Over the past year, I’ve kept loose track via WILT of the albums I was obsessed with each month. A short term affair, however, does not automatically create a favorite album worthy of a year. This year featured a lot of powerhouse releases from some of my favorite artists, new debuts, and great finds from… Continue reading My Favorite Albums of 2021
Thanks to a semi-active Letterboxd account, I can share that I watched about 118 films for the first time in 2021. I also re-watched 106 movies. I saw my usual bout of horror films thanks to OcTerror and a vigorous research project. A lot of new movies were released digitally and in theaters. While… Continue reading My Favorite Movies of 2021
If 2021 was the year where I was an average reader then it was also a year where I enjoyed more TV, movies, and music than before. I dove back into old favorites with new seasons and discovered shows that I’d somehow missed along the years, along with premieres. I binged. I tuned in.… Continue reading My Favorite TV Shows of 2021
At the end of each year I usually provide a list of my favorite books. However, I’ve found that, since graduating and in the midst of life, the selection to choose from has lessened significantly. A 2016 study found that the average American reads about 12 books a year. Since I keep track of… Continue reading My Year as an Average Reader
While Nora Ephron and Nancy Meyers are better known for their rom-coms and female-oriented comedies, they have enough films between them that some have slipped into the past. For two filmmakers with decade-spanning careers, it’s understandable to have movies that might be forgettable or lesser known compared to the ‘greatest hits’ but this month… Continue reading The Year of Nora & Nancy: Lesser Known Crimes
Hello Fresh, a German company with branches in multiple countries, advertises on almost every platform I use. Its virtues, apparently, lie in its weekly menu options and the lack of shopping or planning on the buyer’s part. It is supposed to be a quick and hassle-free addition to your life, to make cooking and… Continue reading Hello, Fresh Enough: A Meal Kit Review
Last month I paid attention to how Nora Ephron and Nancy Meyers portrayed mothers in their filmography. While the results weren’t overly surprising, I wanted to give men the same treatment in June for Father’s Day. Despite both women’s reputations for primarily focusing on rom-coms or women’s stories onscreen, we can still find men… Continue reading The Year of Nora & Nancy: Dads & Divorce
For May and Mother’s Day, I wanted to delve into the films of Nora Ephron and Nancy Meyers’ that featured motherhood as one of the major plot points. A woman writing about pregnancy, childbirth, and motherhood is an acceptable practice and kind of an expectation. However, no two women will write or have the… Continue reading The Year of Nora & Nancy: Motherhood & Mansions
Sometimes an author—who has already found their niche and voice—has a breakout hit that reaches outside of the bubble and finds a new audience. Grady Hendrix, who studied and wrote about the horror paperback boom while also turning those tropes into something new in his own work, found a little more mainstream success last… Continue reading “Nothing Nice about Southern Ladies”: The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
In writing, a splashy first book isn’t what makes or breaks an author’s career. It’s what comes after. For every singular masterpiece that ends up taught in high school English classes for decades to come, there’s another midlist author who churns out respectable numbers in obscurity. So…where do Nora Ephron and Nancy Meyers sit… Continue reading The Year of Nora & Nancy: The Big Debut
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