Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 3, 2024

Mini-Reviews: Daisy Jones and the Six, Bewilderment

Working through my huge backlog of books, movies, and TV shows from the past year or so, so I'm focusing on some mini-reviews. If you've read any of these, I'd love to chat more about them!


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Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins-Reid

I listened to this one on audiobook and thought that was the perfect format for it! Switching between multiple characters, the audio version had different actors for each voice. This made it easy to follow and engaging, allowing me to connect with it in a way that I don't think I would have in print. I haven't read any other books by Taylor Jenkins-Reid, or watched the series that was based on this book, but this was an enjoyable introduction to her work. I'd recommend it if you're a fan of the era, but I don't think the interview format this book is written in is going to work for everyone.

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Bewilderment by Richard Powers

This book was a ride. At first I had very little idea of what was going on (and honestly, even after finishing it, I know I didn't get everything), but I was instantly intrigued. The relationship between Theo and his son Robin was both sweet and heartbreaking at different moments, and Robin's experiences with neurofeedback training constantly made me wish I could be inside his head to learn more. That is the brilliance of the book though. Even if you know where it's going, the journey was still such an important one.

Sunday, December 19, 2021

December 2021 Update

It's been awhile! I've been feeling overwhelmed by reviewing and not knowing where to start, so in a lot of ways, I just want the opportunity to start fresh. The easiest way for me to do that is to let you know what I've been reading and watching, and then...let it go! Now, some of these I likely will end up reviewing (one review I'm actually nearly complete), but I want to get rid of that pressure. So please, I'd love to chat about some of these - leave a comment about any you want to talk about (or that you'd appreciate a review on), but otherwise, here's what I can remember of the past few months:



Books

The Midnight Library - Matt Haig
Red Sister - Mark Lawrence
The Stranger in the Lifeboat - Mitch Albom

Movies

That Forsythe Woman
Love Hard
The Lady Vanishes
Little Women (2018)
A Christmas Prince
The Little Mermaid (2018)
High Strung Free Dance
After We Collided
Holidate
Elizabethtown
He's All That
The Princess Switch
V For Vendetta
When We First Met
Summerland
Ladies in Black
Belle
Mary, Queen of Scots
Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again


Shows

Emily in Paris
Witcher S1 (rewatch), S2 (in progress)
All Creatures Great and Small
Portrait Artist of the Year S7