ericj's reviews
21 reviews

The Giallo Canvas: Art, Excess and Horror Cinema by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

The Cinema Coven: Witches, Witchcraft and Women's Filmmaking by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

A fine exploration of cinema witches, feminism, and the witchcraft of film-making.

System Collapse by Martha Wells
Did not finish book. Stopped at 25%.

Book auto-retutned via Libby, did not finish, too busy to read, will return to it in the future.

Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.75

Heart-rending II

Maus: A Survivor's Tale. My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.75

Heart-rending.

The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession by Susan Orlean

funny hopeful informative sad medium-paced

5.0

Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
Did not finish book. Stopped at 1%.

I just wasn't in the mood, but also it seems that maybe I prefer to watch fantasy than to read it.

Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark by Cecelia Watson

informative lighthearted fast-paced

1.75

I like the idea of the book more than I liked the book itself. Attempts at humor fall flat, personal anecdotes add nothing, and despite about 45% of this book being Acknowledgements and Notes that I didn't read, it still felt a little long.

The first third-or-so was worth reading for the brief history of grammar education and punctuation usage, and so for that, 1.75 stars.

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5