“Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City” by Matthew Desmond
I don’t usually read much nonfiction, but I was interested in Evicted because a few of the people I follow on LibraryThing wrote rave reviews of it on their threads.…
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Favorite Movie of the Week Moonlight (2016) I knew we were going to have to watch Moonlight eventually, since it won the Oscar for Best Picture this year, but I…
Read more“The Waking Fire” by Anthony Ryan
Anthony Ryan has been on my wishlist for a long time, so I was excited to receive a copy of The Waking Fire from Ace recently. I’ve been reading a…
Read more“Snapshot” by Brandon Sanderson
Snapshot is a near-future science fiction novella set in a world where an entire city can be recreated virtually so that detectives can investigate crimes (kind of like the movie…
Read more“Within the Sanctuary of Wings” by Marie Brennan
I’m a huge fan of the Memoirs of Lady Trent series, and I’ve been waiting for this concluding volume, Within the Sanctuary of Wings, for a long time. This series…
Read moreWeekly Movie Reviews: Apr 16-22, 2017
Favorite Movie of the Week The Green Mile (1999) I’ve been wanting to watch The Green Mile for a really long time – The Shawshank Redemption is one of my…
Read moreWeekly Movie Reviews: Apr 9-15, 2017
Favorite Movies of the Week Broadcast News (1987) Jane Craig (Holly Hunter) is a news producer who is very good at her job but also has daily emotional breakdowns. She…
Read more“Lock In” by John Scalzi
After reading The Collapsing Empire, I was in the mood to read more Scalzi, and luckily, I’ve had Lock In on my to-be-read list ever since it came out. Lock…
Read moreWeekly Movie Reviews: Apr 2-8, 2017
Midnight Special (2016) I remember watching the trailer for Midnight Special last year and being intrigued but not knowing quite what to make of it. It seemed like maybe it…
Read moreWeekly Movie Reviews: Mar 26-Apr 1, 2017
Favorite Movie of the Week Silence (2016) I’ve been looking forward to watching this movie ever since I first heard about it. Martin Scorsese has been trying to make the…
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