What Are You Reading? (Cozy Autumn Edition.)

It’s been more than two years since our last What Are You Reading? thread, and that means it’s time for a new one!

This is a chance to share what you’ve read recently, what you’re reading right now, and what you’re looking forward to reading soon.

If you want, you can also go hard mode: pick a TV show you like and then recommend a book to other people who like that show!

The Penguin: Cent'Anni

"Put your pants on, Johnny. We need to talk."

Wow. Just wow.

This might have been the best episode of TV that I've seen all year.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

"One does not simply walk into Mordor."

Includes Spoilers!

Some plot stuff first of all.

From Dusk till Dawn: Mistress

"Sounds like paradise. I don't believe in paradise."

And yet, Seth, you're willing to ditch your wife in order to get Richie to this paradise. I do love a pair of co-dependent brothers.

Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace

Shut up, I look FABULOUS.

Doctor Who sleeps with the fishes...

Series Four, Story 5 (GG)

Starring Patrick Troughton as the Doctor

with Peter Craze (Ben), Anneke Wills (Polly) and Frazer Hines (Jamie)

The Invisible Man (1933)

“The drugs I took seemed to light up my brain. Suddenly I realized the power I held, the power to rule, to make the world grovel at my feet.”

Another literary classic turned into a movie by Universal as they kept the pace of these films going. This one is another solid entry in their catalog.

Superman III (1983)

“I just don't believe a man can fly.”

The best thing that can really be said about Superman III is that it isn't as bad as Superman IV.

Menendez-Palooza

Netflix is currently offering more Menendez than most of us could ever want: Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, a nine episode limited series by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan that tries to shock your socks off, and The Menendez Brothers, a rather good documentary about the infamous brothers today.

Just a warning. If sexual child abuse is a trigger for you, you might want to skip both of them.

The Penguin: Bliss

"You act like wanting more is a bad thing, but, I mean, don't you want a better life than this?"

If there ever was a thesis statement for The Penguin, this is it. Do you want a better life for yourself, the very foundation of the American Dream, even if pursuing it is punished by society and viewed as wrong?

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

"You want to be a good archaeologist...you've got to get out of the library!"

I said I wasn't going to review this one. And at the time I meant it. This was primarily because I couldn't find the rough draft I originally wrote. I know I should've just left it there and ignored this one entirely. But I can't. So rather than write a full review – which I really have no motivation for – I'm just going to do a quick breakdown of what I feel worked, and didn't work about Indy 4.

Rings of Power: Season Two Review

“It is not strength that overcomes darkness, but light.”

This review spoils mostly everything, none of which is very surprising.

This Week: Excellent Glares

An Honest Fangirl: Now that fall TV has come back, what is everyone watching?

I tried two new shows. A Murder in a Small Town was very good. Apparently it’s based on a book? It stars Kristen Kreuk as a librarian love interest, and was a lot cozier than I expected it to be.