It feels like a long time since I'd actually written a Food and Fandom post, but that's because I've gotten lazy and it's really hard to top my previous series of Grishaverse foods. That said, I've been bingeing anime all summer, and with all the Food Wars episodes I've blitzed through, I'm bound to be [...]
Month: August 2021
Mini Reviews: Champion by Marie Lu
Double-feature mini of the same story! Okay, so there is a distinct difference between the two. The thing about retelling a story and putting them into graphic novel form is there will always be something missing. Graphic novels are limited in scope. But what it lacks in worldbuilding and character content, it compensates with pictures, [...]
Mini Reviews: Legend and Prodigy Graphic Novels
I usually love it when I see graphic novel adaptations of books I love. In this case, though, the Legend series graphic novels actually brought me back to finishing up the trilogy itself. There was just so much emotional angst in Prodigy (none of which I reveled in) that I wasn't keen on picking up [...]
Mini Reviews: The Fifth Season, Fire Keeper’s Daughter
I've been reading pretty hefty books lately, so I've gone through more audiobooks as a way to break away from the big reads. These were good listens, though! I can't believe I waited this long to read anything of Jemisin, because The Fifth Season was so good (and I'd heard her later books are even [...]