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  • Fantasy, Fiction

    Novella: The Jade Setter of Janloon by Fonda Lee

    The Green Bone Saga is one of my favorite series, immersive, compelling, and straight-up entertaining. The trilogy must have…

    February 6, 2023
  • Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Science Fiction, Television

    TV: 1899

    It’s easy to see why Netflix’s 1899 was green-lit. A complex, period mystery box set on a ship, from…

    February 6, 2023
  • Comedy, Television

    TV: The Sex Lives of College Girls (Seasons 1 & 2)

    Having enjoyed previous Mindy Kaling projects, I, well, still wasn’t particularly interested in The Sex Lives of College Girls,…

    February 6, 2023
  • Comics, Science Fiction, Television, Thriller

    TV: Alice in Borderland (Season 1 & 2)

    Whenever a series escalates into a truly obsessive binge for me, I start questioning whether it’s actually a great…

    February 1, 2023
  • Comedy, Drama, Television

    TV: Dead to Me (Season 3)

    Who needs protagonists with the moral high ground? Not Dead to Me, a winning dark comedy that turned its…

    January 28, 2023
  • Comedy, Drama, Film, Horror, Thriller

    Film: The Menu

    At the risk of overselling it: holy fucking shit, The Menu (2022) is pretty much perfect. It’s not often I…

    January 22, 2023
  • Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction

    Novel: Rabbits by Terry Miles

    Terry Miles’ Rabbits (2021) is definitely my kind of book: a fast-paced, inventive adventure full of secret realities and…

    January 22, 2023
  • Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Television

    TV: Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities

    If there’s a defining drawback to Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities, it may be the way it cherishes…

    January 16, 2023
  • Comedy, Fantasy, Film

    Film – Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons

    A loopy, cartoonish trailer lured me to Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013), a comedic fantasy based…

    January 16, 2023
  • Comedy, Television

    TV: Derry Girls (Season 3)

    The concluding season of Derry Girls is a fucking delight. This will surprise nobody who enjoyed the earlier run,…

    January 15, 2023
  • Spies, Television

    TV: Tehran (Season 2)

    While Apple’s Israeli-produced, Iran-set thriller Tehran is by no means as impressive as its hit spy series Slow Horses,…

    January 9, 2023
  • Comedy, Television

    TV: Mythic Quest (Season 3)

    The third season of Mythic Quest remains an amusing, effortlessly watched entry in Apple’s catalogue, even if it doesn’t…

    January 7, 2023
  • Film, Science Fiction, Thriller

    Film: Don’t Worry Darling

    Early on, it didn’t seem likely to me that Don’t Worry Darling (2022)—a major release that saw as much…

    January 5, 2023
  • Life, Writing

    Pressing Reset in 2022

    You wouldn’t know it from reading previous year-end whinges on this blog, but I love this time of year.…

    December 31, 2022
  • Fiction, Spies, Television, Thriller

    TV: Slow Horses (Season 2)

    In year chock-full of wonderful shows, Apple’s Slow Horses, based on the intricate, funny spy novels of Mick Herron,…

    December 31, 2022
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