"The mighest tree sprouts from a venerable seed." Ryder Carroll
The Snow Girl | Trailer
During the Cavalcade of the Magi parade, the Martín family's daughter Amaya disappears. Journalist Miren takes on the case, determined to find her.
Warlock for Hire (Arcane Inc. #1) by Sean Stone | Book Review
Not your average warlockMeet Eddie Lancaster. That's me. I'm annoying, rude and I'm not sorry. I'm also a warlock. Not just any warlock. I'm a warlock for hire. Need magical assistance? I'm your guy. Whatever you need: spell, cures or potion, I can provide. For a price. My life gets tad more difficult when one particular customer … Continue reading Warlock for Hire (Arcane Inc. #1) by Sean Stone | Book Review
The Pale Blue Eye (Movie Review) | Haunting and Beautiful Yet not much of a Mystery
A world-weary detective is hired to investigate the murder of a West Point cadet. Stymied by the cadets' code of silence, he enlists one of their own to help unravel the case - a young man the world would come to know as Edgar Allan Poe.
Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches (Season 1 Pilot review) | Written with Book Readers in Mind
Esta Spalding and Michelle Ashford (Creators)CASTAlexandra DaddarioHarry HamlinTongayi ChirisaJack Huston Review: I read Anne Rice's The Witching Hour a few months before this episode premiered gave me enough distance to be more open to this adaptation. I knew there would be some changes since there's so much story, but starting the show with Deirdre's new … Continue reading Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches (Season 1 Pilot review) | Written with Book Readers in Mind
Will Trent (Pilot review) | Another Quirky Investigator but It Looks Juicy
Liz Heldens and Daniel T. Thomsen (Creators)CASTRamon RodriguezErika ChristensenJake McLaughlinSonja SohnIantha Richardson Review: I randomly found this show, and if it wasn't for my penchant for quirky detectives and crime dramas, I probably never would have seen this. This pilot is good. The cast is solid but they got great actors to guest star, there're … Continue reading Will Trent (Pilot review) | Another Quirky Investigator but It Looks Juicy
Just Friend (Never Just Friends #1) by Saxon James | Book Review
Just Friends is a best friends-to-lovers romance with an oblivious MC, only one bed, and terrible kangaroo jokes.
Memory the Monster
"Memory is a monster, we forget, it doesn't." Interview with the Vampire, S1
The Witching Hour (Lives of the Mayfair Witches #1) by Anne Rice | Book Review
From the author of the extraordinary Vampire Chronicles comes a huge, hypnotic novel of witchcraft and the occult through four centuries.Demonstrating, once again, her gift for spellbinding storytelling and the creation of legend, Anne Rice makes real for us a great dynasty of witches—a family given to poetry and to incest, to murder and to … Continue reading The Witching Hour (Lives of the Mayfair Witches #1) by Anne Rice | Book Review
My Top 5 Movies Based on Books | 2022
Some, let's be honest, most of the movies on this list will surprise many but I've only seen 18 adapted movies in 2022, and these are the best ones. 5 Waiting For Bojangles 4 The School for Good and Evil 3 Luckiest Girl Alive 2 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 1 Nightmare Alley
Worn Out Spines 