by Alex McKenzie | May 31, 2024 | Book Reviews, Reviews
Spoilers ahead Content Warning: Assault, violence, dysphoria, transphobia, homophobia, deadnaming, bullying, cheating, use of slurs, suicidal thoughts, self-harm, public outing. Stay Gold follows Pony, a senior finishing his high school experience at a new high school...
by Alex McKenzie | Apr 30, 2024 | Book Reviews, Reviews
Spoilers ahead “Piranesi’s house is no ordinary building: Its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues. Within the labyrinth of halls, an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder up staircases, rooms are flooded...
by Alex McKenzie | Mar 31, 2024 | Book Reviews, Reviews
Spoilers ahead I don’t often delve into the world of book reviews, but when something leaves me in a heightened state of emotion, I find the best resolution for myself is to blog about it. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver is the story of the titular character,...
by Alex McKenzie | Aug 23, 2023 | Book Reviews, Reviews
Project Hail Mary begins with an amnesiac astronaut waking up in a room with two mummified bodies, and needs to remember who he is and what he’s doing. Turns out, he’s on a space station hurtling through space. Through a series of flashbacks we learn that the hero,...
by Alex McKenzie | May 8, 2023 | Blog, Book Reviews, Reviews
CONTENT WARNING: Sexual Violence Spoilers for the book ahead. You have been warned. I’ve always identified as ‘a reader’. Reading books is a core part of my identity. From the Scholastic book fairs as a child to wandering through giant book stores as an adult, I’ve...
by Alex McKenzie | May 8, 2023 | Blog, Book Reviews, Reviews
I’m keenly aware that this is a board game review blog, and that I’m ill-equipped to offer a proper review on something so outside my wheelhouse, but sometimes you need to step outside your comfort zone. This weekend, I engaged with art that left me emotionally raw,...