In as much as I think that I could live only reading fantasy and sci-fi, I do get the occasional urge to read something in a different genre. I think it’s my way of avoiding genre fatigue, but sometimes you just want a good mystery. Especially when it’s so hot, the weather puts you off…
Tag: Thriller
Read | The Shining by Stephen King
When you dissect it, the reading goals that I set for myself can seem daunting. I know I wanted to re-read a lot of titles. I know that I wanted to discover contemporary fiction that escaped my reading list in the past years. And I know that I wanted to delve into some book series…
Read | The Girl Before by J.P. Delaney
A thriller seemed like a good choice after my re-read of American Gods. Neil Gaiman‘s Americana opus was (and always will be) a great read, but something I needed to follow up with a completely different kind of reading material. And The Girl Before by J.P. Delaney and its book cover caught my eye easily enough when…
Watch | And Then There Were None
There are moments when you don’t feel like watching a movie, but don’t want to commit to a full-length TV series… especially on days when the only response you can come up with when you want to do something is “Who’s got time for that?”. It was such a moment when I chanced upon And…
Watch | Westworld Season 1
If it were up to me, I would have written my wrap-up post on Westworld last week after its season finale aired. But… you know, motherhood. I don’t get to watch as much with the little one around, and not just because she would clamor for an animated film whenever she can. Now that she’s two,…
Read | The Girls by Emma Cline
I didn’t think I’d be reading The Girls by Emma Cline just yet. But I was still trying to avoid long novels (a by-product of reading the amazing yet long Too Like the Lightning), so I decided to skip The Fireman by Joe Hill, which in turn moved up The Girls in my reading list. Evie is a middle aged woman…
Watch | Stranger Things Season 1
So… Hi. I was supposed to have blog posts up last week. I mean, I had them planned and just needed to find time to actually write. But… well… Stranger Things happened. I was already struggling with time, since I finally gave in to pausing my reading of the Chronicles of Elantra and start The Night Circus…
Watch | Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress
There’s been a joke going around… that Koutetsujou no Kabaneri or Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress is pretty much Shingeki no Kyojin or Attack on Titan with trains and animated corpses. It’s not hard to get the joke, considering the massive popularity of Shingeki no Kyojin and the fact that people are pretty much just waiting around for a second…
Watch | Crimson Peak
Films by Guillermo del Toro are always something to look forward to. He’s a director who punctuates great storytelling with exceptional visual impact. He’s known for dabbling in other genres like sci-fi (hello, Pacific Rim), superheroes (Blade, Hellboy) but he’s always been known for his films steeped in horror. Hence, my enthusiasm and trepidation (because… horror) when…
Read | Origin by J.A. Konrath
I hadn’t intended to pause in my reading of the Chronicles of Elantra. But for some reason, I ended up perusing the first chapters of Origin by J.A. Konrath instead of continuing with Cast in Ruin. I can’t even remember why I chose Origin, when I had Brandon Sanderson, Neil Gaiman and Stephen King titles on my Kindle that…
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