Category: Arts & Entertainment
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Literacy 2022: Recap
A failed reading challenge that’s encouraged me to pick up the habit again in 2023
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Literacy 2022: Book 15: By the Pricking of My Thumbs
A short, pleasant Agatha Christie mystery to finish off the year
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Literacy 2022: Book 14: A Line to Kill
Anthony Horowitz’s third book casting himself as Dr. Watson to a brilliant but abrasive fictional detective
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Literacy 2022: Book 13: Spook
Mary Roach applies her accessible and funny style of non-fiction writing to the topic of ghosts, reincarnation, and the afterlife.
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Glass Onion and the Post-Whodunnit Detective Story
Glass Onion is fantastic, a thoroughly contemporary satirical comedy that also feels like a comfortable, old-fashioned murder mystery
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Black Adam, or, Welcome To The Rock
Black Adam seems like what you would get if you made a movie out of The Rock
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Four Things I Like About Midnight Mass
Mike Flanagan’s horror series for Netflix are so thoughtful and ambitious that even the ones that don’t work for me are still fascinating. Spoilers for the entire series.
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Literacy 2022: Book 12: Raising Steam
The last “grown-up” Discworld novel affectionately leaves its characters with comfortable lives in a world that’s changing for the better
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One Thing I Love About the She-Hulk Finale
She-Hulk literally delivers its mission statement directly to the camera, but still manages to leave all of its implications for the audience to figure out. Lots of spoilers for the series.
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One Thing I Like About Werewolf By Night
Werewolf By Night wasn’t quite as bold as I’d been hoping for, but it pushed the limits of what you can do within the MCU
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I, Too, Am An Adult With Very Strong Opinions About Mario Mario
Lazy dunking on casting Chris Pratt has revealed something I never fully appreciated about the franchise
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A Few More Things I Like About Barbarian
Still thinking about a horror movie that probably wasn’t intended to be quite as thoughtful as I made it sound. Minor spoilers.