After that... Interesting interview, Urquhart continues his shady dealings. Nice days after the interview, Urquhart invites O'Neill to St. James' street club, which is a pretty exclusive place for politicians. To O'Neill, this invitation represents his "rising eminence in the Party." Still, he decides to drink both before and during his lunch with Urquhart. Either …
House of Cards: Part 4
Okay, so this chapter got me really emotional. The Party remains in power after the election, so while they lost some seats in Parliament, Henry Collingridge remains the Prime Minister. Francis Urquhart is ready to make some changes in the cabinet. He had been planning changes since before the election even happened. But all that …
Bone Hill:The Concert
Trigger Warning: This story deals with a show that I saw recently. it deals with racism, racial violence, and rape. If these topics are upsetting to you, you might want to skip this post. Stay safe. This weekend, I had the unique opportunity and privilege to see Martha Redbone's Bone Hill: The Concert. It was the final event …
House of Cards: Part 3
Michael Dobbs' writing style starts to really shine through as I get into the third part of House of Cards. Roger O'Neill remains at the center of the first chapter of this section. He's at an event celebrating the election and the predicted victory for the incumbent party. It's mostly an opportunity for O'Neill to hang …
House of Cards: Part 2
Right off the bat, we get more information about Charles Collingridge's character. He's the prime minister's little brother that never seemed to be able to live up to him, despite the privileges that they shared growing up. Still, despite his drunkenness and general lack of political talent, Charles still has a way into British politics. …
House of Cards: Part 1
With my forward out of the way, let's get right into Michael Dobbs' House of Cards! First of all, what took me off guard is that the book takes place in England. Again, I know very little about either the book or the adaptation at this point, but the Netflix series takes place in the United …
A Disclaimer On my Next Project
So, I'm planning to do an extended version of what I did for Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda and Love, Simon. Next up on the docket is House of Cards, both the book and the Netflix series. Now, I am fully aware of the allegations against Kevin Spacey. This book and series has been on my to-do list for a while, …
Love, Simon
This is part 2 of my review of Simon Vs the Homo Sapien Agenda and its film adaptation, Love, Simon. This post will make no attempt to avoid spoilers, so beware if you haven't read/watched yet. For my spoiler-free review of the book, I recommend reading the post right before this one. So, I'll just …
Simon Vs the Homo Sapien Agenda
This post is going to be part 1 of 2 where I compare the book Simon Vs the Homo Sapien Agenda by Becky Albertalli with its film adaptation, Love, Simon. This is going to be a spoiler-free review of the book, but my film review will delve into spoilers for both the book and movie, so I highly …
Thoughts on Adaptations
I'm in between books at the moment, but I'm just going to share some thoughts of mine to sort of tease my next little project. Now there tends to be the saying that the book is better than the movie, play, etc. And many times, that's true. So why are there still movies based on …
