Katherine Nabity's Blog, page 29
August 28, 2023
The 500: 035–037
035 ~ Short Story Deal Me In, Wk 34: K❤️“God of the Naked Unicorn” by Richard Lupoff For a moment, I thought this story was just a parody, but then I realized this is a pastiche of not only Sherlock Holmes stories, but pulp adventure stories. Notably, this is something of a Doc Savage (and […]
August 25, 2023
The 500: 032–034
My brain seems to be on hiatus this week. I apologize for the general brevity of my thoughts in this post. 032 ~ Book Through Spaces by K J KabzaThis is K J Kabza’s third anthology of fiction (and the third that I have read). Many of these stories were rereads for me, including two […]
August 23, 2023
The 500: 029–031
029 ~ Book The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí ClarkThis is Clark’s more YA focused novella. Often, young protagonists annoy me. They are either too naive or way too competent. Clark strikes the right balance with “Creeper;” she’s streetwise, but doesn’t know everything about everything. The setting is a steampunk-ish alt history where the […]
August 19, 2023
The 500: 026–028
026 ~ Movie The Reflecting Skin (1990)Directed and written by Philip RidleyStarring: Viggo Mortensen, Lindsay Duncan, Jeremy Cooper I can’t decide if that trailer gives too much away or if it would have made this movie much more watchable. I’ve been curious about The Reflecting Skin for a while. It’s an early Viggo Mortensen role […]
The 500: 026 ~ 028
026 ~ Movie The Reflecting Skin (1990)Directed and written by Philip RidleyStarring: Viggo Mortensen, Lindsay Duncan, Jeremy Cooper I can’t decide if that trailer gives too much away or if it would have made this movie much more watchable. I’ve been curious about The Reflecting Skin for a while. It’s an early Viggo Mortensen role […]
August 17, 2023
The 500: 022–025
022 ~ Movie Asteroid City (2023)Directed by Wes AndersonWritten by Wes Anderson & Roman CoppolaStarring: Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright This is certainly a Wes Anderson movie . . .Eric and I were discussing how Wes Anderson ends up with his casts, considering the budgets of his films. At a budget of […]
August 15, 2023
The 500: 019–021
019 ~ Ultimate Summer League, Wednesday night, 8/9/23A night par for the course. This was Blue Blue Ka-Choo’s third game against White Rabbit as we start our third round-robin. Rabbits only had one woman-matching player show up: Kaysi. Megan and I where there for Blue, with Lindsey as a sub. To even things out, I […]
August 9, 2023
The 500: 016–018
016 ~ Short Story “The Whole Demoning Thing” by Patrick NessDeal Me In, wk 31: 6♦️I am not a usual reader of YA, so I believe this is the first thing I’ve ever read by Patrick Ness. Despite teenagers and the high school setting, I rather liked this story. Ness captures the chaotic messiness of […]
August 5, 2023
The 500: 012–015
012 ~ Short Story “Carnival Ever After” by Mari NessThis is the “ever after” of a fairy tale I was not familiar with called “Diamonds and Toads.” (I should probably get around to reading The Blue Fairy Book at some point.) It makes more sense with that context, but still has its own wonderful fairy […]
August 2, 2023
The 500: 008–011
008 ~ Short Story “A Cage, Her Arms” by Carrie CuinnPart of Deal Me In: Week 30, 6♠️Good science fiction allegory here. Oh, what parents feel justified to do for their child, even if it isn’t what their child wants. 009 ~ Book The War Magician by David FisherDNF. I made a mistake with this […]
