A Blog of Books and Musicals

I’ve been obsessed with the Tony Awards for a lot of my life despite being a person who has never seen a Broadway show on Broadway. I’m lucky enough that I do see a lot of tours and regional productions, but Broadway itself has eluded me so far. Despite this, I love watching the Tonys and particularly watching the musical performances. I’m always looking for new shows to make...

I’ve been hearing fantastic things about The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin for quite some time. It is the first novel in a trilogy that famously won the coveted Hugo Award three times subsequently, with a win for each novel. I should have read it sooner. I don’t know if I was too intimidated or out of the habit of reading fantasy or what. Eventually, though, I to...

I’ve recently been despairing a little lately the state of the publishing industry. I have worked in a bookstore for the past seven years, and I have seen the general marketing strategy make a drastic shift. Whereas I used to browse and discover new authors and titles just about every day, nowadays it’s just the same books and authors over and over again (and, yes, unfor...

I am devastated to report that after great anticipation, I didn’t especially like the newest Benoit Blanc movie. It had literally never occurred to me that I wouldn’t love it. I’ve seen Knives Out dozens of times, and I think it is one of the best murder mysteries out there. I’m of the apparently rare opinion that Glass Onion is near equal to its predecessor...

After my monster reread of essentially all the Percy Jackson books that started with The Lightning Thief and went through all of