September 19, 2018
Hi! Venessa here. You might recognize my name from my monthly column here at Spec Chic, where I talk a little bit about books, television shows, and lot about conventions, including my Convention Life series and Con Season on a Budget. I also do some behind-the-scenes stuff for the My Favorite Things column too. In my “other” life, I’m a…
September 19, 2018
The Innocents, aka The Innøcents (2018) Released by: Netflix Rating: TV-MA Created by: Simon Duric and Hania Elkington Number of episodes: 8 Why I Chose It: British accents are like catnip to me, as is the premise of body-swapping. Perhaps I watched the original Freaky Friday—the one starring Barbara Harris and a teenage Jodie Foster as the mother-daughter swapees—too many…
September 18, 2018
Many Waters (1986) Written by: Madeleine L’Engle Series: Time Quintet #4 Genre: Science Fantasy/Young Adult Pages: 352 (Paperback) Publisher: Macmillan Why I Chose This: My 2018 Resolution Project for Speculative Chic was to read and review both the novel and film versions of A Wrinkle in Time. But I’m a completionist, so it should come as no surprise that I’d have to continue on this magical journey I somehow missed…
September 17, 2018
They might not be raindrops on roses or whiskers on kittens, but that doesn’t mean that we love them any less. Welcome back to My Favorite Things, the weekly column where we grab someone in speculative circles to gab about the greatest in geek. This week, we sit down with author Sarah Colombo, whose debut novel Subterranean was released on…
September 15, 2018
Hello friends! It’s a rainy day here in the Kingdom of Undisclosed Location, but not quite as rainy as we were thinking it was going to be, so I’m thankful for that. Anyway, it’s Saturday and I’m talking at you, so you know what that means. It’s that time again, where we slip back into time to revisit the week…
September 14, 2018
Music is everywhere! Our favorite moments in movies, video games, and television almost always have some kind of musical accompaniment. From the hauntingly beautiful “Light of the Seven” which accompanied a crucial scene in season six of Game of Thrones (no spoilers at the link) to the plethora of musical tidbits from the highway scene in the first Deadpool (seriously,…
September 13, 2018
A Study in Honor (2018) Written by: Claire O’Dell (aka Beth Bernobich) Genre: Science Fiction Series: Janet Watson Chronicles, book 1 Pages: 304 (Kindle) Publisher: Harper Voyager Why I chose it: Because everyone was talking about it, so it kept crossing my path. Because I’m a big Sherlock Holmes fan and love the near endless variety of “Holmesian” stories. Because…
September 12, 2018
Back in January, I made a resolution to read the entire works of NK Jemisin, which actually began in late 2017 with her Mass Effect Andromeda tie-in novel and continued with the Inheritance Trilogy. It’s August, friends, and time is running out. Because all of her books are on wait lists at the library and have been for months, today…
September 11, 2018
When I heard Linda Hamilton and Jamie Lee Curtis were going to return to the movie franchises that made them famous, I was pretty excited. Hamilton is returning to the role of Sarah Connor in the sixth Terminator movie, and Curtis is returning as Laurie Strode in the latest Halloween movie this November. I’ve talked in the past how reboots…
September 10, 2018
Our spooky selection for October’s book club issssssssssss . . . The Silent Companions Author: Laura Purcell Discussion Date: 10/26/18 The premise: Some doors are locked for a reason. When Elsie married handsome young heir Rupert Bainbridge, she believed she was destined for a life of luxury. But pregnant and widowed just weeks after their wedding, with her new servants…