JenisaurMy Peter Pan TBR: The Story that Grows Up with its ReaderThere are dozens of Peter Pan adaptations: with different POVs and settings, even modern, queer, and genre-bending retellings.Aug 7, 2021Aug 7, 2021
JenisaurThis book has been sitting in my NetGalley for way too long, but here’s my review:“The Crowns of Croswald”, by D.E. Night, is the first in a series of middle grade fantasy novels that I was sent last summer via netgalley…May 9, 2021May 9, 2021
JenisaurJuly 2020 Round-Up PostAll the reading, writing, and other literary news from July at the Pendragon Office. Check out my new profiles and reviews, all linked…Aug 3, 2020Aug 3, 2020
JenisaurReview: “Loki: Where Mischief Lies”EDIT: I wasn’t caught up on Mackenzi Lee drama until after writing this so…I am kind of caught up now. It doesn’t change my review.Jul 19, 2020Jul 19, 2020
JenisaurBook Review: “Queen’s Peril”, E.K. JohnstonPeriod Talk! Queer rep! So many female characters! Not what I expected from a Star Wars book, but I absolutely loved being surprised.Jul 12, 2020Jul 12, 2020
JenisaurReview — “Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood” by Trevor NoahFive stars to Trevor Noah’s “Born a Crime”, a beautiful book of personal essays on growing up in South Africa as a mixed-race boy.Jun 20, 2020Jun 20, 2020
JenisaurReview: “Uglies” by Scott WesterfeldReading “Uglies” was supposed to be an escape. Instead it forced me to think about “white” as baseline and race in dystopian fiction.Jun 5, 2020Jun 5, 2020
JenisaurAn Annotated Bibliography for Movies: “Stranger Things” and “The Body”Choosing movies for my paper on “Stranger Things” and “The Body”.Feb 22, 2020Feb 22, 2020
Jenisaur“Runaway Max” Might Be Better than “Stranger Things”“Stranger Things” tie-in “Runaway Max” gives several characters an in-depth examination. It may surprise you how good it is.Feb 1, 2020Feb 1, 2020
Jenisaur500 Words On: “Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street” Book ReviewI really wanted to like “Street Gang”, but something didn’t belong…Jul 1, 2019Jul 1, 2019