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The Curator

November's worst read is also Pantone's color of the year

the story of whiny white guys. Wrapping up 4th quarter reviews in preparation for 2025's superlative awards season.

Dec 31, 2025 • Natalie McGlocklin

horror novels for snobs: part 1

going beyond Shirley Jackson, plus a few classic horror film recs

Oct 31, 2025 • Natalie McGlocklin

September [reading] was based on a true story

September book reviews plus things to watch and all the book news

Oct 22, 2025 • Natalie McGlocklin

the strangest August reads yet

August book reviews, the best TV and movies for Fall, and a whole bunch of readerly links

Sep 21, 2025 • Natalie McGlocklin

a July of severe summer ennui reading captured

July book reviews: fairytale dream house retellings, impeccable Nordic Noir, new reasons for serial murder, and a new favorite classic

Aug 24, 2025 • Natalie McGlocklin

what I'm reading for Women in Translation month - horror edition

plus some recent recommendations

Aug 1, 2025 • Natalie McGlocklin

June reads as triumphant struggle

manifesting only the best from here on out

Jul 6, 2025 • Natalie McGlocklin

May reads as self-assigned homework

May book reviews: a riveting fever dream, a hypnotist, and something for your Sinners hangover

Jun 6, 2025 • Natalie McGlocklin

Reading Life

a halfway celebration of bookish miscellany

a lookback at the first half of the year, my summer TBR, and new releases summer edition

Jul 11, 2025 • Natalie McGlocklin

book buying as hunting & gathering

rules for navigating consumerism in a social media world

Jun 27, 2025 • Natalie McGlocklin

have yourself a Hitchcock summer

you don't have to go outside. in fact it might be better if you don't.

Jun 13, 2025 • Natalie McGlocklin

why you should read books that are really hard to finish

enter the zone of growth (book experience #12)

May 25, 2025 • Natalie McGlocklin

22 books to read before you die?

how about 22 book experiences to have before you die instead

May 16, 2025 • Natalie McGlocklin

How to read an intimidating book

side quests, book supplies, and the will to finish [Solenoid]

Apr 13, 2025 • Natalie McGlocklin

a steady diet of female literature

can stories be your savior?

Mar 21, 2025 • Natalie McGlocklin

everything is on fire

Octavia Butler predicted it. does this mean we are doomed?

Jan 14, 2025 • Natalie McGlocklin

Book Essays

the [in]sanity of The Haunting of Hill House

is the house haunted or am I?

Sep 18, 2024 • Natalie McGlocklin

The tragic comedy of The Bee Sting

why Paul Murray is the best of the Booker Pauls [thus far].

Aug 6, 2024 • Natalie McGlocklin

The audacity of The Shards

why Bret Easton Ellis' latest book proves he hasn't changed a bit

Jul 16, 2024 • Natalie McGlocklin

The dreadful beauty of East of Eden

searching for the good and evil in Steinbeck's masterpiece

Jul 2, 2024 • Natalie McGlocklin

Wanderers by Chuck Wendig

when we become the virus

May 31, 2024 • Natalie McGlocklin

Stephen King's The Stand

or Stephen King Rules

Feb 2, 2024 • Natalie McGlocklin

Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez

Finding a new favorite author in Mariana Enriquez and why family will be the death of us in any language.

Dec 29, 2023 • Natalie McGlocklin

North Woods by Daniel Mason

Time is an infinite loop vortex.

Nov 16, 2023 • Natalie McGlocklin

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