tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29388439485329471222024-03-14T05:32:35.075-07:00Rose CorcoranAuthor • Poet • LibrarianRose Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932774039761498193noreply@blogger.comBlogger238125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938843948532947122.post-77752961145495486192022-10-30T23:23:00.005-07:002022-10-30T23:23:33.895-07:00Rant Rave Review: H.P. Lovecraft and Sinking CityIt's like, a cyclopean abomination from black gulfs of non-Euclidean geometry... or something.Today, I rave about Lovecraft and Sinking City (and briefly rant about Lovecraft Country). Get ready for pulpy cults, unfortunate cat names, cannibalism, soggy city streets, and framing a man for murder!Rose Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932774039761498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938843948532947122.post-22314460060059688112022-07-28T20:04:00.004-07:002022-07-28T20:04:25.612-07:00Rant Rave Review: Jimmy Akin's Mysterious WorldIt's like Unsolved Mysteries, but BETTER!Today, I rave about Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World, a podcast featuring unsolved crimes, cryptids, fake mediums, real psychic spies, a great big bushy beard, and aliens (because it's always aliens).Watch the show on YoutubeVisit the show's page on Star Quest ALSO! If you watch to the end of the video, there's a special ironic bonus of a clip I thought Rose Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932774039761498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938843948532947122.post-21360242182970702292022-06-01T21:45:00.002-07:002022-06-01T21:45:16.701-07:00Rant Rave Review: The Maid by Nita ProseIt's, like, my triumphant return?Today, I rant about The Maid, by Canadian editor/author Nita Prose. Featuring misleading blurbs, grating narration, one-dimensional characters, "heartwarming" murder, and all the "likes" that I've been saving up since last video!Rose Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932774039761498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938843948532947122.post-21142152792751769632022-05-10T09:44:00.003-07:002022-05-10T09:44:30.279-07:00Poem: What is This Nameless FearWhat is this nameless fear,this dread,that holds me in waking paralysis?An incubus lurking in my shadow,a nightmare just out of sight,it seems to whisper of a coming calamity:societal insanity raining downinane judgements on my head.Some unknown jury and executionersharpen their knives and axes,licking blood off their teethin expectation of tasting my own.If I stay silent, I will drown,drawn Rose Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932774039761498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938843948532947122.post-68073483488422811482022-03-08T07:15:00.001-07:002022-03-08T07:18:17.800-07:00Death of the Author, Resurrection of the WriterHello, and welcome back to my blog (she says to herself).I've been MIA for quite a while now, but not without reason. If you watched my last few Rant Rave Reviews, you may know that I got a new job in my hometown. This meant selling my house, moving all my furniture into storage, staying with my parents while house-hunting, and then doing that all in reverse once I closed on a condo. Knowing how Rose Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932774039761498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938843948532947122.post-73869252763942325602021-12-04T21:51:00.001-07:002021-12-04T21:51:33.516-07:00 Rose Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932774039761498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938843948532947122.post-41195638163251494072021-08-28T21:16:00.002-07:002021-08-28T21:16:32.481-07:00Rant Rave Review: More Miss Marple, Plus a Life UpdateToday, I rave about five more Miss Marple mysteries, then give an exciting life update!Rose Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932774039761498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938843948532947122.post-12824557363140084602021-07-26T09:47:00.007-07:002021-07-26T09:47:38.136-07:00Rational Relevant Review: LokiIt's like, a low-key review?Today, I share my thoughts and frustrations on Disney's Loki miniseries. Get ready for spoilers, poor pacing, irrelevant time-reset bulbs, and me mentioning my siblings more than is necessary.Rose Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932774039761498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938843948532947122.post-22456560437859694402021-07-02T08:11:00.004-07:002021-07-02T08:11:32.583-07:00Rational Relevant Review: Raya, Luca, Onward, and SoulToday, we're doing something different by calmly and rationally discussing some stories that are both recent and relevant: Raya and the Last Dragon, Soul, Onward, and Luca.Rose Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932774039761498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938843948532947122.post-35055198862626750512021-06-23T23:07:00.006-07:002021-06-23T23:07:48.347-07:00Rant Rave Review: Shadows House (Chapters 1 to 100)It's, like, everything I never knew I always wanted?
Today, I rave about the anime/manga, Shadow House! Be prepared for wholesome love triangles, slow-burn world building, and shameless weebery!Rose Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932774039761498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938843948532947122.post-51021908043440965622021-06-08T10:20:00.001-07:002021-06-08T10:20:12.604-07:00April and May Reading RoundupKiller Triggers: Murder Comes Down to Sex, Drugs, or Money by Joe KendaGenre: True CrimeWhy I read it: I'm a Homicide Hunter fanWhat I thought of it: Though this is basically a rehashing of many of the cases from the Homicide Hunter TV show, I still enjoyed it. Kenda's turn-of-phrase sounds like a hard boiled detective, and it gives an interesting and entertaining look into what Rose Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932774039761498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938843948532947122.post-32827288466145564242021-06-01T08:41:00.001-07:002021-06-01T08:41:03.531-07:00Rant Rave Review: The Innocence of Father Brown and The Red House MysteryIt was, like, Get Caught Reading Month when I filmed it! DX
Today, I upload a pre-recorded, now-late review of The Innocence of Father Brown and The Red House Mystery. Get ready for a disturbing lack of falling action, lots of legwork, and cop-outs!Rose Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932774039761498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938843948532947122.post-88678522144452728722021-05-24T21:28:00.004-07:002021-05-24T21:28:39.167-07:00Rant Rave Review: Killer Triggers and I Will Find YouI, like, love the police.Today, I rave about Killer Triggers and I Will Find You, by Lt. Joe Kenda of ID Channel fame, and end up waxing poetic about cops in general. Be prepared for bleeding pine trees, PTSD, cosmic justice, and my thoughts on the current way we view police in America!Rose Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932774039761498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938843948532947122.post-83120194071617320752021-05-15T21:22:00.008-07:002021-05-15T21:22:47.980-07:00Rant Rave Review: Agatha ChristieIt's, like, yass Queen (of Mystery).Today, I review many of Agatha Christie's classic mystery books. Featuring clues, red herrings, a weird slurping noise, human interest stories, and me eating my words!Rose Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932774039761498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938843948532947122.post-11015667451187905042021-05-02T22:06:00.005-07:002021-05-02T22:06:35.387-07:00Rant Rave Review: The Devil and Sherlock HolmesIt's, like, Get Caught Reading Month!
