Forget the sedate low-action books—I’m here for the sharp dialogue, character conflict, and genuine growth of the cozy genre! I’m absolutely obsessed with two series right now: Becky Chambers’ Wayfarers Series and Honor Raconteur’s Shinigami Detective. found family they didn’t ask for. Series Spotlight: Q: What’s the best cozy sci-fi or fantasy you’ve read lately? Tell me your favorite! Â
Great costumes ✓ Hilarious hijinks ✓ Relatable character ✓ Geeky pasttimes ✓ Season 2 of Black Girl In A Big Dress is on Youtube!! I’m celebrating by rewatching season one and parsing out episodes like bon-bons. Which means consuming all of them until I feel sick. The show follows Adrienne, a Victorian cosplayer, African American Anglophile, and hapless heroine. Who
I am almost always reading more than one book at a time. Generally it’s an ebook, a physical book for Shabbos and maybe another physical book when I can’t find or I’m too lazy to find the first one. I have the ebook of Lethal White (Cormoran Strike #4) by Robert Galbraith (a pseudonym of J.K. Rowling!) checked out the
Even though my Ravelry page is full of the various hats I’ve made, and kept, I cast on another hat. Why? None of the previous hats I made were slouchy, they were all cloche or tuque style. That was great when I wore them with my hair down or had bangs. Now I want the volume of the slouch. I
Kickstarter just sent me a notification that the Terraforming Mars expansion I backed will ship next month (probably)!! I’m so excited. Terraforming Mars is definitely in my top favorite games. I enjoy the variety of deep strategies supported. If you want to build up resources, go for it, if you want to go head to head with other players, you
My friend introduced me to my first kdrama and I got sucked in immediately. We just finished watching about the life and love of Sam Soon. We meet our intrepid heroine as she’s confronting her cheating boyfriend at a hotel and there are plenty of cringes to go around. Even in the last episode Sam soon admits that she has
My son RE and I both loved reading Death Note. It has a great mix of mystery, thriller, moral wrestling, magic, conflict and character development. So when we needed a new show to watch together it seemed like an obvious choice. First, where could we find it? We went to Hulu initially and found a subbed (voice over) version with
Cliche, I know. But that’s how I roll. Maybe you know me as the Book Yenta from the KiddushBookClub, maybe you’re meeting me for the first time. Either way, welcome. I’m setting up my little corner of the internet to house all the book, game, TV, movie, and hobby reviews. The good, the bad, and the ugly, including the half