So far the game plan of making sure to throw money at movies that make whiney bros mad is working out pretty damn well. (See: Mad Max.) THIS IS NO EXCEPTION. (Text to the rest of the Bitches as I left the theater: “Sarah I’m really mad at you. Because you won’t let me give Ghostbusters a grade of A++++++++++++++++++++++billion.”) If you somehow missed all of this, this movie is a remake of the 1984 … Continue reading Movie Review: Ghostbusters
Oh, Cold Comfort Farm, where have you been all my life? This classic went completely past my radar and now that I’ve found it I’m actually surprised that it’s not dedicated to me, specifically. Cold Comfort Farm, published in 1932, pokes gentle fun at the sub-genre of novels that dwells on misery and melodrama on English farms. Early versions of this genre include the works of Thomas Hardy and of course Wuthering Heights by Emily … Continue reading Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
RedheadedGirl and I saw Mad Max Fury Road and now we are all ready to storm the barricades of patriarchy with improbable vehicles. The plot of Fury Road is incredibly simple: In a post-apocalyptic wasteland where water and gasoline are scarce and warlords rule, a woman named Imperator Furiosa, played by Charlize Theron, rescues the five “wives” of warlord Immortan Joe. In the course of their escape, they team up with Mad Max, who is … Continue reading Movie Review: Mad Max Fury Road
Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy is a riveting non-fiction book about four women who conducted espionage (and, in one case, fought undercover as a soldier) in the Civil War. Two women worked for the North and two for the South. The book is interesting and exciting and paints incredible pictures of very different women who, love them or hate them, lived unusual lives of great political and personal passion and daring. Here’s a look at the … Continue reading Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy by Karen Abbott
So full disclosure: I was PMSing bad when I read Kiss of Steel and I was riding the Feels train pretty damn hard (also to the dude who stumbled here by mistake looking for a book review and got an update on my menstrual cycle–Welcome to the Bitchery. Yeah, we talk about periods but there are cookies. And orca sex reviews) so some of my thoughts on this book might be due to highly amplified … Continue reading Kiss of Steel by Bec McMaster
Wild is, hands down, for me, the best movie of 2014. It’s profound, filled with complex, interesting female characters, and two incredible performances that got well-deserved Academy Award nominations. Everyone knows that its true that I have no heart and no soul, and I was crying so much at the end of the movie I didn’t really want to leave the theater until I had more control over myself. (Reaction to that news from Ppyajunebug … Continue reading Movie review: Wild
I saw Selma on opening night, and the theater was packed. It was an incredibly well done, amazing performances, and the fact that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences snubbed it like whoa is BULLSHIT. Ana DuVernay absolutely deserved a nod for Best Director. David Oyelowo absolutely deserved a nod for Best Actor. But here we are with the whitest Oscars since 1998. Selma is about the Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches that … Continue reading Selma
In an alternate universe, the planet Discworld is carried on the backs of four elephants, who are standing on the back of a giant turtle. In the Discworld books, Terry Pratchett satirizes aspects of our own world with a combination of affection, impatience, and asperity. Terry Pratchett’s writing tends to be free of two things: meanness (there are mean characters, but the author’s view seems to be stern but compassionate) and bullshit. The morals are … Continue reading Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
I recently had an unilateral salpingo oophorectomy. There’s no reason for me to tell you that except I really like saying “salpingo-oophorectomy.” So yeah, I’m down a salpingo and an oopher, and the doctor gave me a bottle of pain pills and two weeks off of work to read and recover. Tempted By His Touch Boxed Set – .99 Goodreads | AMZ | BN | K | ARe So naturally I turned to Regency Comfort … Continue reading A Dangerous Invitation by Erica Monroe
This RITA® Reader Challenge 2014 review was written by Lulu. This story was nominated for the RITA® in the Paranormal Romance category. The summary: A dangerous, volatile rebel, hands stained bloodred. A woman whose very existence has been erased. A love story so dark, it may shatter the world itself. A deadly price that must be paid. The day of reckoning is here. And here is Lulu's review: Mea culpa: I am a huge Nalingi … Continue reading RITA Reader Challenge: Heart of Obsidian by Nalini Singh
This RITA® Reader Challenge 2014 review was written by Pam G. This story was nominated for the RITA® in the Historical Romance category. The summary: WHEN A MASKED MAN . . . Twenty years ago Maximus Batten witnessed the brutal murders of his parents. Now the autocratic Duke of Wakefield, he spends his days ruling Parliament. But by night, disguised as the Ghost of St. Giles, he prowls the grim alleys of St. Giles, ever … Continue reading RITA Reader Challenge: Duke of Midnight by Elizabeth Hoyt
