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Canongate Myth Series: Girl Meets Boy Book Review

Author: Ali Smith                                  Pages: 164                              Publisher: Canongate ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Nobody grows up mythless,’ Robin says. ‘It’s what we do with the myths when we grow up that matters.’ A modern day re-interpretation of the myth of Iphis by Ovid, Girl Meets Boy is Ali Smith’s 2007 contribution to the Canongate Myth Series. Like all in the series, Smith’s addition is relatively short, but packed with intention and triggers for incredible worldly insights. In fact, the length of these novellas is quickly becoming one of my favourite aspect of this series, as it allows me to think more deeply about the…

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Reflections

“Daredevil” Season 3 First Impressions

Warning: some spoilers for Daredevil and The Defenders ahead! With the recent release of Daredevil Season 3, I was immediately interested to see what was to come of what used to be a favourite show of mine. Unfortunately, Season 2 was quite a disappointment. Aside from the introduction of Frank Castle, who went on to have his own show The Punisher, Season 2 left much to be desired. The heavy reliance on the mysticism of the Hand gave the season a totally different, campier tone from its predecessor, which was more gritty and realistic. It was precisely the grit, coupled…

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Reflections

Things I’ve Learnt by 25

Today I turned 25! And though I had planned not to work at all today, taking a full day off, I can’t imagine not writing on my favourite day of the year. This year, instead of a big party and seeing a lot of people, I wanted to live out my ultimate, perfect, lazy “Sunday” for my birthday. And I really wanted to remember it, so, here I am writing about it. I spent my birthday at my parent’s house, my childhood house, my home. I had already taken a day off work so the night before my brother and…

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5 Best Series

5 Best Halloween Book Picks From My Bookshelf

We are 10 days away from Halloween: The countdown has begun! While autumn has so much to offer with its cooler days and beautiful foliage, Halloween provides yet another reason to love this time of the year. While my Halloween adventures have slowly been dwindling as I’ve been getting older, I still love all the spookiness and creativity of costumes. One of the reasons I am such a bookwork is because of how much I love falling into another world and getting engulfed in it. Halloween presents the same kind of opportunity, but in the real world. What’s there not…

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Movies

“Venom” Movie Review: Are Critics Always Right?

Warning: major spoilers below! Though perhaps somewhat of an underdog in the Marvel comics universe, Venom has longtime been a highly cherished character, who appeared predominantly in the Spider-Man comics, especially to die-hard fans. For those of us who aren’t as much into the comic books, you might remember the titular amorphous alien symbiote from the film Spider-Man 3 back in 2007, absorbing itself first into Peter Parker’s spider suit, and later into the character journalist Eddie Brock. Essentially, the concept of the alien symbiote is that it takes on hosts; giving its host immense power but simultaneously (and sinisterly)…

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Reflections

Charmed: 20 Years After it First Aired and It is Still Iconic!

Coinciding well with the month of ghosts, witches and magic, this past week marked 20 years since the pilot of the WB show Charmed aired. If you are unfamiliar with the show, firstly, what have you been doing with your life? And secondly, you are missing out! And I say this knowing that while witches and hocus-pocus isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, there is so much to appreciate in this show. Charmed tells the story of three sisters, Prue, Piper, and Phoebe Halliwell (originally played by Shannen Doherty, Holly Marie Combs, and Alyssa Milano with the addition of Rose McGowan…

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