Genre
A DOLL'S HOUSE — She Was Done Being The Doll:
There is a moment near the end of A Doll's House that stopped the world cold when it first happened. A woman named Nora Helmer picks up her coat, looks her husband in the eye, and walks out of her marriage. She does not scream. She does not cry. She does not beg for permission or apologize for leaving. She simply goes. And then the door slams shut behind her.
By Ethan Blake5 months ago in BookClub
Three More Books Coming By The End Of May From Me
Introduction Over the last month, I have been putting together a follow-up to my most expensive and best-selling book, "The Art Of The Glittering Fox", a collaboration with Angie Livingstone featuring her amazing artwork.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 5 months ago in BookClub
Andreas Szakacs on Michael: Becoming the Legend Through an Actor’s Lens
Michael belongs somewhere in between — not quite a reinvention of the biopic, but not merely a retelling either. As an actor, I didn’t approach this film looking for facts. I approached it looking for truth. And that distinction matters.
By Andreas szakacs5 months ago in BookClub
I just finished Straight On Till Morning
Straight on Till Morning (2018) is part of Disney's Twisted Tales series, a collection of "what if" retellings that reimagine classic Disney stories with a darker or unexpected twist. Written by Liz Braswell, this novel asks the question: What if Wendy had never met Peter Pan? Rather than following the familiar story of a girl whisked away to Neverland by a magical boy, Braswell crafts an entirely new journey — one in which Wendy Darling finds her own path to adventure, and discovers that the legends she has always believed in may be far more complicated than any bedtime story.
By Parsley Rose 5 months ago in BookClub
Ecclesiastes and the Weight of Meaninglessness
Have you ever noticed how unsettling Ecclesiastes feels compared to most of Scripture. It does not rush to reassure. It does not soften its conclusions. It returns again and again to the same observation: everything fades, everything repeats, and nothing under the sun seems capable of holding still long enough to become permanent. Wisdom fails to secure lasting satisfaction. Pleasure loses its edge. Work outlives the worker. Even moral effort appears unable to guarantee stability. For many readers, this tone feels almost dissonant, as if the book is saying out loud what faith is supposed to quiet.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast6 months ago in BookClub
I read a Twisted Tale Novel about Frozen...
So, fare reader. I'm back to tell you about a journey I went on... in a book... Not just any book, oh no. In my quest to collect all of the Twisted Tale books as I fall ever so slightly in love with each, and everyone, I have purchased over the course of the last half a year almost! Oh my! I found this one next to What Once Was Mine to be up there with my ever growing Disney fascination, the inner child in me, has always possessed.
By Parsley Rose 6 months ago in BookClub
Before the Crown Broke Her
Most people grow up knowing the Queen of Hearts as one thing: a villain. She storms across the pages of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, shrieking her famous command–“Off with their heads!”-while terrifying everyone around her. In the surreal chaos of Wonderland, she’s explosive, irrational, and almost cartoonishly cruel. Readers rarely question her motives because the story itself never asks them to. The Queen exists as part of the nonsense.
By Jenna Deedy6 months ago in BookClub
