Good lord, this is one of the most anxiety-inducing movies I’ve seen in a long while, allowing the dread and the bleakness to wrap themselves around me as I witness the horrifying and heart-wrenching consequences of an incredibly foolish wish. I had already been onboard for writer, director, and editor Curry Barker due to the … Continue reading My 2 Cents on Obsession
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My 2 Cents on The Devil Wears Prada 2
Rather than settling for legacy sequel slop, this ends up having its own touching substance to offer while we’re existing in this fast-moving and increasingly technological landscape of ours. To be frank, I was arching a major eyebrow at this movie when it was first announced, thinking it wasn’t all that necessary and it will … Continue reading My 2 Cents on The Devil Wears Prada 2
My 2 Cents on After World by Debbie Urbanski
Many thanks to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for providing me with an eARC of After World in exchange for my honest review! What a somber, daunting, bleak, optimistic, and thought-provoking journey this turned out to be. Sometimes, it sinks me into pessimism because of how grimly it depicts humanity's extinction and all the futility it ran … Continue reading My 2 Cents on After World by Debbie Urbanski
My 2 Cents on Beneath the Surface by Kaira Rouda
Many thanks to Thomas & Mercer for providing me with an eARC of Beneath the Surface in exchange for my honest review! When I was contacted about this book, I was immediately drawn in by how it was pitched as a cross between Succession and The White Lotus, especially as a huge fan of Succession … Continue reading My 2 Cents on Beneath the Surface by Kaira Rouda
My 2 Cents on Best Men by Sidney Karger
Many thanks to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for providing me with an eARC of Best Men in exchange for my honest thoughts! Here's the premise: "When two best men in a wedding party fall for each other, they realize love isn't a piece of cake in this hilarious and heartfelt romantic comedy debut by … Continue reading My 2 Cents on Best Men by Sidney Karger
My 2 Cents on Behind the Scenes by Karelia Stetz-Waters
Many thanks to NetGalley and Forever (Grand Central Publishing) for providing me with an eARC in exchange for my honest review! I've had Satisfaction Guaranteed, the 2021 sapphic opposites-attract contemporary romance by Karelia Stetz-Waters, on my TBR pile for a while now. That's why I was eager to get the opportunity to read the ARC … Continue reading My 2 Cents on Behind the Scenes by Karelia Stetz-Waters
My 2 Cents on Apple TV+’s Spirited
Premise: "Imagine Charles Dickens' heartwarming tale of a scrooge visited by four ghosts on Christmas Eve—but funnier." What's new, everyone? Yes, here is yet another adaptation of A Christmas Carol—this time, an Apple TV+ movie that puts its own modern musical spin on the Charles Dickens novel, with Ryan Reynolds playing the Scrooge-esque Clint Briggs … Continue reading My 2 Cents on Apple TV+’s Spirited
My 2 Cents on The Only Child by Kayte Nunn
Thank you to NetGalley and Penzler Publishers for providing me with an eARC in exchange for my honest review! What's new, everyone? The Only Child, the just-published mystery novel by Kayte Nunn (The Botanist's Daughter), follows a slow-burn mystery that cuts back and forth between the past and the present. First, there's the year 1949, … Continue reading My 2 Cents on The Only Child by Kayte Nunn
My 2 Cents on The Do-Over by Sharon M. Peterson
Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for providing me with an eARC in exchange for my honest review! What's new, everyone? In the new contemporary romance (well, it's marketed that way, although I'm classifying it as a "growmance" in which the lead's personal growth is more relevant to the story than the romance itself) The … Continue reading My 2 Cents on The Do-Over by Sharon M. Peterson
#65 – Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (with Anya and Isabel of Book Expectations)
Tune in as Anya and Isabel (Book Expectations) hang out with Arthur for a deep dive into Daisy Jones & the Six, the 2019 historical fiction novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid (The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Carrie Soto Is Back) about a ‘70s rock band that gives off Fleetwood Mac vibes. This makes sense, … Continue reading #65 – Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (with Anya and Isabel of Book Expectations)
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