Old Gods of Appalachia (2019-present)

Rating: 5/5 stars Spotify Rating: 4.9/5 stars Overview: A horror anthology following the oral storytelling practices of Appalachian culture, Old Gods weaves a story of the magic and the mirth of the mountains in chapters that weave into one big, beautiful, and often bloody story. Best elements: The thing I like most about this podcast …

Code Name Hélène by Ariel Lawhon

My Rating: 5/5 Stars Good reads rating: 4.42/5 Stars Cover description: “Told in interweaving timelines organized around the four code names Nancy used during the war, Code Name Hélène is a spellbinding and moving story of enduring love, remarkable sacrifice and unfaltering resolve that chronicles the true exploits of a woman who deserves to be a household …

Fear Street Part 3: 1666

Rating:3/5 Stars Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 90% Critic, 77% Audience Overview: Split into two timelines, the first following the events leading to the execution of Sarah Fier, and the legends that trickled down generations about it, the second following Deena and her crew as they come to terms with the what she learns from that history.  …

Life Update: Flowers, Flies, and Just Getting Bys

To all those who state that Christmas has earned the title "The most wonderful time of the year", I will send you to New York in the heart of December with a shovel and an ice scraper. Though I love the holidays, it is Autumn, and especially the times leading up to Halloween. It is …

Little Fires Everywhere (2020)

Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Kerry Washington, Megan Stott, Gavin Lewis, Lexi Underwood, Jordan Elsass, Jade Pettyjohn, Joshua Jackson My Rating: 3.5/5 Stars Rotten Tomatoes: 78% Critics, 59% Audience Rotten Tomatoes Description: “Based on Celeste Ng's 2017 bestseller, Little Fires Everywhere follows the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and an enigmatic mother and daughter who …

Marvel Movie Marathon Kickoff

Everyone has a favorite superhero, right?  From the time you were a kid and started watching cartoons like Teen Titans or The Powerpuff Girls.  Me?  I enjoy a good superhero movie. The action, the drama, our hero triumphant at the end having discovered something crucial about themselves.  It’s a bit of a cliché narrative, but …

Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

My Rating: 4/5 Stars Good reads rating: 3.94/5 Stars Cover description: "Hunted across the True Sea, haunted by the lives she took on the Fold, Alina must try to make a life with Mal in an unfamiliar land. She finds starting new is not easy while keeping her identity as the Sun Summoner a secret. …

Outlander (Season 1, 2014)

Starring: Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heugan, Duncan Lacroix, Graham McTavish 5/5 Stars I have been told about a million times that I would enjoy this show.  So, to all the people who recommended it, thank you, and you were right.  I love this show.  But I stayed away from it for a long time for two …