Books
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In the Regency era world of Jane Austen, card games were not only all the rage for amusement and sport, but were also social tools and signifiers. Seemingly a lot could be said about a person’s temperament, cleverness, and sociability based on their reaction to evenings of gaming. Those of an uncouth nature or those…
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My good opinion once lost is lost forever. In 2005 Elizabeth Bennet was reincarnated on the silver screen yet again. To some of us, this seemed wholly unnecessary since it had only been ten years since the BBC delivered Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth to us on a delicious silver platter and, with apologies to…
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Wizards, goblins, werewolves, fireballs, banquets, swords, and poltergeists. The wild world of fantasy literature is as varied as it is magical. Yet there has been a persistent vision of dividing the genre along two general, somewhat vague classifications: “High fantasy” and “low fantasy.” Let’s just admit right now that these labels, to which I’m curiously…
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Sweeping landscapes, luscious costumes, and pretty people were so enchanting in the most recent film adaptation of the novel, Rebecca, that I frothed at the chance to see the plot unfold. The Netflix production value alone promised decadent wickedness and a gorgeously ghoulish tale that could sweep anyone on to the lawns of the seaside…
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Percy Shelley. You know him as one of those poetry dudes. He was a privileged young English poet in the 1810s, who had a progressive and romantic voice on many things religious and political. What you probably don’t know is that in his very brief life, he was surrounded by secrets and intrigue that eclipse anything…
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She trembles. She bites her lips and feels shaking all over. She is a beaten dog who is filled with righteous fear and a sudden articulated need to vomit or evacuate her system through other orifices. She shakes and hesitates, and has traumatic flashbacks of the terrible times that came before. And she fidgets her…
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If you were stranded on a desert island and could only play one favorite workplace lunchroom game…it would have to be the ol’ desert island scenario. There you are, you poor bastard. You’re stranded on a very tiny desert island for what you can only assume is an indefinite amount of time. A few concessions…
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Which Anne of Green Gables is the best! Let’s compare.
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(Hey BranFans! This update was crafter after the airing of Season 7, and is still totally worth reading. Once you’ve done that, be sure to head to my conclusion of Bran’s Season 8 finale.) Brandon Stark is a villain. Make no mistake. If you are a Game of Thrones fan and have not already read…
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I’ve been a bit obsessed by the The Wars of the Roses lately. I look at it like a really, really old season of Scandal, just with much worse hygiene. But apparently I’m not alone in my fascination, because author George RR Martin has made no secret that his A Song of Ice and Fire series (aka Game…
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(Update: I’ve been cooking this theory since before season 7, so please read the primer in Bran’s villainy below, and then head over to read my Season 7 update and then roll your Branchair over to the Season 8 Bran Finale Discussion!) Forget Joffrey and his crossbow. Or even Ramsey Bolton and his dogs (and his…