I am writing this mostly for people who may be coming around sometime in late 2026 or maybe even early 2027, when the release of the second season of the show is imminent; most everyone else who’s online at all right now has heard about the show, and probably has some idea what to expect–even though the discourse...

It’s been a month since I posted my review of the first book, so let us get on with the Game Changers book series reviews; please note: if you have already watched the Crave adaptation of the same title (trailer at the end of this post), but have not read the book, that there are a few differences between the text...

I hope everyone knows by now that I’m very much a fan of this series, and therefore is not surprised I had preordered this story–or by the fact that between the reading slump and ::gestures at the world:: I’m reviewing it over a month after it was actually released. Since shit is not likely to stop raining down all...

In the spirit of avoidance, I came across the trailer for this movie on YouTube, and look, PERIOD COSTUMES. No one really expected me not to watch it, right? So, this movie started with a young adult book (When You Were Mine, by Rebecca Serle) that is based on the idea that Rosaline, Romeo’s ‘first love’, isn’t...

Back in late September last year, I talked briefly about this film at the end of this post; I mentioned wanting it to do well in the U.S. so that it would be picked up for streaming somewhere (footnote 1). As amazon picked it up, I have now watched it. A capybara, a dark grey cat, a lemur, a yellow Lab and a...

Because I’m nothing if not predictable: of course I had to watch this one after all the noise about Heated Rivalry I haven’t Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston, the genre romance novel that this movie is based on (footnote 1), so I cannot speak to how well it may or may not have been adapted; what I can say...

As the world continues to go to hell, I keep reaching for comfort reads that are also generally undemanding. (It doesn’t help that I’m struggling to write my TBR Challenge review for this month.) Beware: drinking and getting drunk; a bit too much focus on eating and food; passing mention of infertility; phonetic...

I will confess for the record, that I slept on Rachel Reid’s Game Changers genre romance series when it was first published; it wasn’t until the trailer for the “Heated Rivalry” show (below) was released on YouTube that I became invested. Not having Netflix myself, I turned to the books to get my fix, and then...

My introduction to the author, and I blame Caz’s review of the prequel novella for my adding yet another author with a large backlist to my TBR cordillera of doom.. Beware: violent homophobia as part of worldbuilding; some violence and gore on page; emotional child abuse and implied sexual child sexual abuse as part...

Things have been so bad/weird, reading-wise, I had forgotten entirely that I had been offered this ARC at some point this year. Beware: suicide; narcissist ex; once again equating evil with mental illness; swearing; sex on page; white gaze. The Seven Rings, by Nora Roberts I will start by stressing that any...

I don’t remember when I first became aware of this book, though author’s name recognition definitely played a part, and I love the cover and the premise. Beware: sexist discrimination appropriate to the period; early dementia (potentially Alzheimer’s); crossdressing; Sapphic relationships (closed door); parent...

Trying to keep the reading momentum going, by returning to a favorite series. Beware: while there’s less emphasis in drinking-to-get drunk, there’s still a lot of drinking; phonetic spelling to indicate class, background and education; rampant–almost free-for-all–cheating; problematic treatment of the...