entirely sure. I think it’s because she somehow still sounds calm and somewhat positive while telling me about how the entire world is burning … More Goodreads Review: Autocracy, Inc. by Anne Applebaum
Helga without the H 