Today, I rave about The Devil and Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness, and Obsession by David Grann. Featuring: arson, stolen identities, and postmodern murder.Rose Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932774039761498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938843948532947122.post-32025099037354891222021-04-25T12:38:00.003-07:002021-04-25T19:50:54.113-07:00Several Short Poems from 2020 and 2021It is once again National Poetry Month, and I would be remiss if I didn't post at least something vaguely poetry related. Works is still digesting my soul at the moment, but I have managed to jot down a few short poems over the past few months.An American cinquain:Sherlock:a name we knowbecause of who told us. What would he be without his dearWatson?A limerick:There once was a fashionable sealWhoRose Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932774039761498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938843948532947122.post-78703784668237025872021-04-13T22:31:00.007-07:002021-04-13T23:14:31.157-07:00Rant Rave Review: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective AgencyIt's late because I'm, like, dead?
Today, my ghost briefly raves about The Number 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. Featuring cozy non-mysteries, peculiar secretaries, and non-matching covers.Rose Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932774039761498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938843948532947122.post-52295261410705373142021-03-31T22:27:00.000-07:002021-03-31T22:27:21.763-07:00Page to Author Podcast InterviewCheckout this interview I did with Candice Richardson for her Page to Author podcast!Rose Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932774039761498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938843948532947122.post-67381963952217344502021-03-29T10:41:00.003-07:002021-03-29T10:59:07.562-07:00February and March Reading RoundupPlease excuse my lateness in posting. We are severely short-staffed at work, and my soul leaves my body about an hour before close each day, so I'm dead when I get home. To make up for it, expect three posts this week. As for these reviews, some are a little vague because I plan on discussing the mysteries more in future Rant Rave Reviews.Murder at the Vicarage, The Body in the Library, and A Rose Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932774039761498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938843948532947122.post-25991476322973340832021-03-15T20:28:00.006-07:002021-03-15T20:30:53.247-07:00Rant Rave Review: Letter to Momo, Your Name, and In this Corner of the WorldThey're, like, gorgeous in every way?
Today, I rave about three non-Ghibli anime movies: A Letter to Momo, Your Name, and In this Corner of the World. Featuring supernatural slice-of-life, body swapping, and uplifting magical-realist war stories!Rose Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932774039761498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938843948532947122.post-30198936908871430242021-03-07T22:01:00.009-07:002021-03-08T08:46:19.167-07:00Censorship and Banning BooksAs I mentioned in my last Rant Rave Review, as of last Monday, six books by Dr. Seuss are now officially out-of-print, and they are out of print due to supposedly racist, offensive, and/or stereotypical images. The company that owns the rights to these books is no longer publishing them and some websites are no longer selling them. People who do own the books, or who swooped into stores and Rose Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932774039761498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938843948532947122.post-59973096749729357852021-03-03T23:09:00.004-07:002021-03-07T11:14:36.159-07:00Rant Rave Review: Censorship and Fahrenheit 451It's, like, prophetic.
Today, I discuss censorship and Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. Featuring bottom-up dystopias, Seussian anathemas, and the canceling of culture! Also, Timothy the black cat!Rose Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932774039761498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938843948532947122.post-59855121075254843712021-02-22T09:50:00.001-07:002021-02-22T10:04:59.853-07:00What to Put in Your Story (and What Not To)I have been contemplating writing or filming a piece on “Why I (Book) Blog”, which may at some point be forthcoming, but the long and the short of it is, I find it useful to analyze stories. Note, stories, not books. As you’ll know from my Rant Rave Reviews to my four-part series on different mediums of fiction, I consider books, movies, video games, and so on to all hold value in terms of Rose Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932774039761498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938843948532947122.post-3142061614407395162021-02-14T20:17:00.003-07:002021-02-14T20:21:17.620-07:00Rant Rave Review: Alice and Wonderland 2010It's, like, unforgivable.
Today, I rant about Disney's live-action Alice in Wonderland and RAGE about people besmirching my darling Lewis Carroll. Get ready for dumb Chosen One tropes, ugly color pallets, and Frank Beddor's rank hypocrisy.Rose Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932774039761498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938843948532947122.post-17665551033185923982021-02-07T17:19:00.001-07:002021-02-07T17:30:18.939-07:00January (and December) Reading RoundupAdvent Gospel Reflections by Bishop Robert BarronGenre: Religious nonfictionWhy I read it: It was AdventWhat I thought of it: Anyone familiar with Bishop Barron's Catholicism film series knows his theological explanations are solid and accessible. This was no different.Would I recommend it: Yes! Just be sure to get the copy for the specific year, since Advent is a different Rose Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932774039761498193noreply@blogger.com0