In 2024, I struggled with reading some books and barely managed to finish them. But I also read some great ones I truly enjoyed either because they moved me, or they made me re-think the meaning of life or simply because of their sociological and/or historical value of portraying life at the time the author […]
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Author: Edith Wharton The Age of Innocence is a 1920 book by Edith Wharton, the first woman to ever win a Pulitzer Prize in 1921. It is truly no surprise this book won a Pulitzer award in 1921. This book could win a Pulitzer award in any year due to its compelling writing and sociological
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Author: Helen Gurley Brown I ordered Having It All a long time ago because it appeared in searches as a book about office culture. In some ways, it is, but it is actually a manual on how to navigate office relationships. At first, this sounds good, and you might think, well, what is wrong with
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Director: Fede Álvarez The Alien Romulus follows from previous installations of Aliens films, but it does not aim to copy them or try to re-invent them. Instead, the story of Alien Romulus stands between the first two films, Alien and Aliens and is a stand-alone film despite following the story of the first film. The
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Author: Evie Woods The Story Collector is a beautiful book by Evie Woods, which inspired me to buy her other books and order a book on Irish tales and folklore due to the compelling story Evie Woods created in The Story Collector. I always wanted to visit Ireland, but never had a chance, however, Evie
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Author: iLana Markarov The Timekeeper’s Secret: Timeless Fate Series Book 1 is the first book in a series of (currently) two books by iLana Markarov. I was recommended this book on Blue Sky when I responded to a question about what genre I like. I can totally see why this would be recommended to someone
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Director: Ishana Night Shyamalan The Watchers have a story centred in Ireland, and we meet people who have found themselves locked up in woods with mythical and dangerous creatures, the watchers who hunt humans during the night but sleep and hide during the day. I did not watch the previous iterations of this film, so
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Author: Jim Shepard Like You’d Understand, Anyway is a collection of short stories by Jim Shepard tackling the everyday life of various characters who live in various countries. The stories are not connected apart from several stories tackling the relationship between brothers. These elements are interesting because they often tackle hostility and jealousy between siblings.
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Director: Fred C. Rabbath The Final Pact is a new film by an independent director, Fred C. Rabbath, who also happens to be my favourite director (generally, not just the independent one). The Final Pact is a sci-fi/horror film that tackles biblical sin, temptation and exorcism. But this film is more than that. It is
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