To say there’s a lot to catch up on is an understatement: A Discovery of Witches’ third and final season proceeds with breakneck speed through the plot of Deborah Harkness’s The Book of Life, the last installment of the All Souls Trilogy. A…
‘All Souls Trilogy’ Playlist & ‘The Book of Life’ Prize Pack Giveaway
One of my favorite book series is the All Souls Trilogy. Diana and Matthew’s star-crossed romance and journey through time is completely mesmerizing. You read more of my thoughts on the trilogy by reading my reviews of each book: A…
Movie Review: ‘Strange Magic’
Gary Rydstrom’s Strange Magic is a nice film. But, as Mr. Sondheim reminds us, nice is different than good. It is a nice film for several reasons, chief among them being the central plot itself. Predictably for a film based…
Weekend B.O.: ‘Ouija’ Conjures Up a $20M Opening
Weekend B.O. estimates are in for the weekend of October 24-26, 2014 #1 – Ouija This movie provides the kind of scares younger audiences eat up: horror stories based on somewhat real experiences. Can a toy really cause this kind…
Weekend B.O.: All New Movies Debut OK
Estimates are in for the weekend of October 17-19, 2014. #1 – Fury The Brad Pitt WWII vehicle landed smack dab in the middle of expectations with a $23.5M debut. Is that an okay number? Yes. Does it feel somewhat…
‘The Book of Life’ Review
In high school, my drama club had an odd little exercise we used to help practice lines and tweak our on-stage timing. We would recite our lines as fast as we could while the next actor to speak would say…
Book Review: ‘The Book of Life’ (All Souls Trilogy #3) by Deborah Harkness
Finales are always hard for me to write about and lately that feels like what I’ve only been writing about. Many of my favorite series are coming to an end this summer, and despite how great an ending can be,…