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June 19, 2019

Bastille’s ‘Doom Days’ is About ‘Good Omens’ and You’re Not Going to Convince Me Otherwise

I barely watch TV and I only listen to two bands, which means that when I do get into a series or a musical artist I tend to get obsessed to a level that some might find, quite frankly, alarming. Since one of those two bands is Bastille, naturally I was all over their new album like flies to honey when it dropped last week. Coincidentally, this was around the time that I got around to finally finishing up Good Omens and by virtue of consuming these two media side by side I noticed some startling connections.

January 4, 2019

TV Review: Resolution (Doctor Who New Year’s Day Special 2019)

TV Review

While this blog isn’t dedicated to Doctor Who, I can’t resist making a review for the New Year’s special, which absolutely blew my mind. Normal book reviews are already drafted and will resume next week! This first section is spoiler-free, but do mind the marker below. I made my review for series 11 as a […]

December 11, 2018

TV Review: Doctor Who Series 11

Fandom, TV Review

Wow. What a season. It’s been ten weeks since I shared my thoughts on The Woman Who Fell to Earth and in that time I have fallen even more in love with the thirteenth Doctor. (I even have an artist’s interpretation print of her on my wall). There is so much I want to say […]

November 16, 2018

On Writing About Harry Potter… Again

Academic, Fandom, Reflection

The great thing about an independent study is that I get to focus on what most interests me about a given topic, and time and time again it seems that I am finding myself drawn to Harry Potter. I’ve often joked that given six degrees I can connect anything to the series thematically, and my […]

October 9, 2018

TV Review: The Woman Who Fell to Earth (Doctor Who, series 11, episode 1)

Fandom, TV Review

It’s official — I have a new favorite Doctor. In the lead up to The Woman Who Fell to Earth, I did my best to stay away from spoilers and not look too much into what was going to happen in the episode. Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor is the start to a new era of Doctor […]

September 28, 2018

Book Review: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

Book Review, Fandom

This past Tuesday marked the release of one of my most favorite books that I have read this year — An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green. I’ve been looking forward to reading this book for months (I preordered it in February, before they even released the cover!) and I have been following its promotion […]